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Part I: Guides for Principled Behavior
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1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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2. Ethical Theory gt
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Part II: Developing Principled Behavior
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4. Values Clarification gt
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6. Ethics and Professional Nursing
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7. Ethical Decision Making
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Part III: Principled Behavior in the Professional Domain
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11. Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
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Part IV: Global Issues that Interface with Nursing Practice
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13. Global Consciousness in the Twenty-First Century
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16. Social Issues gt
17. Gender Issues gt
18. Transcultural and Spiritual Issues gt gt gt
Part V: The Power to Make a Difference
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19. Empowerment for Nurses gt gt
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,1. Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Multiple Choicegt
1. For which of the following is empathy a motive?
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a. meeting the needs of others gt gt gt gt
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c. becoming a nurse gt gt
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ANSWER: g t b
2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses must determine the health and social needs of society.
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized bynursing scholars, many of whom viewthem as c onc
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3. What is the most critical factor that influences nursing practice?
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a. the traditional role of healers
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b. the role of women in society
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c. the religious and spiritual aspects of health care
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d. the introduction of male nurses into the profession
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ANSWER: g t b
4. Why does the social status of women affect the status of the nursing rofession?
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a. Nursing has traditionally been a profession of women.
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ANSWER: g t a
5. What historical influences affected nursing as a moral discipline?
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a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
ANSWER: g t c
6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through observation and experience?
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a. empirical
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7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing during the Middle Ages ?
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b. Increasing respect was given to nursing and midwifery, as nurses began to practise autonomously.
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c. Healingarts inDenmarkand Greecewereperformed insacred ceremoniesbypriests,priestesses,or sha
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d. Most nurses were women of high social status seeking ways to legitimize their position and status.
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8. What does the term empirical relate to?
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c. healing through religious intervention, chanting, and praying
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d. the enforcement of religious doctrine related to the status of women in society
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9. When was the“DarkPeriod ofNursing,”when convalescent patients,prostitutes, prisoners,anddrunkards pr
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a. during the Reformation ol gt
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10. Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
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a. Britain
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c. France
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11. Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
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d. Renee Descartes gt
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