NURS 3110 | 100% ACCURATE FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Autonomy - Answers -Freedom from external control
Beneficence - Answers -Taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence - Answers -The avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice - Answers -Fairness
Fidelity - Answers -Agreement to keep promises
Advocacy - Answers -Support of a particular cause
Deontology - Answers -Defines actions as right or wrong based on their "right-making
characteristics"; looks to the presence of principle regardless of outcome
Consequentialism - Answers -Focus on the outcome or consequence of action
Utilitarianism - Answers -Relies on the application of a certain principle- measures the
effect an act will have
Statutory law - Answers -Created by elected legislative bodies, such as state
legislatures and the US Congress; i.e. Nursing Practice Acts; either civil or criminal
Regulatory law - Answers -Administrative law; reflects decisions made by
administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing when they pass rules and
regulations
Common law - Answers -Results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual
legal cases are decided
Civil laws - Answers -Protect the rights of individuals within our society and prove for
fair and equitable treatment when civil wrongs or violations occur
Criminal laws - Answers -Protect society as a whole and provide punishment for
crimes, which are defined by municipal, state, and federal legislation
Felony - Answers -Crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for
longer than 1 year or even death
Misdemeanor - Answers -Less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or
imprisonment for less than 1 year
Autonomy - Answers -Freedom from external control
Beneficence - Answers -Taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence - Answers -The avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice - Answers -Fairness
Fidelity - Answers -Agreement to keep promises
Advocacy - Answers -Support of a particular cause
Deontology - Answers -Defines actions as right or wrong based on their "right-making
characteristics"; looks to the presence of principle regardless of outcome
Consequentialism - Answers -Focus on the outcome or consequence of action
Utilitarianism - Answers -Relies on the application of a certain principle- measures the
effect an act will have
Statutory law - Answers -Created by elected legislative bodies, such as state
legislatures and the US Congress; i.e. Nursing Practice Acts; either civil or criminal
Regulatory law - Answers -Administrative law; reflects decisions made by
administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing when they pass rules and
regulations
Common law - Answers -Results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual
legal cases are decided
Civil laws - Answers -Protect the rights of individuals within our society and prove for
fair and equitable treatment when civil wrongs or violations occur
Criminal laws - Answers -Protect society as a whole and provide punishment for
crimes, which are defined by municipal, state, and federal legislation
Felony - Answers -Crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for
longer than 1 year or even death
Misdemeanor - Answers -Less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or
imprisonment for less than 1 year
