Questions and Answers
1. Drag and drop to match the ethical principle with its definition.
1. The act of charity, mercy, and kindness with a strong connotation of
doing good to others, including moral obligation.
2. Measured by fairness, equality, need, or any other criterion that is
material to the decision.
3. An individual's right to self-determination; that is, to make decisions
about their lives without interference from others.
4. Not doing harm, and is directly tied to the nurse's duty to protect the
patient's safety. This principle dictates that the professional nurse will never
intentionally cause injury to our patients. correct answer: 1. Beneficence
2. Justice
3. Autonomy
4. Nonmaleficence
2. Which group(s) should the health care provider assess and evaluate for
phar- macokinetic changes across the lifespan? (SATA) correct answer:
Neonates
Children
Pregnant
women Older
adults
3. The health care provider must consider where the patient falls across the
lifes- pan continuum when planning for safe and effective medication
management. The provider will need to make the following decision(s)
prior to safe medica- tion administration. These include which of the
following? (SATA) correct answer: -Emotional status
-Developmental level
-Patient's age
-Health status
-Ability to participate in the medication administration process.
4. FDA classifies drugs based on their safety for use during pregnancy.
Drag and drop each category to match with its definition.
1. Studies indicate no harm to a human fetus
2. Studies indicate no harm to animal fetuses; information for human
1/
7
, fetuses is not available
3. Adverse effects seen in animal fetuses; no information for human
fetuses
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7