Ch 6 Intro To Nursing 108

Front 1

When a nurse is able to recognize that an ethical moment has occurred with a patient he or she is experiencing the following ethical abilities.

a. Ethical responsiveness

b. Ethical reasoning

c. ethical sensibility

d. Ethical valuing

Back 1

c

Front 2

A nurse who is carring for a new mother realizes that the woman is not prepared to go home with her newborn after a hospital stay of only 24hrs but hospital policy dictates that the mother be discharged. The nurse may be faced with with of the following moral problems?

a. Ethical uncertainty

b. Ethical distress

c. Ethical Dilemma

d. Ethical dissatisfaction.

Back 2

b

Front 3

Which of the following principles applies to utilitarian action guiding theory?

a. The rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences the action produces.

b. An action is right or wrong independent of the consequences it produces.

d. An action is right or wrong depending on the process used to arrive at the action.

d. the rightness or wrongness of an action is not dependent on the process used to arrive at the action.

Back 3

a

Front 4

Which of the following guidelines was developed by the American hospital Association to enumerate the rights and responsibilities of patients while receiving hospital care?

a. Code of ethics

b. Patient bill of rights

c. Biomedical ethics

d. Hospital patient advocacy

Back 4

b

Front 5

Which of the following elements of ethical agency could be described as the cultivated dispositions that allow one to act as one believes one ought to act?

a. Ethical sensibility

b. Ethical responsiveness

c. Ethical character

d. Ethical valuing

Back 5

c

Front 6

When a nurse provides the information and support that patients and their families need to make the decision that is right for them he or she is practicing which of the following principles of bioethics?

a. Autonomy

b. Nonmaleficence

c. Justice

d. Fidelity

Back 6

a

Front 7

Nurses who value patient advocacy follow which of the following guidelines?

a. They value their loyalty to an employing institution or to a colleague over their commitment to their patient.

b. they give priority to the good of the individual patient rather then to the good of the society in general.

c. They choose the claims of the patients well-being over the claims of the patients autonomy.

d. They make decisions for patients who are uninformed concerning their rights and opportunities.

Back 7

b

Front 8

Which of the following statements reflect the mode of value transmission known as laissezfaire? (select all that apply)

a. A boy says a prayer before meals that he learned from his parents.

b. A boy is taken for ice cream to celebrate his good report card.

c. A teenage boy explores the religions of his friends in hopes of developing his own faith.

d. A boy is taught how to behave in public by his schoolteacher.

e. A teenage girl is punished for staying out too late with her friends.

f. A teenage girl tries alcohol at a party with her friends.

Back 8

c, f

Front 9

Which of the following actions best describe the use of the professional value of autonomy?
(select all that apply)

a. A nurse stays later than his or her shift to continue caring for a patient in critical condition.

b. A nurse researches a new procedure that would benefit his or her patient.

c. A nurse keeps her promise to call a patients doctor regarding pain relief.

d. A nurse reads the patient bill of rights to a visually impaired patient.

e. A nurse collaborates with other healthcare team members to ensure the best possible treatment for his patient.

f. A novice nurse seeks the help of a more experienced nurse to insert a catheter in a patient.

Back 9

d, e

Front 10

Which of the following actions best describe the use of the professional value of altruism? (select all that apply)

a. A nurse demonstrates an understanding of the culture of his or her patient.

b. A nurse becomes a mentor to a student nurse working on her floor.

c. A nurse is accountable for the care provided to a mentally challenged patient.

d. A nurse lobbies for universal access to health care.

e. A nurse respects the right of the Native American to call in a shaman for a consultation.

f. A nurse protects the privacy of a patient with AIDS.

Back 10

a, c, e

Front 11

Which of the following actions best describes the use of the professional value of human dignity? (select all that apply)

a. A nurse plans nursing care together with his or her patient.

b. A nurse provides honest information to a patient about his or her illness.

c. A nurse provides privacy for an elderly patient.

d. A nurse reports an error made by an incompetent co worker.

e. A nurse plans individualized nursing care for his or her patients.

f. A nurse refuses to discuss a patient with a curious friend.

Back 11

c, e, f

Front 12

Which of the following statements accurately represent the basic principles of ethics? (select all that apply)

a. The term "ethics" generally refers to personal or communal standards of right or wrong.

b . The ablility to be ethical begins in childhood and develops gradually.

c. An action that is legal or customary is ethically right.

d. Ethics is a systematic inquiry into the principles of right and wrong conduct of virtue and vice and of good and evil as they relate to each other.

e. A commitment to developing ones ability to act ethically is known as ones ethical agency.

f. Most nurses are born with a natural ability to behave in an ethically professional way.

