NURS 215. COMPREHENSIVE FINAL
EXAM
Fundamental values or assumptions about the way individuals should be treated and
cared for. These include autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, justice, fidelity, and
veracity. - answer moral or ethical principles
The willingness to do what is right despite the fear of consequences. - answer moral
courage
Feeling of powerlessness to do what is right and ethical. - answer moral distress
A process of considering and selecting approaches to resolve ethical issues. - answer
moral reasoning
A situation that exists when the individual is unsure which moral principles or values
apply in a given situation. - answermoral uncertainty
Beliefs that are considered very important and frequently influence an individual's
behavior. - answervalues
autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice - answermoral and ethical principles
a patient's right to self-determination without outside control - answerautonomy
duty to actively do good for patients - answerbeneficence
duty to prevent or avoid doing harm, whether intentional or unintentional -
answernonmaleficence
the duty to be faithful to commitments - answerfidelity
the duty to treat all patients fairly, without regard to age, socioeconomic status or other
variables - answerjustice
the duty to tell the truth - answerveracity
Rules or principles that determine which human actions are right or wrong. -
answerethics
1. A situation involving competing rules or principles that appears to have no
satisfactory solution.
,2. A choice between two or more equally undesirable alternatives. - answerethical
dilemma
Identify which principle of ethics applies to this situation. A patient has advance
directives that clearly indicate no tube feedings. The patient is unconscious and the
family is demanding a feeding tube be placed because the patient has not eaten in 3
days. The nurse gently reminds the family of the patient's wishes expressed in the
advanced directive document.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerA. Autonomy
Identify which principle of ethics applies to this situation. A ninety-eight-year-old
widowed female patient is admitted to the ED with pneumonia. The patient has no
family, nor advance directives. The patient goes into cardiac arrest, and no resuscitation
efforts are attempted.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerB. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
A patient has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and the prognosis is only
4-6 months to live. The nurse and doctor come to the patient together to inform the
patient of the diagnosis and prognosis.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerC. Veracity
List the four concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing. - answernursing, person, health,
and environment
set of correlated concepts, definitions and propositions that present a systemic way of
viewing facts/events by specifying relations among the variables with the purpose of
explaining and predicting the fact event - answertheory
includes lectures, online activities, assignments and clinical experiences such as
planning, nursing care, writing a paper on professional ethics, learning steps of a
physical examination of a healthy child, starting an intravenous line, practicing
communication skills - answerformal socialization
, includes lectures that occur incidentally, such as the unplanned observation of a nurse
teaching a young mother how to care for her premature infant, participating in a student
nurse association or hearing nurses discuss patient care in the nurses' lounge -
answerinformal socialization
When did Congress first enact legislation to provide support for nursing education ? -
answerDuring World War II
The move toward formal nursing education came after which war? - answerThe Civil
War
Where were the first nursing schools in the U.S. located ? - answerNew York City, New
Haven, Boston
When was the American Nurses Association (ANA) founded? - answerfounded in 1911
When and how was the public's awareness of the necessity of public health nursing
increased ? - answerThe flu pandemic of 1917 to 1919
Nightingale's influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of
modern nursing to the areas of. (Select all that apply)
A. infection control
B. hospital epidemiology
C. hospice care
D. hospital architecture - answerA,B,C
Which event from of 1917 to 1919 increased the public's awareness of the necessity of
public health nursing?
A. Bubonic Plague
B. Scarlet Fever
C. flu
D. Tuberculosis outbreak - answerB. flu
Learning any new role is derived from a mixture of:
studying and passing exams.
A. formal and informal socialization.
B. a mentor / mentee relationship
C. None of the above - answerformal and informal socialization
All of the following are definitions of theory EXCEPT:
A. Theories are a world view or metaparadigm to guide nursing practice day to day.
EXAM
Fundamental values or assumptions about the way individuals should be treated and
cared for. These include autonomy, beneficence, no maleficence, justice, fidelity, and
veracity. - answer moral or ethical principles
The willingness to do what is right despite the fear of consequences. - answer moral
courage
Feeling of powerlessness to do what is right and ethical. - answer moral distress
A process of considering and selecting approaches to resolve ethical issues. - answer
moral reasoning
A situation that exists when the individual is unsure which moral principles or values
apply in a given situation. - answermoral uncertainty
Beliefs that are considered very important and frequently influence an individual's
behavior. - answervalues
autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice - answermoral and ethical principles
a patient's right to self-determination without outside control - answerautonomy
duty to actively do good for patients - answerbeneficence
duty to prevent or avoid doing harm, whether intentional or unintentional -
answernonmaleficence
the duty to be faithful to commitments - answerfidelity
the duty to treat all patients fairly, without regard to age, socioeconomic status or other
variables - answerjustice
the duty to tell the truth - answerveracity
Rules or principles that determine which human actions are right or wrong. -
answerethics
1. A situation involving competing rules or principles that appears to have no
satisfactory solution.
,2. A choice between two or more equally undesirable alternatives. - answerethical
dilemma
Identify which principle of ethics applies to this situation. A patient has advance
directives that clearly indicate no tube feedings. The patient is unconscious and the
family is demanding a feeding tube be placed because the patient has not eaten in 3
days. The nurse gently reminds the family of the patient's wishes expressed in the
advanced directive document.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerA. Autonomy
Identify which principle of ethics applies to this situation. A ninety-eight-year-old
widowed female patient is admitted to the ED with pneumonia. The patient has no
family, nor advance directives. The patient goes into cardiac arrest, and no resuscitation
efforts are attempted.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerB. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
A patient has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and the prognosis is only
4-6 months to live. The nurse and doctor come to the patient together to inform the
patient of the diagnosis and prognosis.
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence and nonmaleficence
C. Veracity
D. None of the above - answerC. Veracity
List the four concepts of the metaparadigm of nursing. - answernursing, person, health,
and environment
set of correlated concepts, definitions and propositions that present a systemic way of
viewing facts/events by specifying relations among the variables with the purpose of
explaining and predicting the fact event - answertheory
includes lectures, online activities, assignments and clinical experiences such as
planning, nursing care, writing a paper on professional ethics, learning steps of a
physical examination of a healthy child, starting an intravenous line, practicing
communication skills - answerformal socialization
, includes lectures that occur incidentally, such as the unplanned observation of a nurse
teaching a young mother how to care for her premature infant, participating in a student
nurse association or hearing nurses discuss patient care in the nurses' lounge -
answerinformal socialization
When did Congress first enact legislation to provide support for nursing education ? -
answerDuring World War II
The move toward formal nursing education came after which war? - answerThe Civil
War
Where were the first nursing schools in the U.S. located ? - answerNew York City, New
Haven, Boston
When was the American Nurses Association (ANA) founded? - answerfounded in 1911
When and how was the public's awareness of the necessity of public health nursing
increased ? - answerThe flu pandemic of 1917 to 1919
Nightingale's influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of
modern nursing to the areas of. (Select all that apply)
A. infection control
B. hospital epidemiology
C. hospice care
D. hospital architecture - answerA,B,C
Which event from of 1917 to 1919 increased the public's awareness of the necessity of
public health nursing?
A. Bubonic Plague
B. Scarlet Fever
C. flu
D. Tuberculosis outbreak - answerB. flu
Learning any new role is derived from a mixture of:
studying and passing exams.
A. formal and informal socialization.
B. a mentor / mentee relationship
C. None of the above - answerformal and informal socialization
All of the following are definitions of theory EXCEPT:
A. Theories are a world view or metaparadigm to guide nursing practice day to day.
