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Edition by Burkhardt, Walton,All Chapters1 - 20
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
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Nursing
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3. Ethical Principles ss




Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification ss




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6. Ethics and Professional Nursingss ss ss




7. Ethical Decision Making ss ss




Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues ss




9. Professional Relationship Issues ss ss




10. Practice Issues Related to Technology ss ss ss ss




11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination ss ss ss ss ss




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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century ss ss ss ss ss




14. Health Policy Issues ss ss




15. Economic Issues ss




16. Social Issues ss




17. Gender Issues ss




18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues ss ss ss




Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses ss ss




20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment ss ss

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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
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Nursing
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1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others ss ss ss ss




b. moral reasoning and action ss ss ss




c. becoming a nurse ss ss




d. determining right from wrong ss ss ss




ANS: b s s




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom
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view them as conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice,
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beneficence, and non-maleficence.
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3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
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ANS: s s b

4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
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b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses. ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others. ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




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5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
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6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
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c. values
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ANS: a

7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religious nursing orders and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only
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legitimate avenues for women wishing to become nurses.
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b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise
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autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests,
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priestesses, or shamans.
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d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and
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status.
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8. What does the term empirical relate to?
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b. knowledge gained through observation and experience ss ss ss ss ss




c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
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d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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ANS: b

9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners,
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and drunkards provided hospital nursing care?
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a. during the Reformation ss ss




b. during the Crusades ss ss




c. during the Middle Ages ss ss ss




d. during the early Christian era ss ss ss ss




ANS: a

10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
d. Germany
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11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New
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World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert ss ss




b. Marguerite d’Youville ss




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