FINAL EXAM NUR2058 RASMUSSEN
Who wrote the Nurses Code of Ethics? - answers Florence Nightingale
Values - answers ideals or concepts that give meaning to an individuals life
Morals - answers Fundamental standards of right and wrong that an individual learns
and internalizes
Laws - answers Rules of social conduct made by humans to protect society and these
laws are based on concerns about fairness and justice
Ethics - answers Declaration of what is right or wrong and what ought to be
What are the things that Code of Ethics defines? - answers Govern a profession,
confidentiality, justice, compassion
Significance of Code of Ethics - answers written list of a professions values and
standards of conduct. The cod of ethics provides a framework for decision-making for
the profession and should be oriented toward the daily decisions made by members of
the profession
Who writes the Nurse Practice Act - answers State BON
Steps to ethical decision making - answers 1. collect, analyze, and interpret data
2. state the dilemma
3. consider the choices of action
4. analyze the advantages and disadvantages
5. make the decision and act on it
Name of the privacy law? - answers Right to privacy
What is the Right to Privacy? - answers violation of a persons right to protection against
unreasonable and unwanted interference with ones personal life
Advance directive - answers can and should specify which extraordinary procedures,
surgeries, medications, or treatments can or cannot be used. These directives are often
, formal documents that need to be witnessed by two individuals who are not related to
client.
Who has the power to revoke a license? - answers State Boards of Nursing
Reasons license can be revoked or suspended? - answers seriouc crime, negligence,
failure to renew license, non-safe practice, illegal drugs or alcohol, unprofessional
Who is the founder of modern nursing? - answers Florence Nightengale
Who is the Father of Modern Medicine? - answers Hippocrates
What is Hippocrates known for? - answers Client needs to be treated for mind, body,
spirit, and evironment
Influential reasoning for Christianity? - answers Practiced human sacrifice, infanticide,
and abortion- which is now considered murder. Dedicated their lives to the sick and
dying. Christian womans role was to help the sick and provide food and care.
Dark Ages - answers 500-1000 AD, plague, smallpo, leprosy, diptheria killed large
segments of populations
First nursing school? - answers Florence Nightingale
What is the Good Samaritan Act? - answers Protects healthcare professionals who
provide care in an emergency lawsuits and charged with contributory negligence when
they provide care to persons in need of immediate treatment
What is Negligence? - answers nurse fails to conform to the standard of care, doing the
wrong thing not knowing its wrong
What is Malpractice? - answers improper care, doing the wrong thing and knowing its
wrong
Barriers to culturally competent care - answers language, background, race, ethinicity
Model of culture assessment - answers Purnells Model
How can nurse increase their cultural awareness? - answers highlevel of sensitivity and
respect
Medicaid - answers federally funded for people with low income,
Medicare - answers federally funded for people who are over the age of 65
What are the tenets of most nursing theories? - answers Client, environment, health,
nursing
Who wrote the Nurses Code of Ethics? - answers Florence Nightingale
Values - answers ideals or concepts that give meaning to an individuals life
Morals - answers Fundamental standards of right and wrong that an individual learns
and internalizes
Laws - answers Rules of social conduct made by humans to protect society and these
laws are based on concerns about fairness and justice
Ethics - answers Declaration of what is right or wrong and what ought to be
What are the things that Code of Ethics defines? - answers Govern a profession,
confidentiality, justice, compassion
Significance of Code of Ethics - answers written list of a professions values and
standards of conduct. The cod of ethics provides a framework for decision-making for
the profession and should be oriented toward the daily decisions made by members of
the profession
Who writes the Nurse Practice Act - answers State BON
Steps to ethical decision making - answers 1. collect, analyze, and interpret data
2. state the dilemma
3. consider the choices of action
4. analyze the advantages and disadvantages
5. make the decision and act on it
Name of the privacy law? - answers Right to privacy
What is the Right to Privacy? - answers violation of a persons right to protection against
unreasonable and unwanted interference with ones personal life
Advance directive - answers can and should specify which extraordinary procedures,
surgeries, medications, or treatments can or cannot be used. These directives are often
, formal documents that need to be witnessed by two individuals who are not related to
client.
Who has the power to revoke a license? - answers State Boards of Nursing
Reasons license can be revoked or suspended? - answers seriouc crime, negligence,
failure to renew license, non-safe practice, illegal drugs or alcohol, unprofessional
Who is the founder of modern nursing? - answers Florence Nightengale
Who is the Father of Modern Medicine? - answers Hippocrates
What is Hippocrates known for? - answers Client needs to be treated for mind, body,
spirit, and evironment
Influential reasoning for Christianity? - answers Practiced human sacrifice, infanticide,
and abortion- which is now considered murder. Dedicated their lives to the sick and
dying. Christian womans role was to help the sick and provide food and care.
Dark Ages - answers 500-1000 AD, plague, smallpo, leprosy, diptheria killed large
segments of populations
First nursing school? - answers Florence Nightingale
What is the Good Samaritan Act? - answers Protects healthcare professionals who
provide care in an emergency lawsuits and charged with contributory negligence when
they provide care to persons in need of immediate treatment
What is Negligence? - answers nurse fails to conform to the standard of care, doing the
wrong thing not knowing its wrong
What is Malpractice? - answers improper care, doing the wrong thing and knowing its
wrong
Barriers to culturally competent care - answers language, background, race, ethinicity
Model of culture assessment - answers Purnells Model
How can nurse increase their cultural awareness? - answers highlevel of sensitivity and
respect
Medicaid - answers federally funded for people with low income,
Medicare - answers federally funded for people who are over the age of 65
What are the tenets of most nursing theories? - answers Client, environment, health,
nursing
