Question 1

Which statement is discussed in the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements?

Accepted Answer

A)  The profession of nursing is responsible for making political statements and supporting nurse-friendly candidates for office. 
B)  The nurse's primary focus is on acute bedside nursing, followed by community health care to promote seamless care. 
C)  The nurse owes duty primarily to the physician to strive to protect health, safety, and the rights of the patient. 
D)  The profession of nursing is responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the profession, and for shaping social policy. 
A)  The profession of nursing is responsible for making political statements and supporting nurse-friendly candidates for office. 
B)  The nurse's primary focus is on acute bedside nursing, followed by community health care to promote seamless care. 
C)  The nurse owes duty primarily to the physician to strive to protect health, safety, and the rights of the patient. 
D)  The profession of nursing is responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the profession, and for shaping social policy. D

Question 2

Public health administrators provide part-time translators to a health department serving indigent immigrants. Which of the following best describes what is being addressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Policy development 
B)  Quality 
C)  Assurance 
D)  Libertarian philosophy 
A)  Policy development 
B)  Quality 
C)  Assurance 
D)  Libertarian philosophy C

Question 3

What term is used to describe an orderly process that considers ethical principles, client values, and professional obligations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moral distress 
B)  Ethical decision making 
C)  A value 
D)  A code of ethics 
A)  Moral distress 
B)  Ethical decision making 
C)  A value 
D)  A code of ethics B

Question 4

A nurse is applying the ethical principle of nonmaleficence. Which of the following describes the action that the nurse is taking?

Accepted Answer

A)  Administering medications using the "five rights" 
B)  Allowing clients to be active participants in their care 
C)  Providing patient privacy when delivering care 
D)  Referring a client to a physical therapist 
A)  Administering medications using the "five rights" 
B)  Allowing clients to be active participants in their care 
C)  Providing patient privacy when delivering care 
D)  Referring a client to a physical therapist

Question 5

According to Leininger and Watson, what is the moral ideal of nursing?

Accepted Answer

A)  Caring 
B)  Advocacy 
C)  Responsibility 
D)  Accountability 
A)  Caring 
B)  Advocacy 
C)  Responsibility 
D)  Accountability

Question 6

A community health nurse is applying the Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy. Which of the following best describes the action(s) of the nurse? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Act in the health care provider's best interest. 
B)  Keep the client (group, community) properly informed. 
C)  Maintain client confidentiality. 
D)  Carry out instructions with diligence and competence. 
E)  Provide advice to all members of the community. 
A)  Act in the health care provider's best interest. 
B)  Keep the client (group, community) properly informed. 
C)  Maintain client confidentiality. 
D)  Carry out instructions with diligence and competence. 
E)  Provide advice to all members of the community.

Question 7

There are two medically indigent clients in the clinic who have come to get their monthly supply of free insulin. There is only enough for one client. Which of the following actions would the nurse take first?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify all options. 
B)  Determining who arrived first. 
C)  Gather additional information. 
D)  Act and assess decisions made. 
A)  Identify all options. 
B)  Determining who arrived first. 
C)  Gather additional information. 
D)  Act and assess decisions made.

Question 8

Which statement fits with those of the Liberal Democratic Theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  One should reject any idea that societies, states, or collectives of any form can be the bearers of rights or can owe duties. 
B)  Inequalities result from birth, natural endowment, and historic circumstances. 
C)  Everyone has a right to private property. 
D)  Government should be limited. 
A)  One should reject any idea that societies, states, or collectives of any form can be the bearers of rights or can owe duties. 
B)  Inequalities result from birth, natural endowment, and historic circumstances. 
C)  Everyone has a right to private property. 
D)  Government should be limited.

Question 9

A nurse believes that all Americans should receive basic health care services. Which of the following core functions supports this belief?

Accepted Answer

A)  Assessment 
B)  Assurance 
C)  Policy development 
D)  Advocacy 
A)  Assessment 
B)  Assurance 
C)  Policy development 
D)  Advocacy

Question 10

A nurse is applying the principle of distributive justice. Which of the following describes the benefits that will occur through application of this principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Basic needs, material and social goods, liberties, rights, and entitlements 
B)  Taxes, military service, location of incinerators or power plants 
C)  Entitlement to equal rights and equal treatment 
D)  The right to private property and personal assets 
A)  Basic needs, material and social goods, liberties, rights, and entitlements 
B)  Taxes, military service, location of incinerators or power plants 
C)  Entitlement to equal rights and equal treatment 
D)  The right to private property and personal assets

Question 11

The community leaders in a lesser-developed country decide not to tell the citizens of a small village about a chemical spill at a major industrial facility that could produce harmful effects. Which of the following principles is being violated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Morality 
B)  Advocacy 
C)  Caring 
D)  Virtue 
A)  Morality 
B)  Advocacy 
C)  Caring 
D)  Virtue

Question 12

Which of the following are ethical tenets that underlie the core function of assessment? (Select all that apply.)

Accepted Answer

A)  Competency: the persons assigned to develop community knowledge are prepared to collect data on groups and populations. 
B)  Moral character: the persons selected to develop, assess, and disseminate community knowledge possess integrity. 
C)  Service to others over self: a necessary condition of what is "good" or "right" policy. 
D)  "Do no harm": disseminating appropriate information about groups and populations is morally necessary and sufficient. 
E)  Providers of public health services should be competent and available. 
A)  Competency: the persons assigned to develop community knowledge are prepared to collect data on groups and populations. 
B)  Moral character: the persons selected to develop, assess, and disseminate community knowledge possess integrity. 
C)  Service to others over self: a necessary condition of what is "good" or "right" policy. 
D)  "Do no harm": disseminating appropriate information about groups and populations is morally necessary and sufficient. 
E)  Providers of public health services should be competent and available.

