NURS 330 questions with correct answers
Why should clinicians avoid divorcing clinical and ethical reasoning, as
presented in the txtbk "Intro to Clinical Ethics"? pg11 Correct Answer-
(many good answers)
-drs that do this could commit the fallacy of expertise (thinking that b/c
they have clinical knowledge that it translates over to ethical knowledge)
-by focusing only on clinical knowledge, clinicians can become overly
concerned with what is legal, not ethical
Describe one of the virtues that clinicians should possess (from "Intro to
Clinical Ethics). pg15 Correct Answer-humility: the ability to
understand the limits of one's clinical knowledge and techniques and
recognizing one's own fallibility
What is 1 crucial diff b/n the 2 definitions of death as discussed in the
txtbk? pg176 Correct Answer--whole body definition (requires total
cessation of both the heart and lungs)
-whole brain definition (only requires the cessation of all brain functions
which will lead to the cessation of heart and lungs)
What are the 4 steps to the clinical pragmatism framework? pg340-341
Correct Answer-1)assessment
2)moral diagnosis
3)goal setting, decision making and implementation
4)evaluation
, (short essay) Discuss 1 key difference b/n a living will and a durable
power of attorney for health care. ch12 Correct Answer--living will:
only applies when an incapacitated patient is diagnosed to be terminally
ill (usually 6 or less months to live) or is permanently unconscious w/ no
hope for neurological recovery (living will--treatments to give, withhold,
or withdraw)
-durable power of attorney: appoints a person w/ knowledge of the
patient's values, beliefs, and personal history so that that surrogate
decision maker can make a substituted judgment for the patient
(substituted judgment is one that the patient would have made for
him/herself if thy were able to decide)
names and key points of each of the big 3 ethical theories (lecture 2)
Correct Answer-1)virtue theories: (regard judgment of agents/character
as most basic)determine and defend an ideal of human character
2)deontological theories: (moral judgment of actions are most basic) the
fundamental task of a person is of doing the right thing; guide action w/
a set of moral principles; what is fundamental are actions and their moral
properties
3)consequentialist theories: (judgement of consequences are most basic)
3 main goals (specify and defend something that is good in themselves,
provide technique for measuring and comparing quantities of
intrinsically good things, defend some practical policy for cases where
one cannot determine which action would maximize the good thing);
importance of distinguishing b/n instrumentally and intrinsically good
things
steps of the clinical pragmatism framework and what each one is
designed to do in terms of ethical problem solving (Appendix 2) Correct
Why should clinicians avoid divorcing clinical and ethical reasoning, as
presented in the txtbk "Intro to Clinical Ethics"? pg11 Correct Answer-
(many good answers)
-drs that do this could commit the fallacy of expertise (thinking that b/c
they have clinical knowledge that it translates over to ethical knowledge)
-by focusing only on clinical knowledge, clinicians can become overly
concerned with what is legal, not ethical
Describe one of the virtues that clinicians should possess (from "Intro to
Clinical Ethics). pg15 Correct Answer-humility: the ability to
understand the limits of one's clinical knowledge and techniques and
recognizing one's own fallibility
What is 1 crucial diff b/n the 2 definitions of death as discussed in the
txtbk? pg176 Correct Answer--whole body definition (requires total
cessation of both the heart and lungs)
-whole brain definition (only requires the cessation of all brain functions
which will lead to the cessation of heart and lungs)
What are the 4 steps to the clinical pragmatism framework? pg340-341
Correct Answer-1)assessment
2)moral diagnosis
3)goal setting, decision making and implementation
4)evaluation
, (short essay) Discuss 1 key difference b/n a living will and a durable
power of attorney for health care. ch12 Correct Answer--living will:
only applies when an incapacitated patient is diagnosed to be terminally
ill (usually 6 or less months to live) or is permanently unconscious w/ no
hope for neurological recovery (living will--treatments to give, withhold,
or withdraw)
-durable power of attorney: appoints a person w/ knowledge of the
patient's values, beliefs, and personal history so that that surrogate
decision maker can make a substituted judgment for the patient
(substituted judgment is one that the patient would have made for
him/herself if thy were able to decide)
names and key points of each of the big 3 ethical theories (lecture 2)
Correct Answer-1)virtue theories: (regard judgment of agents/character
as most basic)determine and defend an ideal of human character
2)deontological theories: (moral judgment of actions are most basic) the
fundamental task of a person is of doing the right thing; guide action w/
a set of moral principles; what is fundamental are actions and their moral
properties
3)consequentialist theories: (judgement of consequences are most basic)
3 main goals (specify and defend something that is good in themselves,
provide technique for measuring and comparing quantities of
intrinsically good things, defend some practical policy for cases where
one cannot determine which action would maximize the good thing);
importance of distinguishing b/n instrumentally and intrinsically good
things
steps of the clinical pragmatism framework and what each one is
designed to do in terms of ethical problem solving (Appendix 2) Correct
