NURS-221 Exam 1: ANA Code of Ethics
(Provisions)
Provision 1 - correct answer ✔The nurse practices with compassion and
respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Provision 1.1 - correct answer ✔Respect for human dignity (everyone
including ourselves).
1.) Healthcare as a right; respect for the values of others; leadership in public
and health policy change
Provision 1.2 - correct answer ✔Relationships with patients.
1.) Trust, need for care, free from bias and prejudice; promote health; respect
patient decisions; obligation to protect patient
Provision 1.3 - correct answer ✔The nature of health.
1.) Respect patient regardless of health; assist patient in achieving the highest
levels of ability possible; avoid unnecessary or risky treatments
2.) Advocate for patients and make sure patients know their options
Provision 1.4 - correct answer ✔The right to self-determination.
1.) Moral and legal right to make own decisions; right to accurate, complete,
and understandable information to make informed decisions; right to accept or
reject any treatment without duress or prejudice
2.) Advice should be offered truthfully, and noncohersively
3.) Advice should exercise compassion, affirm the patient's dignity, and
recognize the uniqueness of the patient as a person
4.) Patients need adequate and accurate information and their decisions need
to be autonomous
, Provision 1.5 - correct answer ✔Relationships with colleagues and others.
1.) Respect for others, including fair treatment, civility, and respectful
compromise; Create a civil and kind work environment
Provision 2 - correct answer ✔Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient,
whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
Provision 2.1 - correct answer ✔Primacy of the patient's interests.
1.) Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient; attempt to resolve conflicts
with patients wishes as a guide
Provision 2.2 - correct answer ✔Conflict of interest for nurses.
1.) Nurses deal with competing loyalties, conflicting expectations, and
personal vs. professional values. Nurses address these conflicts in ways that
ensure patient safety and promote the patient's best interests while preserving
professional integrity
2.) Must promote patient's best interest even if you find their lifestyle repulsive
(i.e. murderer)
3.) Make sure patient priorities are first above the hospitals
Provision 2.3 - correct answer ✔Collaboration.
1.) Develop mutual trust and shared decision-making; help patients secure
information and that is understood; interdependence of nursing roles with
shared outcomes in nursing care and commitment to patient
2.) Collaborate with other professionals and even the patient
Provision 2.4 - correct answer ✔Professional boundaries.
(Provisions)
Provision 1 - correct answer ✔The nurse practices with compassion and
respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Provision 1.1 - correct answer ✔Respect for human dignity (everyone
including ourselves).
1.) Healthcare as a right; respect for the values of others; leadership in public
and health policy change
Provision 1.2 - correct answer ✔Relationships with patients.
1.) Trust, need for care, free from bias and prejudice; promote health; respect
patient decisions; obligation to protect patient
Provision 1.3 - correct answer ✔The nature of health.
1.) Respect patient regardless of health; assist patient in achieving the highest
levels of ability possible; avoid unnecessary or risky treatments
2.) Advocate for patients and make sure patients know their options
Provision 1.4 - correct answer ✔The right to self-determination.
1.) Moral and legal right to make own decisions; right to accurate, complete,
and understandable information to make informed decisions; right to accept or
reject any treatment without duress or prejudice
2.) Advice should be offered truthfully, and noncohersively
3.) Advice should exercise compassion, affirm the patient's dignity, and
recognize the uniqueness of the patient as a person
4.) Patients need adequate and accurate information and their decisions need
to be autonomous
, Provision 1.5 - correct answer ✔Relationships with colleagues and others.
1.) Respect for others, including fair treatment, civility, and respectful
compromise; Create a civil and kind work environment
Provision 2 - correct answer ✔Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient,
whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
Provision 2.1 - correct answer ✔Primacy of the patient's interests.
1.) Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient; attempt to resolve conflicts
with patients wishes as a guide
Provision 2.2 - correct answer ✔Conflict of interest for nurses.
1.) Nurses deal with competing loyalties, conflicting expectations, and
personal vs. professional values. Nurses address these conflicts in ways that
ensure patient safety and promote the patient's best interests while preserving
professional integrity
2.) Must promote patient's best interest even if you find their lifestyle repulsive
(i.e. murderer)
3.) Make sure patient priorities are first above the hospitals
Provision 2.3 - correct answer ✔Collaboration.
1.) Develop mutual trust and shared decision-making; help patients secure
information and that is understood; interdependence of nursing roles with
shared outcomes in nursing care and commitment to patient
2.) Collaborate with other professionals and even the patient
Provision 2.4 - correct answer ✔Professional boundaries.
