Chapter 03: Values, Ethics, and Legal
Issues
1. A hospital owned by a Catholic order of nuns will not allow tubal
ligations to be performed . This is considered to be
a. Personal moralit y
b. Personal values
c. Institutional policy
d. Legal obligation
CORRECT ANSWER: C
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Institutional policies are guidelines developed by healthcare
institutions to direct professional practice.
2. A nurse is of the Catholic faith and votes pro -life. He is considered to
have
a. Personal moralit y
b. Personal values
c. Ethics
d. Legal obligations
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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, Personal values are ideas or beliefs a person considers important and
feels strongl y about.
3. A nurse believes that abortion is an acceptable option if a pregnancy
results from a situation of rape. What is the best description of this belief?
a. Personal moralit y
b. Professional values
c. Ethics
d. Legal obligations
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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Personal moralit y is the set of beliefs about the standards of right and
wrong that helps a person determine the correct or permissible action
in a given situation.
4. Ethics is best defined as
a. Basis for moral reasoning
b. Standards of conduct
c. Dealing with confl ict
d. Decision making
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Ethics is the branch of philosophy dealing with standards of conduct
and moral judgment.
, 5. A child on a pediatric unit hits one of the other children and subsequentl y
has video game privile ges revoked for the rest of the day. The next day
the same child plays with the other children without any problems in order
to avoid losing video game privileges again. According to Kohlberg, the
child is demonstrating what stage of development?
a. Trust versus mistrust
b. Moralizing
c. First-level preconventional stage
d. Self-actualization
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
As children progress to toddlerhood, morals and values development
begins as they identify behaviors that elicit rew ard or punishment.
Kohlberg refers to this process as the first -level preconventional stage
when children learn to distinguish right from wrong and understand the
choice between obedience and punishment.
6. During adolescence, values are primaril y fo rmed from
a. Schools
b. Work
c. Parents
d. Peers
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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Issues
1. A hospital owned by a Catholic order of nuns will not allow tubal
ligations to be performed . This is considered to be
a. Personal moralit y
b. Personal values
c. Institutional policy
d. Legal obligation
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
Institutional policies are guidelines developed by healthcare
institutions to direct professional practice.
2. A nurse is of the Catholic faith and votes pro -life. He is considered to
have
a. Personal moralit y
b. Personal values
c. Ethics
d. Legal obligations
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
, Personal values are ideas or beliefs a person considers important and
feels strongl y about.
3. A nurse believes that abortion is an acceptable option if a pregnancy
results from a situation of rape. What is the best description of this belief?
a. Personal moralit y
b. Professional values
c. Ethics
d. Legal obligations
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Feedback:
Personal moralit y is the set of beliefs about the standards of right and
wrong that helps a person determine the correct or permissible action
in a given situation.
4. Ethics is best defined as
a. Basis for moral reasoning
b. Standards of conduct
c. Dealing with confl ict
d. Decision making
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Feedback:
Ethics is the branch of philosophy dealing with standards of conduct
and moral judgment.
, 5. A child on a pediatric unit hits one of the other children and subsequentl y
has video game privile ges revoked for the rest of the day. The next day
the same child plays with the other children without any problems in order
to avoid losing video game privileges again. According to Kohlberg, the
child is demonstrating what stage of development?
a. Trust versus mistrust
b. Moralizing
c. First-level preconventional stage
d. Self-actualization
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Feedback:
As children progress to toddlerhood, morals and values development
begins as they identify behaviors that elicit rew ard or punishment.
Kohlberg refers to this process as the first -level preconventional stage
when children learn to distinguish right from wrong and understand the
choice between obedience and punishment.
6. During adolescence, values are primaril y fo rmed from
a. Schools
b. Work
c. Parents
d. Peers
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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