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EthicsandIssuesinContemporaryNursing3rd Edition
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by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton,All Chapters1 - 20
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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory h




3. Ethical Principles h




Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification h




5. Values Development h




6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making h h




Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues h




9. Professional Relationship Issues h h




10. Practice Issues Related to Technology h h h h




11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues h




Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Centuryh h h h h




14. Health Policy Issues h h




15. Economic Issues h




16. Social Issues h




17. Gender Issues h




18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues h h h




Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses h h




20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment h h

,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choice h




1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others h h h h




b. moral reasoning and action h h h




c. becoming a nurse h h




d. determining right from wrong h h h




ANSWER: b h




2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nursesmust determine thehealth and social needsof society. h h h h h h h h h




b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars, many of whom view them as
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conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social needdetermines theboundaries oftheethicalprinciples ofdistributive justice,beneficence, and
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non-maleficence.
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ANSWER: b h




3. Whatis the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healersh h h h




b. the role of women in society h h h h h




c. thereligious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction ofmale nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: b h




4. Why does the social status of women affect the status ofthe nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women. h h h h h h h




b. Throughouthistory, nurses have been afforded higher social status. h h h h h h h h




c. Women of higher social status rarely become nurses. h h h h h h h




d. Women are more skilled than men at nurturing others. h h h h h h h h




ANSWER: a h




5. What historical influences affected nursing asa moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: c h




6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesianphilosophy h

, c. values
d. moral thought h




ANSWER: a hh




7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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a. Religiousnursingordersandchurch-sanctionedsecularnursingorders offeredtheonlylegitimate
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havenues for women wishing to become nurses. h h h h h h




b. Increasingrespect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed insacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses, or
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hshamans.
d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
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ANSWER: a hh




8. What does the term empirical relate to?
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a. serving God and thy neighbour the best way one can h h h h h h h h h




b. knowledgegained through observation and experience h h h h h




c. healingthrough religious intervention, chanting, andpraying h h h h h h




d. theenforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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ANSWER: b h




9. When was the“DarkPeriod ofNursing,”when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkards
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h provided hospital nursing care?h h h




a. during the Reformation h h




b. during the Crusades h h




c. during the Middle Ages h h h




d. during the early Christian era h h h h




ANSWER: a hh




10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER: c h




11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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a. Marie Rollet Hebert h h




b. Marguerited’Youville h




c. Jeanne Mance h




d. ReneeDescartes h




ANSWER: c h