NUR 129 Ch. 6 Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
What do ethics and legal issues involve? - Answer: - professionalism
- health policy
- reimbursement issues
- the organizations that provide healthcare
Ethics - Answer: - a standard code or guide to behavior - learned through code of ethics - ethics deals
with a rightness and wrongness of behavior
Morals - Answer: an individual's code of acceptable behaviors -learned through growth and
development
Four Main Ethical Principals - Answer: 1. Autonomy: focuses on the patient's right to make decisions
about matters that impact the patient
2. Beneficence: relates to doing something good and caring for the patient
3. Justice: is about treating people fairly
4. Veracity: is truth
Other Ethical Principles - Answer: - Advocacy
- Caring
- Stewardship
- Respect
- Honesty
- Confidentiality
Ethical Dilemma - Answer: - occurs when a person is forced to choose between 2 or more alternatives,
none of which is ideal
, The Four Parts to Ethical Decision Making - Answer: 1. Involvement
2. Assessment
3. Plan
4. Implementation
Ethical Decision Making: Involvement - Answer: - if there is an ethical dilemma the nurse should be
involved in the decision making; if the decision does not involve the RN then he/she should not step in
Ethical Decision Making: Assessment - Answer: - obtaining medical facts about treatment
Ethical Decision Making: Plan - Answer: - looking at choices, goals and who is involved - the decision
MUST BE acceptable to the patient
Ethical Decision Making: Implementation - Answer: - the RN must be the patients advocate even if
he/she doesn't agree with the patients decision
Ethics and Ethical Principles: Professional Ethics and Nursing Practice (Benner et al., 2010) - Answer: -
Nursing education needs to focus more on ethical comportment
- Students need to develop skills to respond ethically to errors and to make ethical decisions.
- if you experience something that doesn't feel right you need to say something
Ethics and Ethical Principles: American Nurses Association Code of Ethics - Answer: - primary source or
guide for nurses encountering an ethical dilemma
Ethics and Ethical Principles: Reporting Incompetent, Unethical, or Illegal Practices - Answer: - Role of
the State Board of Nursing
Current Ethical Issues - Answer: - Rationing Care - ex: alllocating funds for patients without insurance;
organ transplant lists
- Healthcare Fraud (one person deliberately deceived another for personal gain) and Abuse - usually
involves reimbursement
Solutions Graded A+
What do ethics and legal issues involve? - Answer: - professionalism
- health policy
- reimbursement issues
- the organizations that provide healthcare
Ethics - Answer: - a standard code or guide to behavior - learned through code of ethics - ethics deals
with a rightness and wrongness of behavior
Morals - Answer: an individual's code of acceptable behaviors -learned through growth and
development
Four Main Ethical Principals - Answer: 1. Autonomy: focuses on the patient's right to make decisions
about matters that impact the patient
2. Beneficence: relates to doing something good and caring for the patient
3. Justice: is about treating people fairly
4. Veracity: is truth
Other Ethical Principles - Answer: - Advocacy
- Caring
- Stewardship
- Respect
- Honesty
- Confidentiality
Ethical Dilemma - Answer: - occurs when a person is forced to choose between 2 or more alternatives,
none of which is ideal
, The Four Parts to Ethical Decision Making - Answer: 1. Involvement
2. Assessment
3. Plan
4. Implementation
Ethical Decision Making: Involvement - Answer: - if there is an ethical dilemma the nurse should be
involved in the decision making; if the decision does not involve the RN then he/she should not step in
Ethical Decision Making: Assessment - Answer: - obtaining medical facts about treatment
Ethical Decision Making: Plan - Answer: - looking at choices, goals and who is involved - the decision
MUST BE acceptable to the patient
Ethical Decision Making: Implementation - Answer: - the RN must be the patients advocate even if
he/she doesn't agree with the patients decision
Ethics and Ethical Principles: Professional Ethics and Nursing Practice (Benner et al., 2010) - Answer: -
Nursing education needs to focus more on ethical comportment
- Students need to develop skills to respond ethically to errors and to make ethical decisions.
- if you experience something that doesn't feel right you need to say something
Ethics and Ethical Principles: American Nurses Association Code of Ethics - Answer: - primary source or
guide for nurses encountering an ethical dilemma
Ethics and Ethical Principles: Reporting Incompetent, Unethical, or Illegal Practices - Answer: - Role of
the State Board of Nursing
Current Ethical Issues - Answer: - Rationing Care - ex: alllocating funds for patients without insurance;
organ transplant lists
- Healthcare Fraud (one person deliberately deceived another for personal gain) and Abuse - usually
involves reimbursement