Question 13

Which ethical principle requires "doing no harm?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Respect for autonomy 
B)  Nonmaleficence 
C)  Beneficence 
D)  Distributive justice 
A)  Respect for autonomy 
B)  Nonmaleficence 
C)  Beneficence 
D)  Distributive justice

Question 14

A nurse is using the principles of virtue ethics in decision making. Which of the following describes the action that the nurse would take?

Accepted Answer

A)  Provide efficient and effective nursing care. 
B)  Identify the meaningful facts in the situation. 
C)  Seek ethical community support to enhance character development. 
D)  Plan ways to restructure the social practices that oppress women. 
A)  Provide efficient and effective nursing care. 
B)  Identify the meaningful facts in the situation. 
C)  Seek ethical community support to enhance character development. 
D)  Plan ways to restructure the social practices that oppress women.

Question 15

A nurse is applying the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care. Which of the following describes the actions of the nurse?

Accepted Answer

A)  Values 
B)  Morality 
C)  Ethics 
D)  Bioethics 
A)  Values 
B)  Morality 
C)  Ethics 
D)  Bioethics

Question 16

A nurse believes everyone is entitled to equal rights and equal treatment in society. Which of the following principles is being applied?

Accepted Answer

A)  Distributive or social justice 
B)  Egalitarianism 
C)  Libertarian view of justice 
D)  Communitarianism 
A)  Distributive or social justice 
B)  Egalitarianism 
C)  Libertarian view of justice 
D)  Communitarianism

Question 17

The growing multiculturalism of American society can contribute to ethnicity conflicts when considering what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Providing care to different cultural groups 
B)  Aligning individual values with the cultural norms 
C)  Ethnic groups overburdening the health care system 
D)  The greater community's values being jeopardized by specific ethnic values 
A)  Providing care to different cultural groups 
B)  Aligning individual values with the cultural norms 
C)  Ethnic groups overburdening the health care system 
D)  The greater community's values being jeopardized by specific ethnic values

Question 18

Which statement regarding Florence Nightingale's ideas about ethics is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nursing is a call to service, and the moral character of persons entering nursing is important. 
B)  Ethical principles are based on the values of the individual nurse. 
C)  Society will dictate the ethical principles to which nurses must adhere. 
D)  Ethics are very important in times of war, such as in the Crimean War, when she set up public health centers. 
A)  Nursing is a call to service, and the moral character of persons entering nursing is important. 
B)  Ethical principles are based on the values of the individual nurse. 
C)  Society will dictate the ethical principles to which nurses must adhere. 
D)  Ethics are very important in times of war, such as in the Crimean War, when she set up public health centers.

Question 19

Which statement about feminist ethics is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Feminists include only women in their worldview. 
B)  Persons who ascribe to feminist ethics are passive and wish to pursue their ideals through the legislative process. 
C)  Feminists believe that men should not be nurses. 
D)  Women's thinking, and moral experiences are important and should be taken into account. 
A)  Feminists include only women in their worldview. 
B)  Persons who ascribe to feminist ethics are passive and wish to pursue their ideals through the legislative process. 
C)  Feminists believe that men should not be nurses. 
D)  Women's thinking, and moral experiences are important and should be taken into account.

Question 20

A nurse who was working in the 1960s used the code of ethics to guide making an ethical decision. Which code of ethics would have been used?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nightingale Pledge 
B)  Code for Professional Nurses 
C)  Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements 
D)  International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses 
A)  Nightingale Pledge 
B)  Code for Professional Nurses 
C)  Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements 
D)  International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses

Exam 7: Application of Ethics in the Community

Which statement is discussed in the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements?

Public health administrators provide part-time translators to a health department serving indigent immigrants. Which of the following best describes what is being addressed?

What term is used to describe an orderly process that considers ethical principles, client values, and professional obligations?

A nurse is applying the ethical principle of nonmaleficence. Which of the following describes the action that the nurse is taking?

According to Leininger and Watson, what is the moral ideal of nursing?

A community health nurse is applying the Ethical Principles for Effective Advocacy. Which of the following best describes the action(s) of the nurse? (Select all that apply.)

There are two medically indigent clients in the clinic who have come to get their monthly supply of free insulin. There is only enough for one client. Which of the following actions would the nurse take first?

Which statement fits with those of the Liberal Democratic Theory?

A nurse believes that all Americans should receive basic health care services. Which of the following core functions supports this belief?

A nurse is applying the principle of distributive justice. Which of the following describes the benefits that will occur through application of this principle?

The community leaders in a lesser-developed country decide not to tell the citizens of a small village about a chemical spill at a major industrial facility that could produce harmful effects. Which of the following principles is being violated?

Which of the following are ethical tenets that underlie the core function of assessment? (Select all that apply.)

Which ethical principle requires "doing no harm?"

A nurse is using the principles of virtue ethics in decision making. Which of the following describes the action that the nurse would take?

A nurse is applying the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care. Which of the following describes the actions of the nurse?

A nurse believes everyone is entitled to equal rights and equal treatment in society. Which of the following principles is being applied?

The growing multiculturalism of American society can contribute to ethnicity conflicts when considering what?

Which statement regarding Florence Nightingale's ideas about ethics is correct?

Which statement about feminist ethics is correct?

A nurse who was working in the 1960s used the code of ethics to guide making an ethical decision. Which code of ethics would have been used?

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