NURS 100 QUIZ #3 | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing. - ANSWERS-helps
professional groups settle questions about practice or behavior
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - set of guiding principles that all
members of a profession accept
What are the basic philosophies of health care ethics. - ANSWERS-
Utilitarianism, deontology, and ethics of care
What is utilitarianism? - ANSWERS-decision based on greatest good aka what
is good for the most people
ex: redistributing of Alzheimer's research funds to breast cancer research or
giving Ebola vaccines to health care providers first so they can continue to
care for patients
What is deontology? - ANSWERS-doing right is a moral duty
ex: someone gets into a car accident and is emitted into the ER, care must
be provided despite lack of medical insurance
What is ethics of care? - ANSWERS-Emphasizes the importance of
understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in personal
narratives
,What is accountability? - ANSWERS-the procedures and processes by which
one party justifies and takes responsibility for its activities
What is autonomy? - ANSWERS-commitment to include patients in decisions
Describe cultural influences on health and illness. - ANSWERS-Causal beliefs
about health (punishment from God or biomedical cause)
Illness expression (lightly or dramatically)
Symptoms of illness (related to illness expression)
Taboos (whether or not mental health is accepted)
Describe cultural competence and culturally congruent care. - ANSWERS-
Cultural competence - enabling of health care providers to deliver services
that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and
cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients
Culturally Congruent Care - care that fits a person's life patterns, values, and
system of meaning (patient-centered)
Explain the concept of health disparities. - ANSWERS-Health Disparity - A
particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social,
economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health Care Disparities - differences among populations in their availability,
accessibility, and quality of health care services
Example - poor health outcomes due to lower wages
, What is ethics? - ANSWERS-The study of conduct and character. It is
concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals and
society at large.
Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics. - ANSWERS-A value is a
personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object
that sets standards that influence behavior. An ethical dilemma is caused by
conflicting values.
What is beneficence? - ANSWERS-taking positive actions to help others
What is nonmaleficence? - ANSWERS-avoidance of harm or hurt
What is fedelity? - ANSWERS-agreement to keep promises
What is veracity? - ANSWERS-telling the truth
Discuss the steps of ethical dilemma resolution. - ANSWERS-To resolve
ethical dilemmas, one needs to distinguish among values, facts, and opinion.
Steps:
1. Is this an ethical problem?
2. Gather information
3. Identify the ethical elements, clarifying values
4. Name the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the plan over time
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing. - ANSWERS-helps
professional groups settle questions about practice or behavior
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - set of guiding principles that all
members of a profession accept
What are the basic philosophies of health care ethics. - ANSWERS-
Utilitarianism, deontology, and ethics of care
What is utilitarianism? - ANSWERS-decision based on greatest good aka what
is good for the most people
ex: redistributing of Alzheimer's research funds to breast cancer research or
giving Ebola vaccines to health care providers first so they can continue to
care for patients
What is deontology? - ANSWERS-doing right is a moral duty
ex: someone gets into a car accident and is emitted into the ER, care must
be provided despite lack of medical insurance
What is ethics of care? - ANSWERS-Emphasizes the importance of
understanding relationships, especially as they are revealed in personal
narratives
,What is accountability? - ANSWERS-the procedures and processes by which
one party justifies and takes responsibility for its activities
What is autonomy? - ANSWERS-commitment to include patients in decisions
Describe cultural influences on health and illness. - ANSWERS-Causal beliefs
about health (punishment from God or biomedical cause)
Illness expression (lightly or dramatically)
Symptoms of illness (related to illness expression)
Taboos (whether or not mental health is accepted)
Describe cultural competence and culturally congruent care. - ANSWERS-
Cultural competence - enabling of health care providers to deliver services
that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and
cultural and linguistic needs of diverse patients
Culturally Congruent Care - care that fits a person's life patterns, values, and
system of meaning (patient-centered)
Explain the concept of health disparities. - ANSWERS-Health Disparity - A
particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social,
economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health Care Disparities - differences among populations in their availability,
accessibility, and quality of health care services
Example - poor health outcomes due to lower wages
, What is ethics? - ANSWERS-The study of conduct and character. It is
concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals and
society at large.
Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics. - ANSWERS-A value is a
personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object
that sets standards that influence behavior. An ethical dilemma is caused by
conflicting values.
What is beneficence? - ANSWERS-taking positive actions to help others
What is nonmaleficence? - ANSWERS-avoidance of harm or hurt
What is fedelity? - ANSWERS-agreement to keep promises
What is veracity? - ANSWERS-telling the truth
Discuss the steps of ethical dilemma resolution. - ANSWERS-To resolve
ethical dilemmas, one needs to distinguish among values, facts, and opinion.
Steps:
1. Is this an ethical problem?
2. Gather information
3. Identify the ethical elements, clarifying values
4. Name the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Create and implement an action plan
7. Evaluate the plan over time
