Question 1

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 A,B,D

Question 2

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 B

Question 3

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. D

Question 4

A public health nurse is examining several issues within daily practice.Which of the following issues would be considered an ethical dilemma?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whether or not to establish a community health center in a rural area 
B)  Allocating resources in a natural disaster 
C)  Deciding to withdraw care on a hospice patient 
D)  Applying the principles of Florence Nightingale in Bangladesh 
A)  Whether or not to establish a community health center in a rural area 
B)  Allocating resources in a natural disaster 
C)  Deciding to withdraw care on a hospice patient 
D)  Applying the principles of Florence Nightingale in Bangladesh

Question 5

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 6

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 7

Which statement fits the Liberal Democratic Theory of John Rawls?

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 8

The growing multiculturalism of American society can contribute to ethnicity conflicts when:

Accepted Answer

A)  providing care to different cultural groups. 
B)  individual values align with the cultural norms. 
C)  ethnic groups overburden the health care system. 
D)  the greater community's values are jeopardized by specific ethnic values. 
A)  providing care to different cultural groups. 
B)  individual values align with the cultural norms. 
C)  ethnic groups overburden the health care system. 
D)  the greater community's values are jeopardized by specific ethnic values.

Question 9

An orderly process that considers ethical principles,client values,and professional obligations is:

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.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)  caring. 
B)  advocacy. 
C)  responsibility. 
D)  accountability. 
A)  caring. 
B)  advocacy. 
C)  responsibility. 
D)  accountability.

Question 11

A nurse is demonstrating advocacy in his nursing practice.Which of the following actions best demonstrates this principle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offering a smoking cessation program 
B)  Screening for hypertension 
C)  Lobbying for health care reform 
D)  Conducting home visits 
A)  Offering a smoking cessation program 
B)  Screening for hypertension 
C)  Lobbying for health care reform 
D)  Conducting home visits

Question 12

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 13

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

Question 14

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)  Make a decision 
C)  Gather additional information 
D)  Act and assess decisions made 
A)  Identify all options 
B)  Make a decision 
C)  Gather additional information 
D)  Act and assess decisions made

Question 15

Public health administrators in a community provide a health department to serve an indigent population of immigrants providing translators on certain days of the week.Which of the following best describes what is being done?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Which ethical principle requires "doing no harm?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Respect for autonomy 
B)  Non-maleficence 
C)  Beneficence 
D)  Distributive justice 
A)  Respect for autonomy 
B)  Non-maleficence 
C)  Beneficence 
D)  Distributive justice

Question 17

A nurse is applying the ethical principle of non-maleficence.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 18

A nurse has used the steps of the ethical decision-making process when making a decision.Which of the following is most similar to this process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Healthy People 2010 
B)  Deontology 
C)  The nursing process 
D)  Advocacy 
A)  Healthy People 2010 
B)  Deontology 
C)  The nursing process 
D)  Advocacy

Question 19

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.

Question 20

A nurse refers to the Code of Ethics for Nurses or the Public Health Code of Ethics.Which of the following describes why the nurse has referred to this document?

Accepted Answer

A)  To provide answers for ethical dilemmas 
B)  To guide professional practice related to ethics 
C)  To increase moral leadership in ethics 
D)  To find a framework for ethical decision making 
A)  To provide answers for ethical dilemmas 
B)  To guide professional practice related to ethics 
C)  To increase moral leadership in ethics 
D)  To find a framework for ethical decision making

Exam 6: Application of Ethics in the Community

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

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

Which statement about feminist ethics is correct?

A public health nurse is examining several issues within daily practice.Which of the following issues would be considered an ethical dilemma?

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?

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?

Which statement fits the Liberal Democratic Theory of John Rawls?

The growing multiculturalism of American society can contribute to ethnicity conflicts when:

An orderly process that considers ethical principles,client values,and professional obligations is:

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

A nurse is demonstrating advocacy in his nursing practice.Which of the following actions best demonstrates this principle?

Which statement regarding Florence Nightingale's ideas about 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?

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?

Public health administrators in a community provide a health department to serve an indigent population of immigrants providing translators on certain days of the week.Which of the following best describes what is being done?

Which ethical principle requires "doing no harm?"

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

A nurse has used the steps of the ethical decision-making process when making a decision.Which of the following is most similar to this process?

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

A nurse refers to the Code of Ethics for Nurses or the Public Health Code of Ethics.Which of the following describes why the nurse has referred to this document?

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History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing

The Changing U.S.Health and Public Health Care Systems

Perspectives in Global Health Care

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Cultural Diversity in the Community

Public Health Policy

Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel

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Genomics in Public Health Nursing

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Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks

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Changing Health Behavior Using Health Education with Individuals, Families, and Groups

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Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis

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Promoting Health Through Healthy Communities and Cities

The Nurse-led Health Center: A Model for Community Nursing Practice

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Public Health Nursing Practice and the Disaster Management Cycle

Public Health Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation

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Working with Families in the Community for Healthy Outcomes

Family Health Risks

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Major Health Issues and Chronic Disease Management of Adults Across the Life Span

Disability Health Care Across the Life Span

Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations: An Overview

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