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Private, personal, or group standards of right and wrong (good/bad, right/wrong):
a)ethics b)morals c)professional ethics d)values |
b)morals
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A systematic study of right and wrong conduct in situations. (What should I do in a given situation)?
a)ethics b)morals c)values d)justice |
a)ethics
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The application of ethical principals to healthcare.
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Bioethics
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Issues or questions that nurses must address resulting from their professional practice.
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Nursing ethics
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Give three reasons that nurses should study ethics.
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1. Nurses will encounter ethical problems frequently in their work.
2. Ethics is central to nursing. 3. Multidisciplinary input is important. 4. Ethical knowledge is necessary for professional competence. 5. Ethical reasoning is necessary for nursing to be taken seriously by other disciplines. 6. Ethical proficiency is essential for providing holistic care. 7. Nurses should be advocates for patients. 8. Studying ethics will help you make better decisions. |
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The communication and defense of the rights and interests of another.
a)moral agency b)integrity c)advocacy d)human dignity |
c)advocacy
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The ability of the nurse to base their practice on professional standards of ethical conduct and to participate in ethical decision making. = Nurses have choices and are responsible for their actions.
a)moral distress b)impaired nursing practice c)advocacy d)ethical agency |
d)ethical agency
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When nurses make moral decisions but are unable to carry them out.
a)impaired nursing practice b)moral distress c)whistleblower d)moral outrage |
b)moral distress
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A person who identifies an incompetent, unethical or illegal situation, or actions of others, in the workplace and reports it to someone who may have the power to stop the wrong.
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Whistleblower
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What five abilities must be present for ethical agency to exist?
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1. Perceive the difference between good and evil, right and wrong.
2. Understand abstract moral principals. 3. Reason and apply moral principles to make decisions, weigh alternatives, and plan ways to achieve goals. 4. Decide and choose freely. 5. Act according to choice. |
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Give three constraints that can keep nurses from carrying out their moral decisions.
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1. physicians
2. other nurses 3. nurse administrators 4. the law 5. threat of lawsuits 6. being socialized to follow orders 7. doubting their own knowledge |
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What are some of the societal factors giving rise to ethical problems in nursing?
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1. Increased consumer awareness.
2. Technological advances 3. Multicultural population 4. Cost containment |
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According to professional ethics, your first allegiance is to whom?
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The patient
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A belief you have about the worth of something
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Value
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What are three characteristics of values?
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1. are freely chosen
2. are often taken for granted 3. are learned in conscious and unconscious ways 4. are learned through observation and experience in social groups 5. become a part of a person's makeup 6. Give direction to life 7. Can be individual or shared 8. Vary from person to person 9. Can change over time 10. May be expressed overtly or manifested indirectly |
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Mental dispositions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea.
a)attitudes b)beliefs c)values d)morals |
a)attitudes
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Something that one accepts as true.
a)attitude b)belief c)value d)moral |
b)belief
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A set of values that you have reflected on and chosen that will help you lead a good life.
a)attitudes b)beliefs c)personal value system d)morals |
c)personal value system
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The following is and example of what professional value/behavior?
Advocates for patients, particularly the most vulnerable a)integrity b)autonomy c)human dignity d)altruism e)social justice |
d)altruism
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The following is and example of what professional value/behavior?
Seeks to remedy errors made by self or others a)integrity b)autonomy c)human dignity d)altruism e)social justice |
a)integrity
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The following is and example of what professional value/behavior?
Supports fairness and nondiscrimination in the delivery of care a)integrity b)autonomy c)human dignity d)altruism e)social justice |
e)social justice
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The following is and example of what professional value/behavior?
plans care in partnership with patients a)integrity b)autonomy c)human dignity d)altruism e)social justice |
b)autonomy
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The following is and example of what professional value/behavior?
