NUR 242 MED SURG EXAM 1 LATEST
ACTUAL EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
| ALREADY GRADED A+ || GALEN
COLLEGE OF NURSING
A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority of the nurse managers
subordinates is using what type of ethical framework for decision making? - ✔✔ Answer-
Utilitarianism
Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper hand hygiene and reports this to the charge
nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is an example of: -
✔✔ Answer- Moral distress
Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence, utility, paternalism, pragmatism - ✔✔
Answer- Pragmatism
Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected of her. Which principle
of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying? - ✔✔ Answer- Fidelity
The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse used the principle of
triage due to the limited availability of resources. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle? -
✔✔ Answer- Justice
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,Nursing ethics provides the standards for professional behavior and is the study of principles of right and
wrong for nurses. The standard states the duties and obligations of the nurse should include which of of
the following: individual, community, client, all of them? - ✔✔ Answer- All of them
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - ✔✔ Answer- When forced to choose between
two or more undesirable alternatives.
The nurse manager didn't hire sally for the assistant manager job. The nurse manager informed sally that
she was a great fit but an internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason sally wasn't hired was
because her drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse follow? -
✔✔ Answer- Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemo. An informed consent is not yet signed. The client
requests info related to chemo and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explains the side effects
and meds. The nurse answered all questions even though the client chose not to undergo chemo. The
nurse uses which principle of ethical reasoning? - ✔✔ Answer- Veracity
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his performance of nursing actions. The
nurse is promoting which ethical principle? - ✔✔ Answer- Nonmaleficence
What does provision one state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse practices with compassion and respect for
inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person
Patient has right to decide for themselves- autonomy to accept or refuse or terminate care (ie no more
feeding tube)
What does provision 2 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an
individual, family, group, community or population
What does provision 3 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse promotes, advocates for and protects rights, health
and safety of patient
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, What does provision 4 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse has the authority, accountability and responsibility
for nursing practice, makes decisions and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health
and provide optimal care
What does provision 5 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse owes same duties to self as others, including the
responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain
competency and continue personal and professional growth (ie CE every 2 yrs)
What does provision 7 state? - ✔✔ Answer- The nurse in all roles and setting advances the profession
thru research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards of development and the generation of both
nursing and health policy
What does provision 8 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse collaborated with other health professionals and the
public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy and reduce health disparities
What are examples of vulnerable subjects? - ✔✔ Answer- Kids, fetuses and human embryos, pregnant,
cognitively impaired, prisoners, terminally ill, elderly, undeserved population, economically disadvantage
people, traumatized and comatose pt
What is conscientious objection? - ✔✔ Answer- Enable patient to refuse participation in an activity
that violates personal values or beliefs (work where you agree with the vision)
What does provision 9 state? - ✔✔ Answer- The profession of nursing collectively through its
professional organizations must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession and
integrate principals or social justice into nursing and health policy
Ethics are ________, _______ and _______ - ✔✔ Answer- Unapologetic, aspirational and non-
negotiable
What is the doctrine of double effect? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse may give meds with the intent s/s of dying
even though secondary impact may decrease respiration's, and perhaps hasten death- the nurses actions
don't cause the death, the terminal illness causes the death
What does interdisciplinary mean?
What does interprofessional mean?
What does transprofessional mean? - ✔✔ Answer- Interdisciplinary- relating to more than one branch
of knowledge.
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ACTUAL EXAM GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
| ALREADY GRADED A+ || GALEN
COLLEGE OF NURSING
A nurse manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority of the nurse managers
subordinates is using what type of ethical framework for decision making? - ✔✔ Answer-
Utilitarianism
Nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without prosper hand hygiene and reports this to the charge
nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other and refuses to take action. This is an example of: -
✔✔ Answer- Moral distress
Which isn't an element of ethical decision making: beneficence, utility, paternalism, pragmatism - ✔✔
Answer- Pragmatism
Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected of her. Which principle
of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying? - ✔✔ Answer- Fidelity
The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse used the principle of
triage due to the limited availability of resources. The nurse is promoting which ethical principle? -
✔✔ Answer- Justice
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,Nursing ethics provides the standards for professional behavior and is the study of principles of right and
wrong for nurses. The standard states the duties and obligations of the nurse should include which of of
the following: individual, community, client, all of them? - ✔✔ Answer- All of them
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma? - ✔✔ Answer- When forced to choose between
two or more undesirable alternatives.
The nurse manager didn't hire sally for the assistant manager job. The nurse manager informed sally that
she was a great fit but an internal candidate was selected instead. The real reason sally wasn't hired was
because her drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse follow? -
✔✔ Answer- Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemo. An informed consent is not yet signed. The client
requests info related to chemo and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explains the side effects
and meds. The nurse answered all questions even though the client chose not to undergo chemo. The
nurse uses which principle of ethical reasoning? - ✔✔ Answer- Veracity
Nurse Bobby avoids deliberate harm and risk of harm during his performance of nursing actions. The
nurse is promoting which ethical principle? - ✔✔ Answer- Nonmaleficence
What does provision one state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse practices with compassion and respect for
inherent dignity, worth and unique attributes of every person
Patient has right to decide for themselves- autonomy to accept or refuse or terminate care (ie no more
feeding tube)
What does provision 2 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an
individual, family, group, community or population
What does provision 3 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse promotes, advocates for and protects rights, health
and safety of patient
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, What does provision 4 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse has the authority, accountability and responsibility
for nursing practice, makes decisions and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health
and provide optimal care
What does provision 5 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse owes same duties to self as others, including the
responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain
competency and continue personal and professional growth (ie CE every 2 yrs)
What does provision 7 state? - ✔✔ Answer- The nurse in all roles and setting advances the profession
thru research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards of development and the generation of both
nursing and health policy
What does provision 8 state? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse collaborated with other health professionals and the
public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy and reduce health disparities
What are examples of vulnerable subjects? - ✔✔ Answer- Kids, fetuses and human embryos, pregnant,
cognitively impaired, prisoners, terminally ill, elderly, undeserved population, economically disadvantage
people, traumatized and comatose pt
What is conscientious objection? - ✔✔ Answer- Enable patient to refuse participation in an activity
that violates personal values or beliefs (work where you agree with the vision)
What does provision 9 state? - ✔✔ Answer- The profession of nursing collectively through its
professional organizations must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession and
integrate principals or social justice into nursing and health policy
Ethics are ________, _______ and _______ - ✔✔ Answer- Unapologetic, aspirational and non-
negotiable
What is the doctrine of double effect? - ✔✔ Answer- Nurse may give meds with the intent s/s of dying
even though secondary impact may decrease respiration's, and perhaps hasten death- the nurses actions
don't cause the death, the terminal illness causes the death
What does interdisciplinary mean?
What does interprofessional mean?
What does transprofessional mean? - ✔✔ Answer- Interdisciplinary- relating to more than one branch
of knowledge.
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