NURS 242 EXAM 1- ETHICS, LEADERSHIP &
MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEWLY MODIFIED 2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
Nursing ethics providers the standards for professional behavior and is the study
of principles of right and wrong for nurses. The standards states the duties and
obligations of the nurse should include which of the following?
a) individual
b) client
c) community
d) all of the above --CORRECT ANSWER--d) all of the above
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma?
a) Health care does not have ethical dilemmas
b) When the values of a person change over time
c) There is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice
d) When forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives --
CORRECT ANSWER--d) When forced to choose between two or more
undesirable alternatives
The nurse manager didn't hire Sally, RN for the assistant manager job. The
nurse maager informed Sally that she was a "great fit" but an internal candidate
was selected instead. The real reason Sally, RN wasn't hired was because her
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,drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the
nurse manager follow?
a) utility
b) paternalism
c) autonomy
d) veracity --CORRECT ANSWER--d) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
What term describes the obligation to the truth?
*"truth telling" --CORRECT ANSWER--Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An informed
consent is not yet signed. This client requests information related to
chemotherapy and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explained the
side effects of the medications. The nurse answered all the questions of the
client honestly even though the client choose not to undergo chemotherapy.
Then nurse used which principle of ethical reasoning?
a) confidentiality
b) veracity
c) justice
d) fidelity --CORRECT ANSWER--b) veracity
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,*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
*the nurse is displaying truth telling by explaining the effects of chemo
A nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hygiene
and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other
nurse and refuses to take action. This is an examples of:
a) moral distress
b) moral indifference
c) ethical dilemma
d) moral conflict --CORRECT ANSWER--a) moral distress
*she knows the action is wrong but is still not doing the right thing
*occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is the morally
appropriate action to take or when you otherwise act in a manner contrary to
your personal and professional values. You know what to do, but believe you
cannot do it due to internal or external barriers
What term occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is the
morally appropriate action to take or when you otherwise act in a manner
contrary to your personal and professional values. You know what to do, but
believe you cannot do it due to internal or external barriers?
*Self doubt, lack of assertiveness, and the perception of powerlessness are
examples of internal barriers. Inadequate staffing, lack of organizational
support, poor relationships with colleagues, and policies that conflict with the
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, care needs of patients are examples of external barriers. --CORRECT
ANSWER--Moral distress
*ex: nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hygiene
and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other
nurse and refuses to take action
A nurse-manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority
of the nurse manager's subordinates is using what type of theical framework for
decision making?
a) intuitionist
b) duty based
c) rights based
d) utilitarianism --CORRECT ANSWER--d) utilitarianism
Which is not an element of ethical decision making?
a) beneficence
b) utility
c) paternalism
d) pragmatism --CORRECT ANSWER--d) pragmatism
Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected
of her. Which principle of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying?
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MANAGEMENT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEWLY MODIFIED 2025/2026 LATEST UPDATE
Nursing ethics providers the standards for professional behavior and is the study
of principles of right and wrong for nurses. The standards states the duties and
obligations of the nurse should include which of the following?
a) individual
b) client
c) community
d) all of the above --CORRECT ANSWER--d) all of the above
When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma?
a) Health care does not have ethical dilemmas
b) When the values of a person change over time
c) There is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice
d) When forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives --
CORRECT ANSWER--d) When forced to choose between two or more
undesirable alternatives
The nurse manager didn't hire Sally, RN for the assistant manager job. The
nurse maager informed Sally that she was a "great fit" but an internal candidate
was selected instead. The real reason Sally, RN wasn't hired was because her
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,drug test was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the
nurse manager follow?
a) utility
b) paternalism
c) autonomy
d) veracity --CORRECT ANSWER--d) veracity
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
What term describes the obligation to the truth?
*"truth telling" --CORRECT ANSWER--Veracity
A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An informed
consent is not yet signed. This client requests information related to
chemotherapy and the drugs that will be given to him. The nurse explained the
side effects of the medications. The nurse answered all the questions of the
client honestly even though the client choose not to undergo chemotherapy.
Then nurse used which principle of ethical reasoning?
a) confidentiality
b) veracity
c) justice
d) fidelity --CORRECT ANSWER--b) veracity
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,*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
*the nurse is displaying truth telling by explaining the effects of chemo
A nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hygiene
and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other
nurse and refuses to take action. This is an examples of:
a) moral distress
b) moral indifference
c) ethical dilemma
d) moral conflict --CORRECT ANSWER--a) moral distress
*she knows the action is wrong but is still not doing the right thing
*occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is the morally
appropriate action to take or when you otherwise act in a manner contrary to
your personal and professional values. You know what to do, but believe you
cannot do it due to internal or external barriers
What term occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is the
morally appropriate action to take or when you otherwise act in a manner
contrary to your personal and professional values. You know what to do, but
believe you cannot do it due to internal or external barriers?
*Self doubt, lack of assertiveness, and the perception of powerlessness are
examples of internal barriers. Inadequate staffing, lack of organizational
support, poor relationships with colleagues, and policies that conflict with the
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, care needs of patients are examples of external barriers. --CORRECT
ANSWER--Moral distress
*ex: nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hygiene
and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other
nurse and refuses to take action
A nurse-manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority
of the nurse manager's subordinates is using what type of theical framework for
decision making?
a) intuitionist
b) duty based
c) rights based
d) utilitarianism --CORRECT ANSWER--d) utilitarianism
Which is not an element of ethical decision making?
a) beneficence
b) utility
c) paternalism
d) pragmatism --CORRECT ANSWER--d) pragmatism
Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected
of her. Which principle of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying?
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