NR 226 Exam 1 – Nursing Leadership & Management Practice Questions and
Study Guide
Deontology - correct answer ✔✔defines actions as right or wrong
Utilitarianism - correct answer ✔✔proposes that the value of something is determined by its
usefulness
Feminist Ethics - correct answer ✔✔focuses on the inequality between people
Ethics of Care - correct answer ✔✔Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships,
especially as they are revealed in personal narratives
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔A set of guiding principles that all
members of a profession accept
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔commitment to include patients in their decisions
Beneficence - correct answer ✔✔taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence - correct answer ✔✔avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice - correct answer ✔✔being fair
Fidelity - correct answer ✔✔agreement to keep promises
,How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps) - correct answer ✔✔Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical
dilemma.
Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
Who can request access to an ethical committee? - correct answer ✔✔Any person involved in
an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family members)
Issues in healthcare ethics - correct answer ✔✔quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3) - correct answer ✔✔1. unable to
resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing- cannot easily make decision
, 3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
purposes of the ethical committee - correct answer ✔✔provide education, recommendations,
and case consultation
issue: quality of life - correct answer ✔✔measures the values/benefits of certain medical
interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
issue: genetic screening - correct answer ✔✔can alert patient to a condition that is not yet
apparent, but will eventually develop
issue: futile care - correct answer ✔✔medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit
to the patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
moral distress - correct answer ✔✔describes the anguish experienced when a person feels
unable to act according to closely held core values
ethics - correct answer ✔✔The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with determining
what is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
values - correct answer ✔✔Personal beliefs about the worth of something, that influences their
behavior
accountability - correct answer ✔✔answering for your own actions
Study Guide
Deontology - correct answer ✔✔defines actions as right or wrong
Utilitarianism - correct answer ✔✔proposes that the value of something is determined by its
usefulness
Feminist Ethics - correct answer ✔✔focuses on the inequality between people
Ethics of Care - correct answer ✔✔Emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships,
especially as they are revealed in personal narratives
Professional Nursing Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔A set of guiding principles that all
members of a profession accept
Autonomy - correct answer ✔✔commitment to include patients in their decisions
Beneficence - correct answer ✔✔taking positive actions to help others
Nonmaleficence - correct answer ✔✔avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice - correct answer ✔✔being fair
Fidelity - correct answer ✔✔agreement to keep promises
,How to process an ethical dilemma (7 steps) - correct answer ✔✔Step 1: Ask if this is an ethical
dilemma.
Step 2: Gather all relevant information.
Step 3: Clarify your own values/opinons.
Step 4: Verbalize the problem.
Step 5: Identify possible courses of action.
Step 6: Negotiate a plan.
Step 7: Evaluate the plan.
Who can request access to an ethical committee? - correct answer ✔✔Any person involved in
an ethical dilemma
(including nurses, physicians, health care providers, patients, and family members)
Issues in healthcare ethics - correct answer ✔✔quality of care
genetic screening
care at the end of life
access to care
4 basic principles in the Code of Ethics - correct answer ✔✔1. advocacy
2. confidentiality
3. responsibility
4. accountability
an ethical problem has at least one of the following.. (3) - correct answer ✔✔1. unable to
resolve solely on scientific data
2. perplexing- cannot easily make decision
, 3. answer will have a profound relevance for areas of human concern
purposes of the ethical committee - correct answer ✔✔provide education, recommendations,
and case consultation
issue: quality of life - correct answer ✔✔measures the values/benefits of certain medical
interventions
(ex. DNR, cancer therapy)
issue: genetic screening - correct answer ✔✔can alert patient to a condition that is not yet
apparent, but will eventually develop
issue: futile care - correct answer ✔✔medical interventions that are unlikely to produce benefit
to the patient
(ex. tx to a patient that has no hope/incurable)
moral distress - correct answer ✔✔describes the anguish experienced when a person feels
unable to act according to closely held core values
ethics - correct answer ✔✔The study of conduct and character. It is concerned with determining
what is good or valuable for individuals and society at large
values - correct answer ✔✔Personal beliefs about the worth of something, that influences their
behavior
accountability - correct answer ✔✔answering for your own actions
