Exam 6: Ethical Issues

What is reflected when a nurse feels a lack of clarity or is unable to know even what the moral problem is,whereas at the same time feeling uneasy or uncomfortable about the situation?

Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?

Which element of the Code of Ethics of the International Council of Nurses is reflected when the nurse manager establishes a system for performance appraisals?

The nurse manager organizes interprofessional team meetings on a weekly basis.This action is demonstrating which aspect of relational ethics?

Sally,a fourth year nursing student,was assigned to a maternal child unit.Upon reporting for an assignment she was informed her patient would be having an abortion because of severe medical issues with the unborn child.She approached her preceptor immediately and asked to be reassigned to another patient because Sally was opposed to abortion for any reason.This is an example of:

The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important ethical considerations in performance evaluations are that they include the employee's good qualities and that they give positive direction for professional growth.This belief is an example of:

Which of the following are core elements of relational ethics? (Select all that apply.)

Which question reflects the essence of relational ethics?

A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient's best interest.The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in such a situation are:

Normative ethics is concerned with the:

According to relational ethics,what is critical in the development and maintenance of the roles and actions of the nurse manager?

A patient's husband asks to speak with the nursing manager.He is visibly upset and tells the nursing manager that while at the corner store,he overheard two nurses discussing his wife's health issues and is certain that others around him also heard the discussion.This is an example of:

Which of the following is a criticism of the principle of autonomy?

Sue,a staff nurse,consistently arrives 15 minute late for her shift,and the nurse manager has talked to her about it several times.Sue does not take the comments seriously because there are two other nurses who also arrive late all the time,and the unit manager does not reprimand them.In this situation,the nurse manager is violating the ethical principle of:

To perform treatment on a patient not requiring a formal written consent a nurse must conduct which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Nursing management actions and decisions are guided by (Select all that apply.)

Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the intensive care unit.As the supervisor,you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of recovery.This decision reflects which of the following ethical principles?

Which of the following is a key area of ethical nursing practice?

Mr.and Mrs.Bennett are attending a consult for reproductive assistance.Although there is a positive chance the method will result in a pregnancy,they are not able to cover the cost of the procedure.This situation denies which of the following ethical principles?

Autonomy is best promoted through which of the following,in taking a relational approach to autonomy?