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A patient has a history of seizures. The RN caring for the patient notices that the
patient's seizure medication has not been ordered during this hospital stay. The RN
calls the provider and obtains an order for the medication to be given while the patient is
in the hospital. This is an example of what value?
Preventing harm
Truthfulness
Accountability
Doing good - answersPreventing harm
A shared value found in nursing is
Veracity
Fidelity
Caring
Beneficence - answersCaring
A patient is told she has Stage 3 breast cancer. The patient asks the nurse what this
diagnosis means. The nurse provides the patient with accurate, relevant information
about Stage 3 breast cancer. This is an example of what value?
Caring
Compassion
Doing good
Veracity - answersVeracity
Individual and professional values influence the decisions made by nurses. These
values are often used when difficult dilemmas arise. What type of situation involves the
use of individual and professional values in order to create resolutions?
Scientific
Ethical
Practice guidelines
Policy and procedures - answersEthical
A nurse delegates postoperative vital sign monitoring to the certified nursing assistant
(CNA) on the floor. The RN checks with the CNA frequently to ensure the vital signs are
within normal limits. This demonstrates what value?
, Doing good
Truthfulness
Accountability
Preventing harm - answersAccountability
True or false: Demonstrating compassion to a patient who was recently diagnosed with
a terminal illness is an example of beneficence. - answersTRUE
The nurse advocates for the use of a complex, multi-stage treatment plan for a patient
who is homeless and has no insurance. This is an example of:
beneficence.
nonmaleficence.
autonomy.
justice. - answersJUSTICE
True or false: Diligence is a professional value closely related to the ethical principle of
nonmaleficence. - answersTRUE
Which professional value is least related to the ethical principle of justice?
Respect
Compassion
Accountability
Allocation of resources - answers
The thought of receiving rewards overcomes the fear of punishment in what level of
moral development?
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
Periconventional - answersPreconventional
The main tenets of the conventional level of moral development are:
The child learns to conform to external rules.
Concern with interpersonal accord and conforming to expectations
Moral judgments that are rational and internalized
Desire to do good outweighs fear of punishment. - answersConcern with interpersonal
accord and conforming to expectations
According to Kohlberg, a person's moral development is influenced by cultural effects
on one's perception of justice and _______.
societal laws
A patient has a history of seizures. The RN caring for the patient notices that the
patient's seizure medication has not been ordered during this hospital stay. The RN
calls the provider and obtains an order for the medication to be given while the patient is
in the hospital. This is an example of what value?
Preventing harm
Truthfulness
Accountability
Doing good - answersPreventing harm
A shared value found in nursing is
Veracity
Fidelity
Caring
Beneficence - answersCaring
A patient is told she has Stage 3 breast cancer. The patient asks the nurse what this
diagnosis means. The nurse provides the patient with accurate, relevant information
about Stage 3 breast cancer. This is an example of what value?
Caring
Compassion
Doing good
Veracity - answersVeracity
Individual and professional values influence the decisions made by nurses. These
values are often used when difficult dilemmas arise. What type of situation involves the
use of individual and professional values in order to create resolutions?
Scientific
Ethical
Practice guidelines
Policy and procedures - answersEthical
A nurse delegates postoperative vital sign monitoring to the certified nursing assistant
(CNA) on the floor. The RN checks with the CNA frequently to ensure the vital signs are
within normal limits. This demonstrates what value?
, Doing good
Truthfulness
Accountability
Preventing harm - answersAccountability
True or false: Demonstrating compassion to a patient who was recently diagnosed with
a terminal illness is an example of beneficence. - answersTRUE
The nurse advocates for the use of a complex, multi-stage treatment plan for a patient
who is homeless and has no insurance. This is an example of:
beneficence.
nonmaleficence.
autonomy.
justice. - answersJUSTICE
True or false: Diligence is a professional value closely related to the ethical principle of
nonmaleficence. - answersTRUE
Which professional value is least related to the ethical principle of justice?
Respect
Compassion
Accountability
Allocation of resources - answers
The thought of receiving rewards overcomes the fear of punishment in what level of
moral development?
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
Periconventional - answersPreconventional
The main tenets of the conventional level of moral development are:
The child learns to conform to external rules.
Concern with interpersonal accord and conforming to expectations
Moral judgments that are rational and internalized
Desire to do good outweighs fear of punishment. - answersConcern with interpersonal
accord and conforming to expectations
According to Kohlberg, a person's moral development is influenced by cultural effects
on one's perception of justice and _______.
societal laws
