Nur 4590 Exam 1 Leadership
questions and complete verified
detailed answers
A. Fidelity
By breaking an agreement and/or promise to the employee related to which shift the nurse
would work, the nurse manager did not maintain fidelity.
Veracity
Veracity means to give someone all the information before they make a decision. In this
scenario, there was no decision to be made; there was already an agreement.
Paternalism
Paternalism involves making a partial decision for someone when they do not have sufficient
data or expertise. In this scenario, there was no decision to be made; there was already an
agreement.
Beneficence
Promoting good, and being a patient and staff advocate are the main parts of the principle of
beneficence related to nurse managers. An example of beneficence would be ensuring that
there are enough experienced nurses working the night shift. - answer ✔✔-Which ethical
principle was violated when the nurse manager switched Nurse Behar's schedule from days to
nights?
A. Fidelity
,B. Veracity
C. Paternalism
D. Benficence
B. Autonomy
When a nurse respects a patient's right to make an informed choice, such as not accepting the
transfusion, the nurse is practicing the ethical principle of autonomy.
Veracity
While veracity does involve giving all the facts when helping others face a decision, it is not
related to respecting a patient's decision.
Beneficence
Whereas respecting a patient's right to make informed decisions is an important ethical
principle, it does not define beneficence. Promoting good, being a patient advocate, and
helping others are the main parts of the principle of beneficence.
Nonmaleficence
Nonmaleficence means doing no harm. It may seem to the nurse that he or she is doing harm
by not administering the treatment. However, as long as the patient is alert and informed, it is
their right to deny treatment. - answer ✔✔-Which ethical principle is displayed when a nurse
respects a patient's informed decision to refuse a life-saving blood transfusion?
A. Veracity
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
,C. Beneficence
The nurse manager is encouraging professional growth for an employee and this is a display of
beneficence by promoting good and helping another person grow.
Veracity
Veracity is giving all the facts when helping others face a decision; it is not related to
encouraging another person.
Autonomy
While the nurse manager is respecting the nurse's wish to grow professionally, autonomy is not
involved. Autonomy is respecting a person's right to make a decision, including decisions about
changing jobs.
Nonmaleficence
The encouragement of the staff nurse to grow professionally is the main component related to
this ethical principle. Nonmaleficence is not focused on encouragement but on doing no harm. -
answer ✔✔-A nurse is offered her "dream job" in another department, and her current nurse
manager encourages her to take the new position. Which ethical principle did the nurse manger
display?
A. Veracity
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
A. To explain the key ethical issues or concerns of the profession
The professional code of ethics includes information for the health care provider about major
ethical issues in nursing. This helps the health care provider remain informed about ethical
issues that are ever-growing and always changing.
, D. To give members of the health care profession guidelines for their practice
One of the central purposes of the Code of Ethics for Nurses is to provide guidelines to health
care providers. This helps health care providers have a better understanding of their ethical
responsibilities.
E. To explain the minimum standards of conduct by the health care profession to the public.
The Code of Ethics for Nurses provides information to the public regarding the acceptable
standards of conduct by health care professionals. This gives the public an understanding of
what to expect ethically from nurses and other health care pr - answer ✔✔-Which are purposes
of the Code of Ethics for Nurses?
A. To explain the key ethical issues or concerns of the profession
B. To provide ethical guidelines for the development of ethics committees
C. To provide specific pt examples of ethical code breaches to the public
D. To give members of the health care profession guidelines for their practice
E. To explain the minimum standards of conduct by the health care profession to the public.
C. A circumstance when a decision has to be made between two undesirable possibilities
Sometimes decisions will result in inevitable scenarios that have bad outcomes, creating two
undesirable or unacceptable alternatives. An ethical dilemma occurs when an individual has to
make a decision between two undesirable or unacceptable alternative choices. - answer ✔✔-
How is a moral or ethical dilemma defined?
A. A use of rules or legal obligations to reach a difficult decision
B. A dilemma that always requires the utilization of an ethics committee
C. A circumstance when a decision has to be made between two undesirable possibilities
D. A situation that requires a nurse to decide who should make a choice between two available
options.
questions and complete verified
detailed answers
A. Fidelity
By breaking an agreement and/or promise to the employee related to which shift the nurse
would work, the nurse manager did not maintain fidelity.
