Chapter 6 & 7 Success in
Practical/Vocational Nursing Questions
with Correct Solutions
Ethics - correct answers:system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being right or
wrong
Law - correct answers:thought of as a minimum ethic that is written and enforced
Morals - correct answers:concerned with dealing with right or wrong behavior and character
Values - correct answers:involve the worth you assign to an idea or an action
Nurse Practice Act - correct answers:final authority on what you are legally obligated to do as a nurse
regardless of where you are employed
Medical Ethics (Mosby Medical Dictionary 2012) - correct answers:the science of moral values or
principles, including the ideals of autonomy, beneficence, and justice
Are you legally expected to care for a patient regardless of their lifestyle? - correct answers:Yes
Autonomy - correct answers:free to choose
Individual Autonomy - correct answers:patients freedom to choose; self-rule
Individual Rights - correct answers:ability to assert one's rights
4 Rights of Patients - correct answers:Right to consent to care, right to choose between alternative
treatments, right to consent or refuse treatment, women's rights over their own bodies
, Patient Advocacy - correct answers:The act of speaking and acting on behalf of the patient's needs and
well-being.
Accountability - correct answers:Being held responsible for your nursing actions, being held to the
standard of a nurse with the same education and experience in a similar situation as you.
Colleague Reporting - correct answers:Report peers, supervisors, or any team members for behaviors
that are potentially harmful to patients.
System Based Issues - correct answers:Essential to providing safe high quality care.
Nonmaleficence - correct answers:Do no harm.
Primum Non Nocere - correct answers:First do no harm.
What is "not knowingly participating in any action that will deliberately harm a patient" an example of? -
correct answers:Nonmaleficence
Beneficence - correct answers:Do good.
What is "putting the patients interests first" an example? - correct answers:Beneficence
What is "place the good of patients before your needs" an example of? - correct answers:Beneficence
Autonomy - correct answers:Free to choose.
Autonomy (Potter, Perry, and Stockert 2015) - correct answers:Respecting a patient's independence and
right to determine a course of action.
Practical/Vocational Nursing Questions
with Correct Solutions
Ethics - correct answers:system of standards or moral principles that direct actions as being right or
wrong
Law - correct answers:thought of as a minimum ethic that is written and enforced
Morals - correct answers:concerned with dealing with right or wrong behavior and character
Values - correct answers:involve the worth you assign to an idea or an action
Nurse Practice Act - correct answers:final authority on what you are legally obligated to do as a nurse
regardless of where you are employed
Medical Ethics (Mosby Medical Dictionary 2012) - correct answers:the science of moral values or
principles, including the ideals of autonomy, beneficence, and justice
Are you legally expected to care for a patient regardless of their lifestyle? - correct answers:Yes
Autonomy - correct answers:free to choose
Individual Autonomy - correct answers:patients freedom to choose; self-rule
Individual Rights - correct answers:ability to assert one's rights
4 Rights of Patients - correct answers:Right to consent to care, right to choose between alternative
treatments, right to consent or refuse treatment, women's rights over their own bodies
, Patient Advocacy - correct answers:The act of speaking and acting on behalf of the patient's needs and
well-being.
Accountability - correct answers:Being held responsible for your nursing actions, being held to the
standard of a nurse with the same education and experience in a similar situation as you.
Colleague Reporting - correct answers:Report peers, supervisors, or any team members for behaviors
that are potentially harmful to patients.
System Based Issues - correct answers:Essential to providing safe high quality care.
Nonmaleficence - correct answers:Do no harm.
Primum Non Nocere - correct answers:First do no harm.
What is "not knowingly participating in any action that will deliberately harm a patient" an example of? -
correct answers:Nonmaleficence
Beneficence - correct answers:Do good.
What is "putting the patients interests first" an example? - correct answers:Beneficence
What is "place the good of patients before your needs" an example of? - correct answers:Beneficence
Autonomy - correct answers:Free to choose.
Autonomy (Potter, Perry, and Stockert 2015) - correct answers:Respecting a patient's independence and
right to determine a course of action.
