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NUR 208 Exam 3 Questions and Answers 2026
Values
enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action
Value System
people organize their values internally along a continuum from most important to
least important
Beliefs (Opinions)
interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true
Attitudes
mental positions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea
Personal Values
when people internalize values from society and their individual subgroups
Professional Values
acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nursing
experiences, teachers, and peers
Values Clarification
a process by which people identify, examine, and develop their own individual
values
Ethics
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a method of inquiry that helps people to understand the morality of human
behavior/ the practices or beliefs of a certain group/ and the expected standards of
moral behavior of a particular group as described in the group's formal code of
professional ethics
Bioethics
ethics as applied to human life or health (Ex: decisions about abortion or
euthanasia)
Nursing Ethics
refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practice
Morality
refers to private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude
Moral Development
the process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of
learning what ought and ought not to be done
Consequence-Based (Teleological) Theories
look to the outcomes (consequences) of an action in judging whether that action is
right or wrong
Utilitarianism
one form of consequentialist theory, views a good act as one that is the most useful,
that is, brings the most good and the least harm for the greatest number of people
Utility
NUR 208
NUR 208 Exam 3 Questions and Answers 2026
Values
enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action
Value System
people organize their values internally along a continuum from most important to
least important
Beliefs (Opinions)
interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true
Attitudes
mental positions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea
Personal Values
when people internalize values from society and their individual subgroups
Professional Values
acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nursing
experiences, teachers, and peers
Values Clarification
a process by which people identify, examine, and develop their own individual
values
Ethics
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, NUR 208
a method of inquiry that helps people to understand the morality of human
behavior/ the practices or beliefs of a certain group/ and the expected standards of
moral behavior of a particular group as described in the group's formal code of
professional ethics
Bioethics
ethics as applied to human life or health (Ex: decisions about abortion or
euthanasia)
Nursing Ethics
refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practice
Morality
refers to private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude
Moral Development
the process of learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of
learning what ought and ought not to be done
Consequence-Based (Teleological) Theories
look to the outcomes (consequences) of an action in judging whether that action is
right or wrong
Utilitarianism
one form of consequentialist theory, views a good act as one that is the most useful,
that is, brings the most good and the least harm for the greatest number of people
Utility
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