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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory
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,3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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14. Health Policy Issues
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15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
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17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choice JL
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others JL JL JL JL
b. moral reasoning and action JL JL JL
c. becoming a nurse JL JL
d. determining right from wrong JL JL JL
ANSWER: b J L
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
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conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficenc
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e, and non-maleficence.
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ANSWER: b J L
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: b J L
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
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b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
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d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
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ANSWER: a J L
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c J L
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy JL
, c. values
d. moral thought JL
ANSWER: a J L
7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religious nursing orders and church- JL JL JL JL
sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate avenues for women wishing to be
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come nurses. JL
b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses,
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or shamans.
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d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
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ANSWER: a J L
8. What does the term empirical relate to?
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a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
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b. knowledge gained through observation and experience JL JL JL JL JL
c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
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d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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ANSWER: b J L
9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkar
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ds provided hospital nursing care?
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a. during the Reformation JL JL
b. during the Crusades JL JL
c. during the Middle Ages JL JL JL
d. during the early Christian era
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ANSWER: a J L
10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
b. indigenous persons JL
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c J L
11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert JL JL
b. Marguerite d’Youville JL
c. Jeanne Mance JL
d. Renee Descartes JL
ANSWER: c J L
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LE OF CONTENTS JL JL JL
Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
JL JL JL JL JL
JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
2. Ethical Theory
JL JL JL
,3. Ethical Principles
JL JL
Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
JL JL JL JL JL
4. Values Clarification
JL JL JL
5. Values Development
JL JL JL
6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
JL JL JL JL JL
7. Ethical Decision Making
JL JL JL
Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
8. Legal Issues
JL JL JL
9. Professional Relationship Issues
JL JL JL JL
10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
JL JL JL JL JL JL
11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
12. Scholarship Issues
JL JL
Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
14. Health Policy Issues
JL JL JL JL
15. Economic Issues
JL JL JL
16. Social Issues
JL JL JL
17. Gender Issues
JL JL JL
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
JL JL JL JL
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
19. Empowerment for Nurses
JL JL JL JL
20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
JL JL JL
,JL 1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
Multiple Choice JL
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. meeting the needs of others JL JL JL JL
b. moral reasoning and action JL JL JL
c. becoming a nurse JL JL
d. determining right from wrong JL JL JL
ANSWER: b J L
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL J
conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
L JL JL JL JL
d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical principles of distributive justice, beneficenc
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
e, and non-maleficence.
JL JL
ANSWER: b J L
3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. the traditional role of healers
JL JL JL JL
b. the role of women in society
JL JL JL JL JL
c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
ANSWER: b J L
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing profession?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
b. Throughout history, nurses have been afforded higher social status. JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
ANSWER: a J L
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c J L
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. empirical
b. Cartesian philosophy JL
, c. values
d. moral thought JL
ANSWER: a J L
7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. Religious nursing orders and church- JL JL JL JL
sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate avenues for women wishing to be
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
come nurses. JL
b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses,
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
or shamans.
JL
d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
ANSWER: a J L
8. What does the term empirical relate to?
JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
b. knowledge gained through observation and experience JL JL JL JL JL
c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
JL JL JL JL JL JL
d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
ANSWER: b J L
9. When was the “Dark Period of Nursing,” when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkar
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
ds provided hospital nursing care?
JL JL JL JL
a. during the Reformation JL JL
b. during the Crusades JL JL
c. during the Middle Ages JL JL JL
d. during the early Christian era
JL JL JL JL
ANSWER: a J L
10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL JL
a. Britain
b. indigenous persons JL
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c J L
11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert JL JL
b. Marguerite d’Youville JL
c. Jeanne Mance JL
d. Renee Descartes JL
ANSWER: c J L