DOS 2 Test 2 || 100% Errorless Answers.
Ethics applied to nursing can best be defined as:
a. doing what is best for the client.
b. making good decisions about care.
c. care based on what should be done in keeping with the values of the client.
d. rules for providing competent care that is based on scientific principles. correct answers c
A family requests that no additional heroic measures be instituted for their terminally ill mother
who has advance directives in place. The nurse respects this decision in keeping with the
principle of:
a. accountability.
b. autonomy.
c. nonmaleficence.
d. veracity. correct answers b
An older adult client is comatose and had one electroencephalogram that indicated no activity.
The daughter is very distraught and notices her mother's hand moves when she is talking to her.
The daughter asks the nurse, "Is mother responding to my voice?" The nurse, attempting to
console the daughter, knows the movement was involuntary but states, "It does appear she did."
The nurse is violating which principle of ethics?
a. Autonomy
b. Veracity
c. Utilitarianism
d. Deontology correct answers b
In attempting to decide which services should be offered to a community, the public health nurse
decides to implement hypertension screening and treatment because most of the residents are
hypertensive. This decision is based on the principle of:
a. veracity.
b. values.
, c. utilitarianism.
d. autonomy. correct answers c
A nurse is caring for a client who just consented to an elective abortion. The nurse is unsure of
his/her own values as they relate to this issue. The nurse must:
a. know his/her own values and how these values relate to beliefs and the philosophy of nursing.
b. rid the impurities in his/her value system.
c. ignore his/her own values.
d. realize that values do not change and that they cannot be influenced by others. correct answers
a
When assessing an ethical issue, the nurse must first:
a. ask, "What is the issue?"
b. identify all possible alternatives.
c. select the best option from a list of alternatives.
d. justify the choice of action or inaction. correct answers a
A researcher calculated the risk-to-benefit ratio and concluded that no harmful effects were
associated with a survey of college sophomores. The researcher was applying the principles of:
a. beneficence.
b. human dignity.
c. justice.
d. human rights. correct answers a
The physician who insists on providing treatment in spite of the client's wishes because he
"knows best" is reflecting:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. justice.
Ethics applied to nursing can best be defined as:
a. doing what is best for the client.
b. making good decisions about care.
c. care based on what should be done in keeping with the values of the client.
d. rules for providing competent care that is based on scientific principles. correct answers c
A family requests that no additional heroic measures be instituted for their terminally ill mother
who has advance directives in place. The nurse respects this decision in keeping with the
principle of:
a. accountability.
b. autonomy.
c. nonmaleficence.
d. veracity. correct answers b
An older adult client is comatose and had one electroencephalogram that indicated no activity.
The daughter is very distraught and notices her mother's hand moves when she is talking to her.
The daughter asks the nurse, "Is mother responding to my voice?" The nurse, attempting to
console the daughter, knows the movement was involuntary but states, "It does appear she did."
The nurse is violating which principle of ethics?
a. Autonomy
b. Veracity
c. Utilitarianism
d. Deontology correct answers b
In attempting to decide which services should be offered to a community, the public health nurse
decides to implement hypertension screening and treatment because most of the residents are
hypertensive. This decision is based on the principle of:
a. veracity.
b. values.
, c. utilitarianism.
d. autonomy. correct answers c
A nurse is caring for a client who just consented to an elective abortion. The nurse is unsure of
his/her own values as they relate to this issue. The nurse must:
a. know his/her own values and how these values relate to beliefs and the philosophy of nursing.
b. rid the impurities in his/her value system.
c. ignore his/her own values.
d. realize that values do not change and that they cannot be influenced by others. correct answers
a
When assessing an ethical issue, the nurse must first:
a. ask, "What is the issue?"
b. identify all possible alternatives.
c. select the best option from a list of alternatives.
d. justify the choice of action or inaction. correct answers a
A researcher calculated the risk-to-benefit ratio and concluded that no harmful effects were
associated with a survey of college sophomores. The researcher was applying the principles of:
a. beneficence.
b. human dignity.
c. justice.
d. human rights. correct answers a
The physician who insists on providing treatment in spite of the client's wishes because he
"knows best" is reflecting:
a. autonomy.
b. beneficence.
c. justice.