Back 12

b, d, e

Front 13

Which of the following are key principles of the Beauchamp / Childeress principle based approach to bioethics? (select all that apply)

a. Autonomy

b. Nonmaleficence

c. Human dignity

d. Beneficence

e. Altruism

f. Justice

Back 13

a, b, d, f

Front 14

When a young boy is left to explore values on his own with no guidance from his parents, the parents are using a ___________________ approach to value transmission.

Back 14

Laissez - faire

Front 15

Parents who encourage their childer to seek more than one solution to a problem and weigh the consequences of each are practicing the _________________ mode of value transmission

Back 15

Responsible choice

Front 16

When a nurse analyzes her feelings regarding choices that need to be made when several alternative are presented and decides whether these choices are rationally made she is engaging in the practice of ____________

Back 16

Values clarification

Front 17

A nurse who is proud and happy about his decision to further his education is involved in the ___________ step of the process of valuing.

Back 17

Prizing

Front 18

A ___________ is an organization of values in which each value is ranked along a continuum of importance.

Back 18

Value System

Front 19

___________ is the protection and support of another rights

Back 19

Advocacy

Front 20

When a nurse is able to recongnize that an ethical moment has occurred with a patient he or she is experiencing which of the following ethical abilities?

a. Ethical responsiveness

b. Ethical reasoning

c. Ethical sensibility

d. Ethical valuing

Back 20

c

Front 21

A nurse who is caring for a new mother realizes that the woman is not prepared to go home with her newborn after a hospital stay of only 24hrs but hospital policy dictates that the new mother be discharged this nurse may be faced with which of the following moral problems?

a. Ethical uncertainty

b. Ethical distress

c. Ethical dilemma

d. Ethical dissatisfaction

Back 21

b

Front 22

Which of the following principles applies to utilitarian action guiding theory?

a. The rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences the action produces

b. An action is right or wrong independent of the consequences it produces.

c. An action is right or wrong depending on the process used to arrive at the action.

d. The rightness or wrongness of an action is not dependent on the process used to arrive at the action.

Back 22

a

Front 23

Which of the following guidelines was developed by the American Hospital Association to enumerate the rights and responsibilities of the patients while receiving hospital care?

a. code of ethics

b. patient bill of rights

c. Biomedical ethics

d. Hospital patient advocacy.

Back 23

b

Front 24

Which of the following elements of ethical agency could be described as the cultivaed dispositions that allow one to act as one believes one ought to act?

a. Ethical sensibility

b. Ethical responsiveness

c. Ethical character

d. Ethical valuing

Back 24

c

Front 25

When a nurse provides the information and support that patients and their families need to make the decision that is right for them he or she is practicing which of the following principles of bioethics?

a. Autonomy

b. Nonmaleficence

c. Justice

d. Fidelity

Back 25

a

Front 26

Nurses who value patient advocacy follow which of the following guidelines?

a. They value their loyalty to an employing institution or to a colleague over their commitment to their patient.

b. They give priority to the good of the individual patient rather than to the good of society in general.

c. They choose the claims of the patients well being over the claims of the patients autonomy.

d. They make decisions for patients who are uninformed concerning their rights and opportunities.

Back 26

b

Front 27

Two or more clear moral principles apply but they support mutually inconsistent courses of action.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 27

g

Front 28

A process of discovery allowing a person to discover what choices to make when alternative are presented and to identify whether these choices are rationally made or the result of previous conditioning.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 28

d

Front 29

A personal belief about worth that acts as a standard to guide ones behavior.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 29

a

Front 30

Personal or communal standards of right and wrong.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 30

f

Front 31

Ethical problem in which the person knows the right thing to do but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right actions.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 31

i

Front 32

A commitment to developing one's ability to act ethically

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 32

b

Front 33

A system inquiry into the principles of right and wrong conduct of virtue and vice, and of good and evil as they relate to conduct.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 33

e

Front 34

The protection and support of another's rights.

What is this ?

a. Value

b. Ethical agency

c. Advocacy

d. Values Clarification

e. Ethics

f. Morals

g. Ethical dilemma

h. Value system

i. Ethical distress

Back 34

c

Front 35

A boy receiving good grades in school is taken to a video arcade to celebrate.

What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 35

d

Front 36

A girl is encouraged by her parents to explore all aspects of her own personal code of ethics.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 36

e

Front 37

A child whose parents smoke decides to give it a try.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 37

a

Front 38

A boy is left to his own devices when confronted with moral issues.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 38

c

Front 39

A child is taught by teacher and parents that premarital sex is sinful.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 39

b

Front 40

A child is encouraged to interact with people of various cultures to explore different values.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 40

e

Front 41

A boy is sent to his room following an altercation with his sibling.

What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 41

d

Front 42

A boy learns to eat a healthy diet by following his parents example.


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 42

a

Front 43

A boy is allowed to determine his own bedtime


What is the value transmission?

a. Modeling

b. Moralizing

c. Laissez faire

d. Rewarding and punishing

e. Responsible choice

Back 43

c