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Module 5 Exam
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Module 5 Exam
1. 1.ID: 22114995478
A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The healthcare
team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other possible
treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the client. Which
principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing?
A. Justice
B. Fidelity
C. Autonomy
D. Nonmaleficence Correct
Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of hurt or harm. Remember that in
healthcare ethics, ethical practice involves not only the will to do good but also the
equal commitment to do no harm. Healthcare professionals try to balance the risks and
benefits of a plan of care while striving to do the least possible harm. Justice refers to
fairness and equity and ensuring fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all
clients. Fidelity is the keeping of promises made to clients, families, and other
healthcare professionals. Autonomy refers to a person’s independence and represents
an agreement to respect another’s right to determine his or her course of action.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject - the ethical principle being utilized.
Recall the definition of each item in the options. Note the relationship of the strategic
words “least possible harm“ in the question and the definition of nonmaleficence.
Review: Nonmaleficience
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Celluar Regulation, Ethics
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Cellular Regulation
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
2. 2.ID: 22114995475
Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence?
A. The nurse upholds a client’s decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung
cancer.
B. The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with
cancer.
C. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may
cause discomfort. Correct
D. The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the
basis of illness acuity.
Rationale: Beneficence is taking action to help others. Although administration of a
child’s immunization might cause discomfort, the benefits of protection from disease
outweigh the temporary discomfort. Fidelity is keeping promises made to clients,
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families, and other healthcare professionals. Autonomy is a person’s independence.
Respecting another’s autonomy means that you are agreeing to respect that person’s
right to determine his or her course of action. Justice refers to fairness and equity,
including fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all clients.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, beneficence. Recalling that beneficence
refers to taking action to help others will direct you to the correct option.
Review: Beneficence
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Ethics, Immunity
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Immunity
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
3. 3.ID: 22114995472
The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false imprisonment. Which
situation reflects a violation of this client right?
A. Performing a procedure without consent
B. Telling the client that he or she may not leave the hospital Correct
C. Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will
D. Observing the provision of care to the client without the client’s
permission
Rationale: Telling a client that he or she may not leave the hospital constitutes false
imprisonment. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of battery.
Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will is assault. Invasion of
privacy takes place with unreasonable intrusion into an individual’s private affairs.
Observing the provision of care to a client without the client’s permission is an example
of invasion of privacy.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, an example of false imprisonment. Note
the relationship of the subject and the words in the correct option.
Review: false imprisonment
Level of Cognitive Ability: Evaluating
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Teaching and Learning
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Health Care Law, Leadership
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Health Policy/Systems—Health Care
Law
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
4. 4.ID: 22114995469
The nurse and an assistive personnel (AP) enter a client’s room to provide care and find
the client lying on the floor. Which action should the nurse take first?
A. Ask the nursing assistant to complete an incident report
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B. Check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs Correct
C. Ask the nursing assistant to assist in getting the client back to bed
D. Contact the unit secretary on the intercom and ask that the client’s
primary health care provider be called
Rationale: When a client sustains a fall, the nurse must first assess the client. The
nurse should check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs and look for any
bruises or injuries sustained in the fall. If the nurse determines that the client has not
sustained any injuries and that it is safe to move the client, the nurse should ask the AP
to assist in getting the client into bed. The nurse should then contact the primary health
care provider and file an incident report.
Test-Taking Strategy: Note the strategic word “first.“ Use the steps of the nursing
process to answer the question. The correct option is the only one that addresses
assessment. Remember to always assess the client first if a client sustains a fall.
Review: Client who falls
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Delegating/Prioritizing
Giddens Concepts: Mobility, Safety
HESI Concepts: Mobility, Safety
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
5. 5.ID: 22114995466
Which action exemplifies the use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of client
care?
A. Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing Correct
B. Encouraging a client to take an herbal substance to treat his insomnia
C. Advising a client to agree to the treatment recommended by her primary
health care provider
D. Taking a rectal temperature from a client for whom bleeding precautions
have been instituted
Rationale: Evidence-based practice is an approach to client care in which the nurse
integrates the client’s preferences, clinical expertise, and the best research evidence to
deliver quality care. Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing
reflects evidence-based practice, because it prevents the entrance of harmful bacteria
into the wound. The remaining options do not reflect evidence-based practice. Taking an
herbal substance could be harmful to some clients. It is nontherapeutic for a nurse to
advise a client to agree to a treatment. Because of the risk of injury to the rectal
mucosa, rectal temperature-taking is avoided in the client for whom bleeding
precautions have been instituted.
Test-Taking Strategy: Read each option carefully, focusing on the subject, evidence-
based practice. Recall the definition of evidence-based practice and note the strategic
words “sterile gloves“ in the correct option.