Veracity
Veracity means to give someone all the information before they make a decision. In this
scenario, there was no decision to be made; there was already an agreement.
Paternalism
Paternalism involves making a partial decision for someone when they do not have sufficient
data or expertise. In this scenario, there was no decision to be made; there was already an
agreement.
Beneficence
Promoting good, and being a patient and staff advocate are the main parts of the principle of
beneficence related to nurse managers. An example of beneficence would be ensuring that
there are enough experienced nurses working the night shift. - answer ✔✔-Which ethical
principle was violated when the nurse manager switched Nurse Behar's schedule from days to
nights?
A. Fidelity
,B. Veracity
C. Paternalism
D. Benficence
B. Autonomy
When a nurse respects a patient's right to make an informed choice, such as not accepting the
transfusion, the nurse is practicing the ethical principle of autonomy.
Veracity
While veracity does involve giving all the facts when helping others face a decision, it is not
related to respecting a patient's decision.
Beneficence
Whereas respecting a patient's right to make informed decisions is an important ethical
principle, it does not define beneficence. Promoting good, being a patient advocate, and
helping others are the main parts of the principle of beneficence.
Nonmaleficence
Nonmaleficence means doing no harm. It may seem to the nurse that he or she is doing harm
by not administering the treatment. However, as long as the patient is alert and informed, it is
their right to deny treatment. - answer ✔✔-Which ethical principle is displayed when a nurse
respects a patient's informed decision to refuse a life-saving blood transfusion?
A. Veracity
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
,C. Beneficence
The nurse manager is encouraging professional growth for an employee and this is a display of
beneficence by promoting good and helping another person grow.
Veracity
Veracity is giving all the facts when helping others face a decision; it is not related to
encouraging another person.
Autonomy
While the nurse manager is respecting the nurse's wish to grow professionally, autonomy is not
involved. Autonomy is respecting a person's right to make a decision, including decisions about
changing jobs.
Nonmaleficence
The encouragement of the staff nurse to grow professionally is the main component related to
this ethical principle. Nonmaleficence is not focused on encouragement but on doing no harm. -
answer ✔✔-A nurse is offered her "dream job" in another department, and her current nurse
manager encourages her to take the new position. Which ethical principle did the nurse manger
display?
A. Veracity
B. Autonomy
C. Beneficence
D. Nonmaleficence
A. To explain the key ethical issues or concerns of the profession
The professional code of ethics includes information for the health care provider about major
ethical issues in nursing. This helps the health care provider remain informed about ethical
issues that are ever-growing and always changing.
, D. To give members of the health care profession guidelines for their practice
One of the central purposes of the Code of Ethics for Nurses is to provide guidelines to health
care providers. This helps health care providers have a better understanding of their ethical
responsibilities.
E. To explain the minimum standards of conduct by the health care profession to the public.
The Code of Ethics for Nurses provides information to the public regarding the acceptable
standards of conduct by health care professionals. This gives the public an understanding of
what to expect ethically from nurses and other health care pr - answer ✔✔-Which are purposes
of the Code of Ethics for Nurses?
A. To explain the key ethical issues or concerns of the profession
B. To provide ethical guidelines for the development of ethics committees
C. To provide specific pt examples of ethical code breaches to the public
D. To give members of the health care profession guidelines for their practice
E. To explain the minimum standards of conduct by the health care profession to the public.
C. A circumstance when a decision has to be made between two undesirable possibilities
Sometimes decisions will result in inevitable scenarios that have bad outcomes, creating two
undesirable or unacceptable alternatives. An ethical dilemma occurs when an individual has to
make a decision between two undesirable or unacceptable alternative choices. - answer ✔✔-
How is a moral or ethical dilemma defined?
A. A use of rules or legal obligations to reach a difficult decision
B. A dilemma that always requires the utilization of an ethics committee
C. A circumstance when a decision has to be made between two undesirable possibilities
D. A situation that requires a nurse to decide who should make a choice between two available
options.
