ELABORATED ETHICS & LEGAL
ISSUES FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONS TEST BANK
An operating room nurse asks a psychiatric nurse, "How can you work with the mentally ill
day in and day out?" The psychiatric nurse replies, "It's just the right things to do." The
psychiatric nurse is operating from which ethical framework?
A. Kantianism
B. Christian ethics
C. Ethical egoism
D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER -ANSWER:
A Focuses on morality of actions
As a last resort, an agitated, physically aggressive client is placed in four point restraints. The
client yells , " I'll sue you for assault and battery". The unit manager determines that the
nurses are protected under which condition?
A. The client is voluntarily committed and poses a danger to others on the unit
B. the client is voluntarily committed and has a history of being a danger to others
C. the client is involuntarily committed because of a history of violent behavior
D. the client is involuntarily committed and is refusing treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Answer: A
, A nurse gives a client 5 mg of haloperidol (Haldol) for agitation. The client's chart was
clearly stamped "Allergic HALDOL." The client suffered anaphylactic shock and died. How
would the nurse's actions be labeled?
A. Intentional tort
B. Negligence
C. Battery
D. Assault - CORRECT ANSWER -ANSWER: B
1. In response to a students question regarding choosing a psychiatric specialty, a charge
nurse states, Mentally ill clients need special care. If I were in that position, Id want a
caring nurse also. From which ethical framework is the charge nurse operating?
A. Kantianism
B. Christian ethics
C. Ethical egoism
D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER -ANS: B
The charge nurse is operating from a Christian ethics framework. A basic principle in Christian
ethics is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Kantianism states that
decisions should be based on moral law and that actions are bound by a sense of moral duty.
Utilitarianism holds that decisions should be made with a focus on the end result being
happiness. Ethical egoism promotes the idea that what is right is good for the individual.
2. During a hiring interview, which response by a nursing applicant should indicate that the
applicant operates from an ethical egoism framework?
A. I would want to be treated in a caring manner if I were mentally ill.
B. This job will pay the bills, and the workload is light enough for me.
C. I will be happy caring for the mentally ill. Working in Med/Surg kills my back.
ISSUES FOR HEALTH
PROFESSIONS TEST BANK
An operating room nurse asks a psychiatric nurse, "How can you work with the mentally ill
day in and day out?" The psychiatric nurse replies, "It's just the right things to do." The
psychiatric nurse is operating from which ethical framework?
A. Kantianism
B. Christian ethics
C. Ethical egoism
D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER -ANSWER:
A Focuses on morality of actions
As a last resort, an agitated, physically aggressive client is placed in four point restraints. The
client yells , " I'll sue you for assault and battery". The unit manager determines that the
nurses are protected under which condition?
A. The client is voluntarily committed and poses a danger to others on the unit
B. the client is voluntarily committed and has a history of being a danger to others
C. the client is involuntarily committed because of a history of violent behavior
D. the client is involuntarily committed and is refusing treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Answer: A
, A nurse gives a client 5 mg of haloperidol (Haldol) for agitation. The client's chart was
clearly stamped "Allergic HALDOL." The client suffered anaphylactic shock and died. How
would the nurse's actions be labeled?
A. Intentional tort
B. Negligence
C. Battery
D. Assault - CORRECT ANSWER -ANSWER: B
1. In response to a students question regarding choosing a psychiatric specialty, a charge
nurse states, Mentally ill clients need special care. If I were in that position, Id want a
caring nurse also. From which ethical framework is the charge nurse operating?
A. Kantianism
B. Christian ethics
C. Ethical egoism
D. Utilitarianism - CORRECT ANSWER -ANS: B
The charge nurse is operating from a Christian ethics framework. A basic principle in Christian
ethics is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Kantianism states that
decisions should be based on moral law and that actions are bound by a sense of moral duty.
Utilitarianism holds that decisions should be made with a focus on the end result being
happiness. Ethical egoism promotes the idea that what is right is good for the individual.
2. During a hiring interview, which response by a nursing applicant should indicate that the
applicant operates from an ethical egoism framework?
A. I would want to be treated in a caring manner if I were mentally ill.
B. This job will pay the bills, and the workload is light enough for me.
C. I will be happy caring for the mentally ill. Working in Med/Surg kills my back.