Review: evidence-based practice
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1. 1.ID: 22114995478
A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The healthcare
team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other possible
treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the client. Which
principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing?
A. Justice
B. Fidelity
C. Autonomy
D. Nonmaleficence Correct
Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of hurt or harm. Remember that in
healthcare ethics, ethical practice involves not only the will to do good but also the
equal commitment to do no harm. Healthcare professionals try to balance the risks and
benefits of a plan of care while striving to do the least possible harm. Justice refers to
fairness and equity and ensuring fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all
clients. Fidelity is the keeping of promises made to clients, families, and other
healthcare professionals. Autonomy refers to a person’s independence and represents
an agreement to respect another’s right to determine his or her course of action.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject - the ethical principle being utilized.
Recall the definition of each item in the options. Note the relationship of the strategic
words “least possible harm“ in the question and the definition of nonmaleficence.
Review: Nonmaleficience
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Celluar Regulation, Ethics
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Cellular Regulation
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
2. 2.ID: 22114995475
Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence?
A. The nurse upholds a client’s decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung
cancer.
B. The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with
cancer.
C. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may
cause discomfort. Correct
D. The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the
basis of illness acuity.
Rationale: Beneficence is taking action to help others. Although administration of a
child’s immunization might cause discomfort, the benefits of protection from disease
outweigh the temporary discomfort. Fidelity is keeping promises made to clients,
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families, and other healthcare professionals. Autonomy is a person’s independence.
Respecting another’s autonomy means that you are agreeing to respect that person’s
right to determine his or her course of action. Justice refers to fairness and equity,
including fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all clients.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, beneficence. Recalling that beneficence
refers to taking action to help others will direct you to the correct option.
Review: Beneficence
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Ethics, Immunity
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Immunity
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
3. 3.ID: 22114995472
The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false imprisonment. Which
situation reflects a violation of this client right?
A. Performing a procedure without consent
B. Telling the client that he or she may not leave the hospital Correct
C. Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will
D. Observing the provision of care to the client without the client’s
permission
Rationale: Telling a client that he or she may not leave the hospital constitutes false
imprisonment. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of battery.
Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will is assault. Invasion of
privacy takes place with unreasonable intrusion into an individual’s private affairs.
Observing the provision of care to a client without the client’s permission is an example
of invasion of privacy.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, an example of false imprisonment. Note
the relationship of the subject and the words in the correct option.
Review: false imprisonment
Level of Cognitive Ability: Evaluating
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Teaching and Learning
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Health Care Law, Leadership
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Health Policy/Systems—Health Care
Law
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
4. 4.ID: 22114995469
The nurse and an assistive personnel (AP) enter a client’s room to provide care and find
the client lying on the floor. Which action should the nurse take first?
A. Ask the nursing assistant to complete an incident report
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B. Check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs Correct
C. Ask the nursing assistant to assist in getting the client back to bed
D. Contact the unit secretary on the intercom and ask that the client’s
primary health care provider be called
Rationale: When a client sustains a fall, the nurse must first assess the client. The
nurse should check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs and look for any
bruises or injuries sustained in the fall. If the nurse determines that the client has not
sustained any injuries and that it is safe to move the client, the nurse should ask the AP
to assist in getting the client into bed. The nurse should then contact the primary health
care provider and file an incident report.
Test-Taking Strategy: Note the strategic word “first.“ Use the steps of the nursing
process to answer the question. The correct option is the only one that addresses
assessment. Remember to always assess the client first if a client sustains a fall.
Review: Client who falls
Level of Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Delegating/Prioritizing
Giddens Concepts: Mobility, Safety
HESI Concepts: Mobility, Safety
Awarded 96.0 points out of 96.0 possible points.
5. 5.ID: 22114995466
Which action exemplifies the use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of client
care?
A. Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing Correct
B. Encouraging a client to take an herbal substance to treat his insomnia
C. Advising a client to agree to the treatment recommended by her primary
health care provider
D. Taking a rectal temperature from a client for whom bleeding precautions
have been instituted
Rationale: Evidence-based practice is an approach to client care in which the nurse
integrates the client’s preferences, clinical expertise, and the best research evidence to
deliver quality care. Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing
reflects evidence-based practice, because it prevents the entrance of harmful bacteria
into the wound. The remaining options do not reflect evidence-based practice. Taking an
herbal substance could be harmful to some clients. It is nontherapeutic for a nurse to
advise a client to agree to a treatment. Because of the risk of injury to the rectal
mucosa, rectal temperature-taking is avoided in the client for whom bleeding
precautions have been instituted.
Test-Taking Strategy: Read each option carefully, focusing on the subject, evidence-
based practice. Recall the definition of evidence-based practice and note the strategic
words “sterile gloves“ in the correct option.
Review: evidence-based practice
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