Complete Quiz Review
(Questions & Solutions)
2025
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, 1. Multiple-choice
While serving on an ethics committee, you review a transplant candidate
whose social media posts reveal ongoing intravenous drug use. Which
allocation principle is most directly challenged?
A. Beneficence
B. Justice
C. Veracity
D. Fidelity
ANS: B — Justice
Rationale: Allocation must be fair and impartial; substance-use bias risks
inequitable distribution of scarce organs.
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2. Multiple-choice
A peri-operative nurse is ordered to assist in a non-emergent sterilization
that conflicts with her deeply held religious beliefs. What is the first
legally sound step for her to take under the Joint Commission’s
conscientious objection guidance?
A. Notify unit peers on the day of surgery
B. File a written request for accommodation with administration in
advance
C. Refuse and walk off the case immediately
D. Inform the patient of her objection
ANS: B
Rationale: Written, timely notice allows the facility to balance patient
access with staff rights and avoid patient abandonment.
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, 3. Multiple-choice
During a wildfire-related evacuation, a rural critical-access hospital
implements “crisis standards of care.” Which ethical framework chiefly
underpins the shift from individual to population-level decision-making?
A. Deontology
B. Virtue ethics
C. Utilitarianism
D. Casuistry
ANS: C
Rationale: Crisis standards prioritize the greatest good for the greatest
number, a utilitarian tenet.
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4. Multiple-choice
A nurse crosses state lines to perform telehealth triage without holding a
license in the recipient state, believing the Nurse Licensure Compact
(NLC) covers her. The state is not an NLC member. Her action primarily
violates which legal concept?
A. Res ipsa loquitur
B. Vicarious liability
C. Scope-of-practice statute
D. Implied consent
ANS: C
Rationale: Practicing without a valid license breaches that state’s nurse
practice act, which defines legal scope.
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5. Multiple-choice
A veteran with PTSD refuses to disclose firearm ownership despite
suicidal ideation. The nurse considers “red-flag” reporting laws. Which
federal statute limits the nurse’s ability to share this data with law
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