Deck 20: Ethics and the Profession of Nursing

Question 1

What is the name of a document that contains the wishes of the client to be carried out when they are no longer competent?

A) power of attorney
B) an advance directive
C) a will
D) a DNR order

Answer 1

an advance directive

Question 2

New technologies,choices,and concerns about intervening in the lives of others have led to a subspecialty within the field of ethical inquiry.What is this subspecialty now called?

A) professional ethics
B) bioethics
C) social values
D) ethics algorithms

Answer 2

bioethics

Question 3

What is the ethical theory based on the foundational belief that most relationships involve power imbalances?

A) principlism
B) deontological theory
C) teleological theory
D) feminist ethics

Answer 3

feminist ethics

Question 4

What are the ethical theories that consider the most important moral obligation to be maximization of positive outcomes and minimization of negative outcomes?

A) deontological theories
B) consequentialist theories
C) utilitarian theories
D) classical theories

Question 5

Which of the following may result from a client's end-of-life ethical dilemma?

A) withdrawal of fluids
B) resuscitation
C) hastening of death
D) refusal of treatment

Question 6

What kind of situation is said to have arisen when there is no clear answer to the question "what should we do?"

A) a moral conflict
B) a value debate
C) an ethical dilemma
D) a moral challenge

Question 7

Which of the following statements best describes moral issues?

A) They are a minor concern for health care providers.
B) They help us identify good and bad behaviour.
C) They are easily resolved by following certain general rules.
D) They are complex,dynamic,contextual,and difficult to resolve.

Question 8

Which of the following statements best defines ethics?

A) a response to a situation or similar situations
B) a way of understanding moral issues,norms,and practices
C) the study of right and wrong behaviour
D) the study of problems associated with the practice of nursing

Question 9

Which principle is the basis of the duty to do no harm to clients?

A) pragmatism
B) nonmaleficence
C) justice
D) respect for clients

Question 10

What is the field of inquiry into the norms and values of the nursing profession?

A) client care ethics
B) health care ethics
C) bioethics in nursing
D) nursing ethics

Question 11

In Canada,what is the broad legal document in which are embedded ethical approaches to health care?

A) The Constitution Act
B) British North America Act
C) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
D) Patient's Bill of Rights

Question 12

Which of the following is an important fiduciary duty for nurses?

A) respecting the client's wishes
B) ensuring consent
C) being truthful
D) providing explanations to the family

Question 13

Which principle is being reflected when a nurse is committed to promoting the welfare of the client?

A) practical wisdom
B) reflective intelligence
C) beneficence
D) humility

Question 14

Which principle is being reflected when an individual utilizes self-governance and control over decision-making concerningherself?

A) respect for human dignity
B) beneficence
C) paternalism
D) autonomy

Question 15

What is the function of a professional code of ethics?

A) to outline clients' rights
B) to provide a set of professional practice rules
C) to meet legal requirements
D) to define the ethical expectations of a profession

Question 16

Which state is a nurse said to be in when experiencing an emotional response caused by not being able to do what she believes to be the " right" thing?

A) moral distress
B) value conflict
C) ethical dilemma
D) moral confrontation

Question 17

What influences encouraged the emergence of nursing ethics?

A) some seeing nursing as a "moral practice"
B) the need for a contextual approach to nursing ethics
C) the need to respond to societal ethical issues
D) the need to examine the ethical norms,unique relationships,and sphere of nursing practice

Question 18

Which of these terms refers to our beliefs and traditions about right and wrong behaviour?

A) morality
B) ethics
C) professional behaviour
D) norms

Question 19

Which of the following is required for client consent to be considered valid?

A) Consent must be in writing.
B) Consent is informed and voluntary.
C) Consent is agreed to by the next of kin.
D) Consent has been explained to the client by a doctor.

Question 20

To which of the following does the term "principlism" refer?

A) a set of basic ethical principles
B) examples of ethical dilemmas
C) deontological theory
D) a code of ethics and principles of practice