NUR 152 Exam 1 Block 1 GCC UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER protection and support of another's rights
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER self-determination; being independent and self-governing
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER principle of doing good
Bioethics - CORRECT ANSWER ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to
understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world
Care-based approach - CORRECT ANSWER approach to bioethics that directs attention to the
specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative
Code of ethics - CORRECT ANSWER principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and
obligations of the profession
Deontologic - CORRECT ANSWER ethical system in which actions are right or wrong
independent of the consequences they produce
Conscientious objection - CORRECT ANSWER refusal to participate in certain types of treatment
and care based on the fact that these activities violate the nurse's personal and professional ethical beliefs
and standards
Moral agency - CORRECT ANSWER ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the ethically right
thing because it is the right thing to do
, Ethical dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER situation that arises when attempted adherence to basic
ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER system dealing with standards of character and behavior related to
what is right and wrong
Feminist ethics - CORRECT ANSWER type of ethical approach that aims to critique existing
patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER keeping promises and commitments made to others
Justice - CORRECT ANSWER process that distributes benefits, risks, and costs fairly
Moral resilience - CORRECT ANSWER developed capacity to respond well to morally distressing
experiences and to emerge strong
Morals - CORRECT ANSWER like ethics, concerned with what constitutes right action; more
informal and personal than the term ethics
Nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWER principle of avoiding evil
Nursing ethics - CORRECT ANSWER a subset of bioethics; formal study of ethical issues that
arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments
Principle-based approach - CORRECT ANSWER an approach to bioethics that offers specific
action guides
Utilitarian - CORRECT ANSWER action-guiding theory of ethics that states that the rightness or
wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER protection and support of another's rights
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER self-determination; being independent and self-governing
Beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER principle of doing good
Bioethics - CORRECT ANSWER ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to
understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world
Care-based approach - CORRECT ANSWER approach to bioethics that directs attention to the
specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative
Code of ethics - CORRECT ANSWER principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and
obligations of the profession
Deontologic - CORRECT ANSWER ethical system in which actions are right or wrong
independent of the consequences they produce
Conscientious objection - CORRECT ANSWER refusal to participate in certain types of treatment
and care based on the fact that these activities violate the nurse's personal and professional ethical beliefs
and standards
Moral agency - CORRECT ANSWER ability to behave in an ethical way; to do the ethically right
thing because it is the right thing to do
, Ethical dilemma - CORRECT ANSWER situation that arises when attempted adherence to basic
ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action
Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER system dealing with standards of character and behavior related to
what is right and wrong
Feminist ethics - CORRECT ANSWER type of ethical approach that aims to critique existing
patterns of oppression and domination in society, especially as these affect women and the poor
Fidelity - CORRECT ANSWER keeping promises and commitments made to others
Justice - CORRECT ANSWER process that distributes benefits, risks, and costs fairly
Moral resilience - CORRECT ANSWER developed capacity to respond well to morally distressing
experiences and to emerge strong
Morals - CORRECT ANSWER like ethics, concerned with what constitutes right action; more
informal and personal than the term ethics
Nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWER principle of avoiding evil
Nursing ethics - CORRECT ANSWER a subset of bioethics; formal study of ethical issues that
arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments
Principle-based approach - CORRECT ANSWER an approach to bioethics that offers specific
action guides
Utilitarian - CORRECT ANSWER action-guiding theory of ethics that states that the rightness or
wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action
