ELABORATED ETHICS & LEGAL ISSUES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS TEST BANK (GRADED A+)

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An operating room nurse asks a psychiatric nurse, "How can you work with the mentally ill day in and
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day out?" The psychiatric nurse replies, "It's just the right things to do." The psychiatric nurse is opera
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ting from which ethical framework?
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A. Kantianism

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C. Ethical egoism ku




D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER - ku ku ku ku




ANSWER: A Focuses on morality of actions
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As a last resort, an agitated, physically aggressive client is placed in four point restraints. The client yells
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, " I'll sue you for assault and battery". The unit manager determines that the nurses are protected un
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der which condition?
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A. The client is voluntarily committed and poses a danger to others on the unit
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B. the client is voluntarily committed and has a history of being a danger to others
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C. the client is involuntarily committed because of a history of violent behavior
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D. the client is involuntarily committed and is refusing treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Answer: A
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, A nurse gives a client 5 mg of haloperidol (Haldol) for agitation. The client's chart was clearly stampe
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d "Allergic HALDOL." The client suffered anaphylactic shock and died. How would the nurse's actions
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be labeled?
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B. Negligence

C. Battery

D. Assault - CORRECT ANSWER -ANSWER: B ku ku ku ku ku




1. In response to a students question regarding choosing a psychiatric specialty, a charge nurse states
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, Mentally ill clients need special care. If I were in that position, Id want a caring nurse also. From wh
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ich ethical framework is the charge nurse operating?
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A. Kantianism

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C. Ethical egoism ku




D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER -ANS: B ku ku ku ku ku




The charge nurse is operating from a Christian ethics framework. A basic principle in Christian ethics is t
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o do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Kantianism states that decisions should be bas
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ed on moral law and that actions are bound by a sense of moral duty. Utilitarianism holds that decision
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s should be made with a focus on the end result being happiness. Ethical egoism promotes the idea tha
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t what is right is good for the individual.
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2. During a hiring interview, which response by a nursing applicant should indicate that the applican
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t operates from an ethical egoism framework?
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A. I would want to be treated in a caring manner if I were mentally ill.
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B. This job will pay the bills, and the workload is light enough for me.
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C. I will be happy caring for the mentally ill. Working in Med/Surg kills my back.
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