Exam 6: Ethical Issues

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 heard the discussion as well.This is an example of

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

Nursing management actions and decisions are guided by

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

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 is a criticism of the principle of autonomy?

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

Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?

Which of the following are core elements of relational ethics?

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

Which element of the Code of Ethics of the International Council of Nurses is reflected in the following statement: "The nurse manager sets policies and procedures to guide ethical nursing practice"?

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

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

Which question reflects the essence of relational ethics?

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

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