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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Edition
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by Margaret A. Burkhardt, Nancy Walton, All Chapters 1 - 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
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3. Ethical Principles
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification
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5. Values Development
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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8. Legal Issues
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9. Professional Relationship Issues
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10. Practice Issues Related to Technology
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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12. Scholarship Issues
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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14. Health Policy Issues
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15. Economic Issues
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16. Social Issues
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17. Gender Issues
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18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
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Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses
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20. Facilitating Patient Empowerment
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,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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MultiplejChoice
1. Forjwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjempathyjajmotive?
a. meetingjthejneedsjofjothers
b. moraljreasoningjandjaction
c. becomingjajnurse
d. determiningjrightjfromjwrong
ANSWER:j b
2. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjsocialjneedjasjanjethicaljfoundationjforjnursing?
a. Nursesjmustjdeterminejthejhealthjandjsocialjneedsjofjsociety.
b. Nursingjfindsjitsjorigin,jpurpose,jandjmeaningjwithinjthejcontextjofjperceivedjsocialjneed.
c. Theoriesjofjsocialjneedjinjsociologyjarejutilizedjbyjnursingjscholars,jmanyjofjwhomjviewjthemjasjconc
eptualjframeworksjforjnursingjpractice.
d. Socialjneedjdeterminesjthejboundariesjofjthejethicaljprinciplesjofjdistributivejjustice,jbeneficence,ja
ndjnon-maleficence.
ANSWER:j b
3. Whatjisjthejmostjcriticaljfactorjthatjinfluencesjnursingjpractice?
a. thejtraditionaljrolejofjhealers
b. thejrolejofjwomenjinjsociety
c. thejreligiousjandjspiritualjaspectsjofjhealthjcare
d. thejintroductionjofjmalejnursesjintojthejprofession
ANSWER:j b
4. Whyjdoesjthejsocialjstatusjofjwomenjaffectjthejstatusjofjthejnursingjprofession?
a. Nursingjhasjtraditionallyjbeenjajprofessionjofjwomen.
b. Throughoutjhistory,jnursesjhavejbeenjaffordedjhigherjsocialjstatus.
c. Womenjofjhigherjsocialjstatusjrarelyjbecomejnurses.
d. Womenjarejmorejskilledjthanjmenjatjnurturingjothers.
ANSWER:j a
5. Whatjhistoricaljinfluencesjaffectedjnursingjasjajmoraljdiscipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER:j c
6. Whatjisjthejtermjthatjrelatesjtojknowledgejgainedjthroughjobservationjandjexperience?
a. empirical
b. Cartesianjphilosophy
, c. values
d. moraljthought
ANSWER:j a
7. WhichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjthejsignificancejofjNursingjduringjthejMiddlejAgesj?
a. Religiousjnursingjordersjandjchurch-
sanctionedjsecularjnursingjordersjofferedjthejonlyjlegitimatejavenuesjforjwomenjwishingjtojbecom
ejnurses.
b. Increasingjrespectjwasjgivenjtojnursingjandjmidwifery,jasjnursesjbeganjtojpractisejautonomously.
c. HealingjartsjinjDenmarkjandjGreecejwerejperformedjinjsacredjceremoniesjbyjpriests,jpriestesses,jorjsh
amans.
d. Mostjnursesjwerejwomenjofjhighjsocialjstatusjseekingjwaysjtojlegitimizejtheirjpositionjandjstatus.
ANSWER:j a
8. Whatjdoesjthejtermjempiricaljrelatejto?
a. servingjGodjandjthyjneighbourjthejbestjwayjonejcan
b. knowledgejgainedjthroughjobservationjandjexperience
c. healingjthroughjreligiousjintervention,jchanting,jandjpraying
d. thejenforcementjofjreligiousjdoctrinejrelatedjtojthejstatusjofjwomenjinjsociety
ANSWER:j b
9. Whenjwasjthej“DarkjPeriodjofjNursing,”jwhenjconvalescentjpatients,jprostitutes,jprisoners,jandjdrunkardsjpr
ovidedjhospitaljnursingjcare?
a. duringjthejReformation
b. duringjthejCrusades
c. duringjthejMiddlejAges
d. duringjthejearlyjChristianjera
ANSWER:j a
10. WhichjofjthejfollowingjhadjthejgreatestjinfluencejonjnursingjtraditionsjinjCanada?
a. Britain
b. indigenousjpersons
c. France
d. Germany
ANSWER:j c
11. WhichjofjthejfollowingjhadjthejgreatestjinfluencejonjestablishingjthejfirstjhospitaljinjthejNewjWorld?
a. MariejRolletjHebert
b. Margueritejd’Youville
c. JeannejMance
d. ReneejDescartes
ANSWER:j c