NURS 3720 EXAM 2026 PREMIUM REVIEW
SET OFFERING DETAILED ANSWER KEY
◉What is nonmaleficence? Answer: - The concept that actions
should do no harm
- Reflected in practice, administration ,education, and research
- Competent practitioners
- Safe work environment
◉What are some examples of codes of ethics? Answer: - Canadian
Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses: Primary
nursing values
- International Council of Nurses Code ofEthics: Elements of people,
practice, profession and co-workers12
◉What is the interdependent environment of nursing? Answer: -
Beyond individual nurses to include connections to the community
and globally
- Workplace: an interdependent environment that fosters
relationships
- Interface of laws and morality
,- As ethical values change, so do laws
- Confidentiality
◉What are some long-term consequences of moral distress?
Answer: - Moral residue
- Moral resilience
◉What is the ethics committee? Answer: - Present in most health
care organizations
- Provides structure and guidance for clinical ethical decision and
fulfill a patient advocacy role
- Involved in conflict resolution
- Provides ethical review of research proposals
◉Steps in ethical decision-making Answer: - Clarify the need
- Identify all people involved.
- Arrange a meeting
- Select a facilitator.
- Identify areas of agreement
- Identify areas of disagreement
- Offer resources
- Seek outside advice if necessary
,- Make a decision
- Implement the decision
◉What is problem solving? Answer: A comprehensive, sequential,
cognitive process used to solve a problem by reducing the difference
between current and desired conditions
◉What is decision-making? Answer: A process in which a preferred
option or a course of actions is chosen from among a set of
alternatives on the basis of given criteria or strategies
- Most often associated with rational decision-making models
◉What are the components of intellectual processes? Answer: -
Scientific method
- Nursing process
- Problem-solving process
- Decision-making process
- Ethical decision making
- Creative decision making
- Shared decision making
- Critical thinking
, ◉What is creative decision-making? Answer: - Lateral or divergent
thinking, new and imaginative ideas, and appreciative inquiry
◉What are the 5 D's of appreciative inquiry? Answer: - Define the
problem
- Discover
- Dream
- Design
- Deliver
◉What is intuitive decision making? Answer: - Subconscious
integration of all the experiences, conditioning, and knowledge of a
lifetime
- Without conscious thought
- Role of intuition in nursing
◉What are some factors that affect the quality of decisions?
Answer: - Individual decision biases
- Group decision biases
- Fallacies
- Personal attributes
SET OFFERING DETAILED ANSWER KEY
◉What is nonmaleficence? Answer: - The concept that actions
should do no harm
- Reflected in practice, administration ,education, and research
- Competent practitioners
- Safe work environment
◉What are some examples of codes of ethics? Answer: - Canadian
Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses: Primary
nursing values
- International Council of Nurses Code ofEthics: Elements of people,
practice, profession and co-workers12
◉What is the interdependent environment of nursing? Answer: -
Beyond individual nurses to include connections to the community
and globally
- Workplace: an interdependent environment that fosters
relationships
- Interface of laws and morality
,- As ethical values change, so do laws
- Confidentiality
◉What are some long-term consequences of moral distress?
Answer: - Moral residue
- Moral resilience
◉What is the ethics committee? Answer: - Present in most health
care organizations
- Provides structure and guidance for clinical ethical decision and
fulfill a patient advocacy role
- Involved in conflict resolution
- Provides ethical review of research proposals
◉Steps in ethical decision-making Answer: - Clarify the need
- Identify all people involved.
- Arrange a meeting
- Select a facilitator.
- Identify areas of agreement
- Identify areas of disagreement
- Offer resources
- Seek outside advice if necessary
,- Make a decision
- Implement the decision
◉What is problem solving? Answer: A comprehensive, sequential,
cognitive process used to solve a problem by reducing the difference
between current and desired conditions
◉What is decision-making? Answer: A process in which a preferred
option or a course of actions is chosen from among a set of
alternatives on the basis of given criteria or strategies
- Most often associated with rational decision-making models
◉What are the components of intellectual processes? Answer: -
Scientific method
- Nursing process
- Problem-solving process
- Decision-making process
- Ethical decision making
- Creative decision making
- Shared decision making
- Critical thinking
, ◉What is creative decision-making? Answer: - Lateral or divergent
thinking, new and imaginative ideas, and appreciative inquiry
◉What are the 5 D's of appreciative inquiry? Answer: - Define the
problem
- Discover
- Dream
- Design
- Deliver
◉What is intuitive decision making? Answer: - Subconscious
integration of all the experiences, conditioning, and knowledge of a
lifetime
- Without conscious thought
- Role of intuition in nursing
◉What are some factors that affect the quality of decisions?
Answer: - Individual decision biases
- Group decision biases
- Fallacies
- Personal attributes
