Exam 2: NUR2058/ NUR 2058 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Dimensions of Nursing Practice Exam Review| Modules 4-7 Covered| Complete Guide with Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Rasmussen

Exam 2: NUR2058/ NUR 2058 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Dimensions of Nursing Practice Exam Review| Modules 4-7 Covered| Complete Guide with Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Rasmussen Q: what are ethical theories? Answer: attempts to provide a clear, unified account of what our ethical obligations are. They are attempts to tell a single "story" about what we are obligated to do without directly referring to specific examples. Q: what do ethical theories provide? Answer: a framework for decision making that nurses can apply to ethical situations Q: what role does the nursing code of ethics play? Answer: it is used as a benchmark against other codes of ethics and how they are measured. Q: who created the nursing code of ethics? Answer: ANA Q: When does an ethical situaiton occur? Answer: every time a nurse interacts with a client in a health care setting Q: what do ethical systems do? Answer: provide the nurse a way to make decisions in resolving concepts such as good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, and how the nurse should act in certain situations Q: what are the 2 systems most directly concerned with ethical decision making? Answer: utilitarianism and deontology Q: What is utilitarianism? Answer: Greatest good for the greatest number of people; most useful Q: What is deontology? Answer: A system of ethical decision-making based on moral rules and unchanging principles; focuses on the relationship between duty and the morality of human actions Q: what is another word for utilitarianism? Answer: teleology Q: what are the two types of utiliatianism? Answer: rule utilitarianism and act utilitarian- ism Q: What is rule utilitarianism? Answer: An act is right if and only if it accords with those rules which, if generally followed would lead to the best results for everyone Q: What is act utilitarianism? Answer: an act is right if and only if it results in as much good as any available alternative Q: Advantages of Utilitarianism Answer: easy to use; built around an individuals need for happiness; fits well into a society that otherwise shuns rules & regulations Q: Advantages of deontology Answer: ethical judgement is based on principles in every situation; concepts and terms are similar to those in the legal system Q: disadvantages of utilitarianism Answer: good and happiness is subjective; is the greatest good really good for all people