CNUR 400: Unit 3 Ethical and Legal
Issues Midterm Exam Questions And
100% Correct Answers.
Nursing care is directly influenced by what perspectives? - Answer social, political, and economic
What offers guidance to nurses so they are able to address ethical issues in a knowledgeable, informed,
and competent manner? - Answer The CNA and Code of Ethics
In managing ethical issues, nurses must understand what? - Answer that there are professional legal
obligations that align with the ethical responsibilities of RN
Ethics - Answer about making choices
-defined as the process of carefully thinking about what is right and wrong in behavior, decision-making,
and values
Study of Ethics - Answer about thinking and reflecting upon what we consider to be good
-also examining critically the social norms, practices, moral issues, and ethical foundations of our
societies
Bioethics - Answer -within the study of ethics, bioethics focuses on the study of ethical issues
surrounding human lives, health, and illness
Ethics vs. Morals - Answer Morals=system of values, what you define as right or wrong, good or bad
Ethics=applying an approved social set or morals to the behaviors and choices we have
Set of guidelines for nurses - Answer CNA code of ethics
, Code of ethics - Answer outlines, in a very general way, expectations of ethical practice
-unlike law, a code of ethics cannot be legally enforced by courts
-can be enforced by a regulatory body as a component of competent practice
Articulating the issue - Answer at an expressive level, we may simply state the way we feel about
something without providing justification or rationale for beliefs
Prereflective level - Answer at this level, we may well justify our response by citing legal, religoius, or
professional norms without critical reflection upon those norms
Reflective response - Answer one in which the justification for our position is based upon principles or
values that we have reflected upon, critically, and made a decision to use as a basis for our stance
Analyzing the Issue - Answer A key skill in the articulation and analysis of issues is the ability to provide
a rationale, based on principles, to help back up our positions
Deontological ethics - Answer -mainly concerned with the duties we have towards others (ex. rule
based ethics concerned with morality of the action)
Consequentialist theories - Answer state that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by
the outcomes, or consequences, of a particular action
ex. end justifies the means
Criticisms that apply to the two most common ethical theories - Answer -criticism that they are difficult
to apply in real-life healthcare challenges and that they lack any kind of guidance for what principles
shoul dbe used to make decisions, across a variety of contexts, times, and places
Autonomy - Answer refers to the ability of a competent person to make deicisons regarding his or her
own life and health
Beneficicence - Answer refers to the obligation of th healthcare provider to act for the good of the
patient, protect the patient from harm, and promote the best interests or welfare of the patient
Issues Midterm Exam Questions And
100% Correct Answers.
Nursing care is directly influenced by what perspectives? - Answer social, political, and economic
What offers guidance to nurses so they are able to address ethical issues in a knowledgeable, informed,
and competent manner? - Answer The CNA and Code of Ethics
In managing ethical issues, nurses must understand what? - Answer that there are professional legal
obligations that align with the ethical responsibilities of RN
Ethics - Answer about making choices
-defined as the process of carefully thinking about what is right and wrong in behavior, decision-making,
and values
Study of Ethics - Answer about thinking and reflecting upon what we consider to be good
-also examining critically the social norms, practices, moral issues, and ethical foundations of our
societies
Bioethics - Answer -within the study of ethics, bioethics focuses on the study of ethical issues
surrounding human lives, health, and illness
Ethics vs. Morals - Answer Morals=system of values, what you define as right or wrong, good or bad
Ethics=applying an approved social set or morals to the behaviors and choices we have
Set of guidelines for nurses - Answer CNA code of ethics
, Code of ethics - Answer outlines, in a very general way, expectations of ethical practice
-unlike law, a code of ethics cannot be legally enforced by courts
-can be enforced by a regulatory body as a component of competent practice
Articulating the issue - Answer at an expressive level, we may simply state the way we feel about
something without providing justification or rationale for beliefs
Prereflective level - Answer at this level, we may well justify our response by citing legal, religoius, or
professional norms without critical reflection upon those norms
Reflective response - Answer one in which the justification for our position is based upon principles or
values that we have reflected upon, critically, and made a decision to use as a basis for our stance
Analyzing the Issue - Answer A key skill in the articulation and analysis of issues is the ability to provide
a rationale, based on principles, to help back up our positions
Deontological ethics - Answer -mainly concerned with the duties we have towards others (ex. rule
based ethics concerned with morality of the action)
Consequentialist theories - Answer state that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by
the outcomes, or consequences, of a particular action
ex. end justifies the means
Criticisms that apply to the two most common ethical theories - Answer -criticism that they are difficult
to apply in real-life healthcare challenges and that they lack any kind of guidance for what principles
shoul dbe used to make decisions, across a variety of contexts, times, and places
Autonomy - Answer refers to the ability of a competent person to make deicisons regarding his or her
own life and health
Beneficicence - Answer refers to the obligation of th healthcare provider to act for the good of the
patient, protect the patient from harm, and promote the best interests or welfare of the patient
