NUR152 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
Ethical Experiences
Moral Distress : 1. The right thing is clear
2. Institutional or personal complication to fulfill course of
action
Ethical Dilemma: 1. No clear right or wrong
2. 2 or more ethical principles apply
What are the Steps in the Decision-Making Process?
•Assess the situation
•Diagnosis the ethical problem
•Plan
•Implement your decision
•Evaluation your decision
what are the Considerations to ethical care?
•Balance benefits with harm
•Disclosure, informed consent, and shared decision making
•Norms of family life
•Relationship between healthcare staff and client
•Professional integrity
•Cost effectiveness and allocation
•Cultural and spiritual variations
•Power
what are the Ethical problems seen in healthcare?
,•Paternalism
•Deception
•Privacy and social media
•Confidentiality
•Allocation of scare resources
•Valid consent and refusal
•Conflicts concerning technology
•Unprofessional, incompetency, unethical, or illegal physician
practices
•Short staffing
•Beginning and end of life issues
what are the Functions of ethical committees?
§Education
§Policy making
§Case review
§Consultation
§Occasionally research
What Does it Mean to be a Patient Advocate?
•Representation of patients
•Promoting self-determination
•Whistle-blowing
•Being politically active
•Developing a trusting relationship
What are the main categories of professional and legal
regulation of nursing practice?
, Federal Legislation
State legislation
board of nursing
health care institutions
What are the different types of standards in nursing?
Voluntary standards: (e.g., American Nurses Association).
Specialty certifications.
Legal: Nurse Practice Act.
Rules and regulations
What are the types of credentialing in nursing?
Accreditation.
Licensure.
Certification
What is the difference between crimes and torts in nursing
practice?
•Crime: wrong against a person or the person's property as well
as the public
•Misdemeanor: punishable by fines or less than 1 year
imprisonment
•Felony: punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year
•Tort: a wrong committed by a person against another person or
that person's property; tried in civil court
•Intentional
•Unintentional
What are intentional torts
Ethical Experiences
Moral Distress : 1. The right thing is clear
2. Institutional or personal complication to fulfill course of
action
Ethical Dilemma: 1. No clear right or wrong
2. 2 or more ethical principles apply
What are the Steps in the Decision-Making Process?
•Assess the situation
•Diagnosis the ethical problem
•Plan
•Implement your decision
•Evaluation your decision
what are the Considerations to ethical care?
•Balance benefits with harm
•Disclosure, informed consent, and shared decision making
•Norms of family life
•Relationship between healthcare staff and client
•Professional integrity
•Cost effectiveness and allocation
•Cultural and spiritual variations
•Power
what are the Ethical problems seen in healthcare?
,•Paternalism
•Deception
•Privacy and social media
•Confidentiality
•Allocation of scare resources
•Valid consent and refusal
•Conflicts concerning technology
•Unprofessional, incompetency, unethical, or illegal physician
practices
•Short staffing
•Beginning and end of life issues
what are the Functions of ethical committees?
§Education
§Policy making
§Case review
§Consultation
§Occasionally research
What Does it Mean to be a Patient Advocate?
•Representation of patients
•Promoting self-determination
•Whistle-blowing
•Being politically active
•Developing a trusting relationship
What are the main categories of professional and legal
regulation of nursing practice?
, Federal Legislation
State legislation
board of nursing
health care institutions
What are the different types of standards in nursing?
Voluntary standards: (e.g., American Nurses Association).
Specialty certifications.
Legal: Nurse Practice Act.
Rules and regulations
What are the types of credentialing in nursing?
Accreditation.
Licensure.
Certification
What is the difference between crimes and torts in nursing
practice?
•Crime: wrong against a person or the person's property as well
as the public
•Misdemeanor: punishable by fines or less than 1 year
imprisonment
•Felony: punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year
•Tort: a wrong committed by a person against another person or
that person's property; tried in civil court
•Intentional
•Unintentional
What are intentional torts
