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Chapter 01:
Lega and Ethica Issues
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1. The manager!!in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical
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consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee’s
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good qualities and give positivedirection for professional growth.
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What ethical principle does this represent?
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a. Justice
b. Fidelity
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence
ANS: D F
Nonmaleficence refers to “doing no harm.” For a nurse manager
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following this principle,performance evaluation should emphasize an
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employee’s good qualities and give positivedirection for growth.
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Destroying the employee’s self-esteem and self-worth would be
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considered doing harm under this principle.
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TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
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2. A staff nurse in the area that you manage has excelled in the delivery of
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patient education. You are considering implementing a new job description
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that would broaden her opportunityto teach patients and orient new staff
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members to the value of patient education. What ethicalprinciple is being
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reinforced?
a. Justice
b. Fidelity
c. Paternalism
d. Respect for others F F
ANS: C F
The principle of paternalism allows one person to make
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partial decisions for another and is most frequently deemed
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to be a negative or undesirable principle. Paternalism,
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however, may be used to assist persons to make decisions when
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they do not have sufficient data or expertise.Paternalism
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becomes undesirable when the entire decision is taken away
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from the employee.
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TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
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3. A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient’s best
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interest. What two F F
ethical principles are in conflict in this situation?
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a. Fidelity and justice F F
b. Veracity and fidelity F F
c. Autonomy and beneficence F F
d. Paternalism and respect for others F F F F
ANS: C F
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Autonomy refers to the freedom to make a choice (e.g., refuse a procedure),
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and beneficenceto doing good (performing a procedure that will benefit the
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patient).
TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
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4. An individual in a wheelchair is applying for the position of receptionist in
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an outpatient clinic. What does the nurse manager understand based on
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The Americans with DisabilitiesAct of 1990 requirements for employers?
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a. Make reasonable accommodations for persons who are disabled.
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b. Allow modified job expectations for persons recovering from alcoholism.
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c. Hire disabled individuals before hiring other qualified, non-disabled
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persons.
d. Treat, for purposes of employment, homosexuals and bisexuals as disabled.
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ANS: A F
The purposes of the ADA are to eliminate discrimination against persons
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with disabilities andto provide consistent, enforceable standards to address
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discrimination in the workplace. F F F
TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
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5. A staff nurse, who was fired for reporting patient abuse to the appropriate
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state agency, files awhistleblower lawsuit against the former employer.
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What reason would the court provide to uphold a valid whistleblower suit
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claiming retaliation by the nurse? F F F F
a. Previously reported the complaint, in writing, to hospital administration.
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b. Threatened to give full details of the patient abuse to local media sources.
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c. Was discharged after three unsuccessful attempts at progressive
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discipline hadfailed. F F
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d. Had organized, before filing the complaint, a work stoppage
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action by fellowemployees. F F F
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An employer is unable to fire an employee who, in good faith, reports what is
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believed to be aviolation of a law, rule, or staNteUoRrS
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TOP: AONE competency: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
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6. In keeping with standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the nurse
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manager organizes an orientation for new staff members. As part of the
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orientation, the nurse manager reviews theemployee handbook. What is
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the basis that binds employers to statements in the employee handbook?
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a. Under the doctrine of apparent agency
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b. Under the doctrine of respondent agency
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c. Based on the employee’s or the employer’s expectations
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d. Based on the theory that the handbook creates an explicit contract
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ANS: C F
The handbook is an implied contract and frames the employment contract.
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This contract bindsthe employer to meeting the handbook statements.
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TOP: AONE competency: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
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7. To reduce the incidence of falls in a skilled nursing unit, the nurse manager
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contacts the riskmanager. Risk management is a process that attempts to
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identify potential hazards and: F F F
a. compensate for previous injuries. F F F
b. eliminate these risks before anyone else is harmed. F F F F F F F
c. supersede the need for staff members to file incident reports.
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