NURSING ETHICS QUESTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
PAPER AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● A nurse admits a patient with end-stage cancer who is obviously in
pain, yet refuses pain medication because the patient wants to remain
aware of family members who are present. The best example of the
nurse acting under the ethical precept of autonomy is:
A. Call the physician and get orders for around-the-clock pain
medication anyway.
B. Assess the patient and pain experience thoroughly and discuss the
patient's wishes.
C. Try to convince the patient that the family doesn't want her to be in
pain.
D. Tell the family that the patient is refusing treatment..
Answer: Assess the patient and pain experience thoroughly and discuss
the patient's wishes.
●● A patient is asked to participate in a medical research study involving
the relationship of genetics to disease. Which document is crucial for the
patient to understand because it protects the patient's rights?
A. Code of Ethics
B. Informed Consent
C. Nurse Practice Act
, D. United States Constitution.
Answer: Informed consent
●● A post-operative patient requests pain medication. The nurse informs
the patient that he will give the medication in the next ten minutes, but
goes to lunch and does not do so for another hour. The nurse has
demonstrated a lack of ethical:
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Teleology
D. Justice.
Answer: Fidelity
●● A patient's son requests to review the documentation in his mother's
medical record. What is the nurse's best response to this request?
A. "I will be happy to get that for you."
B. "You will have to ask the physician."
C. "You will need your mother's permission."
D. "You are not allowed to see the medical records.".
Answer: "You will need your mother's permission."
●● Match the ethical term:
-Standard of best interest
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TEST
PAPER AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● A nurse admits a patient with end-stage cancer who is obviously in
pain, yet refuses pain medication because the patient wants to remain
aware of family members who are present. The best example of the
nurse acting under the ethical precept of autonomy is:
A. Call the physician and get orders for around-the-clock pain
medication anyway.
B. Assess the patient and pain experience thoroughly and discuss the
patient's wishes.
C. Try to convince the patient that the family doesn't want her to be in
pain.
D. Tell the family that the patient is refusing treatment..
Answer: Assess the patient and pain experience thoroughly and discuss
the patient's wishes.
●● A patient is asked to participate in a medical research study involving
the relationship of genetics to disease. Which document is crucial for the
patient to understand because it protects the patient's rights?
A. Code of Ethics
B. Informed Consent
C. Nurse Practice Act
, D. United States Constitution.
Answer: Informed consent
●● A post-operative patient requests pain medication. The nurse informs
the patient that he will give the medication in the next ten minutes, but
goes to lunch and does not do so for another hour. The nurse has
demonstrated a lack of ethical:
A. Fidelity
B. Autonomy
C. Teleology
D. Justice.
Answer: Fidelity
●● A patient's son requests to review the documentation in his mother's
medical record. What is the nurse's best response to this request?
A. "I will be happy to get that for you."
B. "You will have to ask the physician."
C. "You will need your mother's permission."
D. "You are not allowed to see the medical records.".
Answer: "You will need your mother's permission."
●● Match the ethical term:
-Standard of best interest
