NUR 303 Exam 3 Questions
1. The patient for whom you are caring needs a liver transplant to survive.
This patient has been out of work for several months and doesn't have health
insurance or enough cash. Even though several ethical principles are at work
in this case, list the principles from highest to lowest priority.
1. Accountability: You as the nurse are accountable for the well-being of this
patient.
2. Respect for autonomy: This patient's autonomy will be violated if he does
not receive the liver transplant.
3. Ethics of care: The caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient is
resources for a liver transplant.
4. Justice: The greatest question in this situation is how to determine the just
distribution of resources.: 4 - Justice
2 - Respect for autonomy
3 - Ethics of care
1 - Accountability
2. The point of the ethical practice is an agreement to reassure the public that
in all ways the health care team not only works to heal patients but agrees to do
this in the least painful and harmful way possible. This principle is commonly
called the principle of ?: Nonmaleficence
3. A child's immunization may cause discomfort during administration, but
the benefits of protection from disease, both for the individual and society,
outweigh the temporary discomforts. Which principle is involved in this situ-
ation?
, NUR 303 Exam 3 Questions
1. Fidelity
2. Beneficence
3. Nonmaleficence
4. Respect for autonomy: 2. Beneficence
4. When designing a plan for pain management for a postoperative patient, the
nurse assesses that the patient's priority is to be as free of pain as possible.
The nurse and patient work together to identify a plan to manage the pain. The
nurse continually reviews the plan with the patient to ensure that the patient's
, NUR 303 Exam 3 Questions
priority is met. Which principle is used to encourage the nurse to monitor the
patient's response to the pain?
1. Fidelity
2. Beneficence
3. Nonmaleficence
4. Respect for autonomy: 1. Fidelity
5. A patient is admitted to a medical unit. The patient is fearful of hospitals.
The nurse carefully assesses the patient to determine the exact fears and then
establishes interventions designed to reduce these fears. In this setting how
is the nurse practicing patient advocacy?
1. Seeking out the nursing supervisor to talk with the patient
2. Documenting patient fears in the medical record in a timely manner
3. Working to change the hospital environment
4. Assessing the patient's point of view and preparing to articulate it: 4.
Assessing the patient's point of view and preparing to articulate it
6. The application of utilitarianism does not always resolve an ethical dilemma.
Which of the following statements best explains why?
1. Utilitarianism refers to usefulness and therefore eliminates the need to talk
about spiritual values.
1. The patient for whom you are caring needs a liver transplant to survive.
This patient has been out of work for several months and doesn't have health
insurance or enough cash. Even though several ethical principles are at work
in this case, list the principles from highest to lowest priority.
1. Accountability: You as the nurse are accountable for the well-being of this
patient.
2. Respect for autonomy: This patient's autonomy will be violated if he does
not receive the liver transplant.
3. Ethics of care: The caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient is
resources for a liver transplant.
4. Justice: The greatest question in this situation is how to determine the just
distribution of resources.: 4 - Justice
2 - Respect for autonomy
3 - Ethics of care
1 - Accountability
2. The point of the ethical practice is an agreement to reassure the public that
in all ways the health care team not only works to heal patients but agrees to do
this in the least painful and harmful way possible. This principle is commonly
called the principle of ?: Nonmaleficence
3. A child's immunization may cause discomfort during administration, but
the benefits of protection from disease, both for the individual and society,
outweigh the temporary discomforts. Which principle is involved in this situ-
ation?
, NUR 303 Exam 3 Questions
1. Fidelity
2. Beneficence
3. Nonmaleficence
4. Respect for autonomy: 2. Beneficence
4. When designing a plan for pain management for a postoperative patient, the
nurse assesses that the patient's priority is to be as free of pain as possible.
The nurse and patient work together to identify a plan to manage the pain. The
nurse continually reviews the plan with the patient to ensure that the patient's
, NUR 303 Exam 3 Questions
priority is met. Which principle is used to encourage the nurse to monitor the
patient's response to the pain?
1. Fidelity
2. Beneficence
3. Nonmaleficence
4. Respect for autonomy: 1. Fidelity
5. A patient is admitted to a medical unit. The patient is fearful of hospitals.
The nurse carefully assesses the patient to determine the exact fears and then
establishes interventions designed to reduce these fears. In this setting how
is the nurse practicing patient advocacy?
1. Seeking out the nursing supervisor to talk with the patient
2. Documenting patient fears in the medical record in a timely manner
3. Working to change the hospital environment
4. Assessing the patient's point of view and preparing to articulate it: 4.
Assessing the patient's point of view and preparing to articulate it
6. The application of utilitarianism does not always resolve an ethical dilemma.
Which of the following statements best explains why?
1. Utilitarianism refers to usefulness and therefore eliminates the need to talk
about spiritual values.
