TEST BANK
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
2. Ethical Theory
3. Ethical Principles
Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
4. Values Clarification
5. Values Development
6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
7. Ethical Decision Making
Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
8. Legal Issues
9. Professional Relationship Issues
10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
12. Scholarship Issues
Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
14. Health Policy Issues
15. Economic Issues
16. Social Issues
17. Gender Issues
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
19. Empowerment for Nurses
20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
a. meeting the needs of others
b. moral reasoning and action
c. becoming a nurse
d. determining right from wrong
ANSWER: b
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and
non-maleficence.
ANSWER: b
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
a. the traditional role of healers
b. the role of women in society
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
ANSWER: b
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
ANSWER: a
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy
, c. values
d. moral thought
ANSWER: a
7. Which dof dthe dfollowing dis dan dexample dof dthe dsignificance dof dNursing dduring dthe dMiddle dAges d?
a. Religious dnursing dorders dand dchurch-sanctioned dsecular dnursing dorders doffered dthe donly
dlegitimate davenues dfor dwomen dwishing dto dbecome dnurses.
b. Increasing drespect dwas dgiven dto dnursing dand dmidwifery, das dnurses dbegan dto dpractise dautonomously.
c. Healing darts din dDenmark dand dGreece dwere dperformed din dsacred dceremonies dby dpriests,
dpriestesses, dor dshamans.
d. Most dnurses dwere dwomen dof dhigh dsocial dstatus dseeking dways dto dlegitimize dtheir dposition dand dstatus.
ANSWER: d a
8. What ddoes dthe dterm dempirical drelate dto?
a. serving dGod dand dthy dneighbour dthe dbest dway done dcan
b. knowledge dgained dthrough dobservation dand dexperience
c. healing dthrough dreligious dintervention, dchanting, dand dpraying
d. the denforcement dof dreligious ddoctrine drelated dto dthe dstatus dof dwomen din dsociety
ANSWER: d b
9. When dwas dthe d“Dark dPeriod dof dNursing,” dwhen dconvalescent dpatients, dprostitutes, dprisoners, dand
ddrunkards dprovided dhospital dnursing dcare?
a. during dthe dReformation
b. during dthe dCrusades
c. during dthe dMiddle dAges
d. during dthe dearly dChristian dera
ANSWER: d a
10. Which dof dthe dfollowing dhad dthe dgreatest dinfluence don dnursing dtraditions din dCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous dpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: d c
11. Which dof dthe dfollowing dhad dthe dgreatest dinfluence don destablishing dthe dfirst dhospital din dthe dNew dWorld?
a. Marie dRollet dHebert
b. Marguerite dd’Youville
c. Jeanne dMance
d. Renee dDescartes
ANSWER: d c
Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
2. Ethical Theory
3. Ethical Principles
Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
4. Values Clarification
5. Values Development
6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
7. Ethical Decision Making
Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
8. Legal Issues
9. Professional Relationship Issues
10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
12. Scholarship Issues
Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
14. Health Policy Issues
15. Economic Issues
16. Social Issues
17. Gender Issues
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
19. Empowerment for Nurses
20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
Nursing
Multiple Choice
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
a. meeting the needs of others
b. moral reasoning and action
c. becoming a nurse
d. determining right from wrong
ANSWER: b
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and
non-maleficence.
ANSWER: b
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
a. the traditional role of healers
b. the role of women in society
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
ANSWER: b
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status.
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
ANSWER: a
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy
, c. values
d. moral thought
ANSWER: a
7. Which dof dthe dfollowing dis dan dexample dof dthe dsignificance dof dNursing dduring dthe dMiddle dAges d?
a. Religious dnursing dorders dand dchurch-sanctioned dsecular dnursing dorders doffered dthe donly
dlegitimate davenues dfor dwomen dwishing dto dbecome dnurses.
b. Increasing drespect dwas dgiven dto dnursing dand dmidwifery, das dnurses dbegan dto dpractise dautonomously.
c. Healing darts din dDenmark dand dGreece dwere dperformed din dsacred dceremonies dby dpriests,
dpriestesses, dor dshamans.
d. Most dnurses dwere dwomen dof dhigh dsocial dstatus dseeking dways dto dlegitimize dtheir dposition dand dstatus.
ANSWER: d a
8. What ddoes dthe dterm dempirical drelate dto?
a. serving dGod dand dthy dneighbour dthe dbest dway done dcan
b. knowledge dgained dthrough dobservation dand dexperience
c. healing dthrough dreligious dintervention, dchanting, dand dpraying
d. the denforcement dof dreligious ddoctrine drelated dto dthe dstatus dof dwomen din dsociety
ANSWER: d b
9. When dwas dthe d“Dark dPeriod dof dNursing,” dwhen dconvalescent dpatients, dprostitutes, dprisoners, dand
ddrunkards dprovided dhospital dnursing dcare?
a. during dthe dReformation
b. during dthe dCrusades
c. during dthe dMiddle dAges
d. during dthe dearly dChristian dera
ANSWER: d a
10. Which dof dthe dfollowing dhad dthe dgreatest dinfluence don dnursing dtraditions din dCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenous dpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: d c
11. Which dof dthe dfollowing dhad dthe dgreatest dinfluence don destablishing dthe dfirst dhospital din dthe dNew dWorld?
a. Marie dRollet dHebert
b. Marguerite dd’Youville
c. Jeanne dMance
d. Renee dDescartes
ANSWER: d c
