NURS 100
NURS-100 Exam 3 |Study Questions and
Answers| 2026 Update
1
Define Values
Beliefs about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to
guide one's behavior. Values are formed during your lifetime and involve influence
from the environment, family, and culture
2
Define Ethics
A systematic study of principles of right and wrong conduct, virtue and vice, and good
and evil as they relate to conduct and human flourishing
3
Define Ethical Dilemma
Ethical dilemmas arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in
two conflicting courses of action
4
What is the ANA Code of Ethics?
A set of principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and obligations of the
profession
5
What is HIPAA?
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HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Ensures that patients have a right...
- To see and copy their health record
- To update their health record
- To request a restriction on certain uses or disclosures
- To choose how to receive health information
- Protects their medical history and private information
6
What are Good Samaritan laws?
Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect health practitioners when they give aid
to people in emergency situations.
7
Define ethics.
The study of principles of right and wrong conduct, virtue and vice, and good and evil
as they relate to conduct and human flourishing. Ethics is not religion, law, custom, or
institutional practices. Something being legal does not make it ethically or morally
right.
8
Define human flourishing.
An effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context of a larger
community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his or her own such efforts
NURS 100
NURS-100 Exam 3 |Study Questions and
Answers| 2026 Update
1
Define Values
Beliefs about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to
guide one's behavior. Values are formed during your lifetime and involve influence
from the environment, family, and culture
2
Define Ethics
A systematic study of principles of right and wrong conduct, virtue and vice, and good
and evil as they relate to conduct and human flourishing
3
Define Ethical Dilemma
Ethical dilemmas arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in
two conflicting courses of action
4
What is the ANA Code of Ethics?
A set of principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and obligations of the
profession
5
What is HIPAA?
NURS 100
, NURS 100
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Ensures that patients have a right...
- To see and copy their health record
- To update their health record
- To request a restriction on certain uses or disclosures
- To choose how to receive health information
- Protects their medical history and private information
6
What are Good Samaritan laws?
Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect health practitioners when they give aid
to people in emergency situations.
7
Define ethics.
The study of principles of right and wrong conduct, virtue and vice, and good and evil
as they relate to conduct and human flourishing. Ethics is not religion, law, custom, or
institutional practices. Something being legal does not make it ethically or morally
right.
8
Define human flourishing.
An effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context of a larger
community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his or her own such efforts
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