Test Bank For Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition Burkhardt | All Chapters 1-20 | MCQ, Answer Keys Included

TEST BANK b




Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
b b b b b b b




by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 20
b b b b b b b b b b

,TABLE OF CONTENTS b b b




Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
b b b b b




b 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
b b b b b b b b b b




Nursing
b b




2. Ethical Theory
b b b




3. Ethical Principles
b b




Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
b b b b b




4. Values Clarification
b b b




5. Values Development
b b b




6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
b b b b b




7. Ethical Decision Making
b b b




Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
b b b b b b b b




8. Legal Issues
b b b




9. Professional Relationship Issues
b b b b




10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
b b b b b b




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




12. Scholarship Issues
b b




Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
b b b b b b b b b




13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
b b b b b b b




14. Health Policy Issues
b b b b




15. Economic Issues
b b b




16. Social Issues
b b b




17. Gender Issues
b b b




18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
b b b b




Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
b b b b b b b b




19. Empowerment for Nurses
b b b b




20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
b b b

,b 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of
b b b b b b b b b b




Nursing
b b




Multiple Choice b




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
b b b b b b b b


a. meeting the needs of others b b b b


b. moral reasoning and action b b b


c. becoming a nurse b b


d. determining right from wrong b b b


ANSWER: b b




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
b b b b b b b b b


b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
b b b b b b b b b b b b b


c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
b b b b b


d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and
b b b b b b b b b b b b b


non-maleficence.
b


ANSWER: b b




3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
b b b b b b b b b


a. the traditional role of healers
b b b b


b. the role of women in society
b b b b b


c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
b b b b b b b


d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
b b b b b b b


ANSWER: b b




4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
b b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
b b b b b b b


b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. b b b b b b b b


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


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


ANSWER: a b




5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
b b b b b b b b


a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c b




6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy b

, c. values
d. moral thought b


ANSWER: a b




7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. Religious nursing orders and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate
b b b b b b b b b b b


b avenues for women wishing to become nurses. b b b b b b


b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
b b b b b b b b b b b b b


c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses, or
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


shamans.
b


d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


ANSWER: a b




8. What does the term empirical relate to?
b b b b b b


a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
b b b b b b b b b


b. knowledge gained through observation and experience b b b b b


c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
b b b b b b


d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
b b b b b b b b b b b b


ANSWER: b b




9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkards
b b b b b b b b b b b b b


b provided hospital nursing care?
b b b


a. during the Reformation b b


b. during the Crusades b b


c. during the Middle Ages b b b


d. during the early Christian era b b b b


ANSWER: a b




10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. Britain
b. indigenous persons b


c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c b




11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b


a. Marie Rollet Hebert b b


b. Marguerite d’Youville b


c. Jeanne Mance b


d. Renee Descartes b


ANSWER: c b