Protects patient's privacy a)integrity b)autonomy c)human dignity d)altruism e)social justice |
c)human dignity
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What mode of value transmission best describes the following:
Children learn values from their parents a)moralizing b)modeling c)laissez-faire d)responsible choice e)reward & punishment |
b)modeling
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What mode of value transmission best describes the following:
"doing your own thing" a)moralizing b)modeling c)laissez-faire d)responsible choice e)reward & punishment |
c)laissez-faire
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What mode of value transmission best describes the followAing:
A child is given an ice cream cone for being good in the grocery store a)moralizing b)modeling c)laissez-faire d)responsible choice e)reward & punishment |
e)reward & punishment
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What mode of value transmission best describes the following:
Children are allowed to explore new behaviors and experience the consequences a)moralizing b)modeling c)laissez-faire d)responsible choice e)reward & punishment |
d)responsible choice
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we attempt to understand our own values regarding an issue and know when to put them aside to become nonjudgmental when providing care to patients.
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Value neutrality
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A person's right to choose and his ability to act on that choice.
a)autonomy b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)fidelity |
a)autonomy
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Do no harm and prevent harm.
a)autonomy b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)fidelity |
c)nonmaleficence
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The following is an example of which moral principle?
Honoring a patient's decision not to receive necessary blood products a)autonomy b)beneficence c)veracity d)fidelity |
a)autonomy
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The following is an example of which moral principle?
being careful to prevent medication errors a)autonomy b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)fidelity |
c)nonmaleficence
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The following is an example of which moral principle?
interfering with a man trying to push someone else in the river a)justice b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)veracity |
b)beneficence
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The following is an example of which moral principle?
Not giving a specific time when you will return in case you cannot make it for some reason a)justice b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)fidelity |
d)fidelity
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The following is an example of which moral principle?
Telling a patient "bad news" that he has cancer directly a)justice b)beneficence c)veracity d)fidelity |
c)veracity
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The duty to do or promote good.
a)autonomy b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)justice |
b)beneficence
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The obligation to keep promises (faithfulness).
a)autonomy b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)fidelity |
d)fidelity
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The duty to tell the truth.
a)justice b)beneficence c)veracity d)fidelity |
c)veracity
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The obligation to be fair; equal treatment to all clients.
a)fidelity b)beneficence c)nonmaleficence d)justice |
d)justice
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A type of justice that requires fair distribution of both benefits and burdens.
a)compensatory justice b)ethical justice c)distributive justice d)procedural justice |
c)distributive justice
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A type of justice that focuses on compensation for wrongs that have been done to individuals or groups.
a)compensatory justice b)ethical justice c)distributive justice d)procedural justice |
a)compensatory justice
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A type of justice that is relevant in processes that require ranking or ordering.
a)compensatory justice b)process justice c)distributive justice d)procedural justice |
d)procedural justice
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Systems of thought (theories) that are the basis for the differing perspectives people have in ethical situations.
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moral frameworks
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What is consequentialism?
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The rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the act rather than on the act itself.
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The value of an action is determined by its usefulness.
(e.g., "most of all, do not harm.") a)deontology b)consequentialism c)utilitarianism d)philosophical value |
c)utilitarianism
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Making a list of pros and cons and deciding which action will result in the most benefits for the most people is and example of what type of moral framework?
a)deontology b)consequentialism c)values system d)utilitarianism |
d)utilitarianism
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The value of an action as right or wrong is independent of its consequences. (i.e., based on moral rules and unchanging principles)
a)deontology b)consequentialism c)values system d)utilitarianism |
a)deontology (aka formalism)
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What is the principle of the categorical imperative?
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One should only act if the action is based on a principle that is universal.
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Helping someone in need because you have a duty to help others, not because it will necessarily produce good consequences is an example of which moral framework?
a)deontology b)consequentialism c)values system d)utilitarianism |
a)deontology
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What does the ethics-of-care model emphasize?
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the role of feelings, but not at the expense of the principles that are part of conventional ethics, such as autonomy and beneficence
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Formal statements of a group's expectations and standards for professional behavior gnereally accepted by members of the profession.
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Professional code of ethics
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Give three examples of purposes of a nursing code of ethics.
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1. inform the public about the professionl's minimum standards
2. demonstrate nursing's commitment to the public it serves 3. outline major ethical considerations of nursing' 4. provide general guidelines for professional behavior 5. guide the profession's self-regulating functions 6. remind us of the special responsibility we assume in caring for the sick |
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Give three examples of sources you can find ethical standards for nurses.
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1. Nursing Code of Ethics (ANA)
2. ANA Standards of Care 3. The Patient Bill of Rights Patient Care Partnership |
