Deck 16: Ethical Comportment in Promoting Health

Question 1

Which of the following ethical theories views taxes as a negative right?

A) Deontology
B) Utilitarianism
C) Libertarianism
D) Communitarianism

Answer 1

Libertarianism

Question 2

What was the origin of informed consent?

A) American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics
B) Affordable Care Act
C) The Nuremberg Code
D) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

Answer 2

The Nuremberg Code

Question 3

Which of the following is a basic principle to be applied to all research with human subjects as identified in the Belmont Report?

A) Justice
B) Fairness
C) Kindness
D) Humanity

Answer 3

Justice

Question 4

Which of the following describes the ethical principle about the self-determination of a person to make health-care decisions?

A) Justice
B) Autonomy
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence

Question 5

Which of the following ethical principles embraces actions in public health care for the benefit of families, communities, and populations?

A) Justice
B) Autonomy
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence

Question 6

Which of the following actions demonstrates that a nurse is practicing the art of care?

A) Looking at a vulnerable person with compassion
B) Understanding the limits to providing equal care to all
C) Taking the patient's psychological background into consideration
D) Realizing that some will not receive care because of scarce resources

Question 7

Which of the following actions would a nurse take if a patient's decision for care differs from that of the nurse?

A) Refuse to provide care to the patient
B) Persuade the patient to change the decision
C) Discuss the issue with the health-care provider
D) Act in the patient's best interests and according to the patient's values

Question 8

According to the perspective of general secular morality, which of the following patients would be eliminated as being a person?

A) Adolescent with a broken leg
B) Patient receiving chemotherapy
C) Middle-aged female in menopause
D) Patient with advanced Alzheimer disease

Question 9

Which of the following statements would a nurse use to explain the perspective of religious morality when determining personhood?

A) "A person needs to use human freedom."
B) "An individual is a person as willed by God."
C) "A person must be able to exercise reason."
D) "An individual must relate to others using moral responsibility."

Question 10

Which of the following ethical principles should be upheld first in a debate about public health?

A) Justice
B) Autonomy
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence