Ethics Nurn 129 exam final questions
with complete solutions to pass
it is the _______________ of nursing practice that elevates nursing to the #1 most trusted
profession - correct answer ✔✔ethics
trends affecting ethics in nursing practice - correct answer ✔✔•Economic and human resource
limitations and the evolving roles and responsibilities of the registered professional nurse.
•Emphasis on equal rights and individual rights.
•Changes in health care from cure to preventive
medicine.
•Expansion in the role of the patient in making a decision
toward his/her health.
•Changing social attitudes about birth control, sterilization,
abortion, and the possibility of genetic manipulation.
•Rapid advancement of technology in society and healthcare.
•Having to make decisions on ethical issues as a practicing nurse (which is contributing to stress
in work place) .
, Nursing code of ethics is written by professional organizations including - correct answer
✔✔american nurses association (ANA)
international council of nurses (ICN)
Nursing care should - correct answer ✔✔•be based on sound judgement (or evidence based
practice!!)
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•..some of this judgement is about having a strong sense of what is right or wrong
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•..having a strong sense of what we should be doing and shouldn't be doing as nurses
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•..having a strong sense of what our priorities ought to be
What is an ethical issue? - correct answer ✔✔•When you have to judge what is right or wrong
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•Having to choosing between options (both options may have negative consequences)
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•Deciding whether to do something or do nothing
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•Should I or shouldn't I?
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•Weighing up the potential impact of your decisions or actions
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•A dilemma - making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
dilemma - correct answer ✔✔•making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
with complete solutions to pass
it is the _______________ of nursing practice that elevates nursing to the #1 most trusted
profession - correct answer ✔✔ethics
trends affecting ethics in nursing practice - correct answer ✔✔•Economic and human resource
limitations and the evolving roles and responsibilities of the registered professional nurse.
•Emphasis on equal rights and individual rights.
•Changes in health care from cure to preventive
medicine.
•Expansion in the role of the patient in making a decision
toward his/her health.
•Changing social attitudes about birth control, sterilization,
abortion, and the possibility of genetic manipulation.
•Rapid advancement of technology in society and healthcare.
•Having to make decisions on ethical issues as a practicing nurse (which is contributing to stress
in work place) .
, Nursing code of ethics is written by professional organizations including - correct answer
✔✔american nurses association (ANA)
international council of nurses (ICN)
Nursing care should - correct answer ✔✔•be based on sound judgement (or evidence based
practice!!)
•
•..some of this judgement is about having a strong sense of what is right or wrong
•
•..having a strong sense of what we should be doing and shouldn't be doing as nurses
•
•..having a strong sense of what our priorities ought to be
What is an ethical issue? - correct answer ✔✔•When you have to judge what is right or wrong
•
•Having to choosing between options (both options may have negative consequences)
•
•Deciding whether to do something or do nothing
•
•Should I or shouldn't I?
•
•Weighing up the potential impact of your decisions or actions
•
•A dilemma - making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
dilemma - correct answer ✔✔•making a difficult choice without a clear cut option
