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NR222: Week 3 & 4 terms; Exam 2 prep Questions
with 100% VERIFIED Answers UPDATED!!!
What is Autonomy? - ANSWER - Freedom from external control
- Respecting the client's decisions
- Respecting the autonomy of health care professionals
Example: Nurse explains the risks and benefits of a procedure,
clarifies questions, and receives informed consent
What is Beneficence? - ANSWER Taking positive actions to help
others
Example: The nurse provides reassurance to a patient before a
surgical procedure
What is Nonmaleficence? - ANSWER Avoid harm
Example: A patient is having a bone marrow transplant that
involves pain and suffering.
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- Positive outcomes outweigh negative consequences
What is Justice? - ANSWER Fairness and equal distribution of
resources can refer to access to care
Example: Should a patient with a greater need for resources
receive more than others? Or should resources be limited to
those who can pay?
What is Just culture? - ANSWER Opportunity for open
discussion without the fear of retaliation whenever mistakes
are made
Example: A nurse may give the wrong medication to the client,
but maybe the wrong medication was loaded into the drawer.
The nurse should have checked the medication, but there was
also a system error
What is Fidelity? - ANSWER Faithfulness or the agreement to
keep promises
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Example: A client is in pain, the nurse works as quickly as
possible to intervene
- A nurse arrives for their shift on time and ready to receive
report
What is Veracity? - ANSWER Telling the truth
Example: A nurse explains to the client that their condition has
worsened and now requires new medications
Steps to resolve an ethical dilemma: - ANSWER 1. Ask if it is an
ethical dilemma
2. Gather relevant information
3. Identify ethical elements in the situation
4. Name the problem
5. Identify a course of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the action plan to determine if further action is
required
NR222: Week 3 & 4 terms; Exam 2 prep Questions
with 100% VERIFIED Answers UPDATED!!!
What is Autonomy? - ANSWER - Freedom from external control
- Respecting the client's decisions
- Respecting the autonomy of health care professionals
Example: Nurse explains the risks and benefits of a procedure,
clarifies questions, and receives informed consent
What is Beneficence? - ANSWER Taking positive actions to help
others
Example: The nurse provides reassurance to a patient before a
surgical procedure
What is Nonmaleficence? - ANSWER Avoid harm
Example: A patient is having a bone marrow transplant that
involves pain and suffering.
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- Positive outcomes outweigh negative consequences
What is Justice? - ANSWER Fairness and equal distribution of
resources can refer to access to care
Example: Should a patient with a greater need for resources
receive more than others? Or should resources be limited to
those who can pay?
What is Just culture? - ANSWER Opportunity for open
discussion without the fear of retaliation whenever mistakes
are made
Example: A nurse may give the wrong medication to the client,
but maybe the wrong medication was loaded into the drawer.
The nurse should have checked the medication, but there was
also a system error
What is Fidelity? - ANSWER Faithfulness or the agreement to
keep promises
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Example: A client is in pain, the nurse works as quickly as
possible to intervene
- A nurse arrives for their shift on time and ready to receive
report
What is Veracity? - ANSWER Telling the truth
Example: A nurse explains to the client that their condition has
worsened and now requires new medications
Steps to resolve an ethical dilemma: - ANSWER 1. Ask if it is an
ethical dilemma
2. Gather relevant information
3. Identify ethical elements in the situation
4. Name the problem
5. Identify a course of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the action plan to determine if further action is
required
