NUR 210 ACTUAL FINAL EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
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1. What is an ethical dilemma in nursing?: A situation where a nurse must choose between two or more conflicting
moral principles or values.
2. What are common ethical issues in healthcare?: Quality of life decisions, end-of-life care, and access to healthcare
resources.
3. What three things must nurses distinguish when resolving ethical dilemmas?: Facts, values, and opinions.
4. What is autonomy?: Respecting a patient's right to make their own healthcare decisions.
5. What is beneficence?: Taking positive actions to help others and promote patient well-being.
6. What is nonmaleficence?: The obligation to avoid causing harm.
7. What is justice in healthcare ethics?: Treating patients fairly and ensuring equal distribution of healthcare
resources.
8. What is fidelity?: Being faithful to commitments and keeping promises.
9. What is medical negligence?: Failure to provide care that meets the standard of a reasonably prudent healthcare
professional, resulting in patient harm.
10. What is battery in healthcare?: Intentional touching without consent.
11. What is assault in healthcare?: A threat of harm that makes a person fearful of being touched.
12. What is informed consent?: A patient's agreement to a procedure after receiving full disclosure of risks,
benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal.
13. What are the three requirements for informed consent?: The patient must be competent, informed, and
voluntarily consenting.
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LATEST UPDATED| 100% RATED CORRECT | GET A+!!
1. What is an ethical dilemma in nursing?: A situation where a nurse must choose between two or more conflicting
moral principles or values.
2. What are common ethical issues in healthcare?: Quality of life decisions, end-of-life care, and access to healthcare
resources.
3. What three things must nurses distinguish when resolving ethical dilemmas?: Facts, values, and opinions.
4. What is autonomy?: Respecting a patient's right to make their own healthcare decisions.
5. What is beneficence?: Taking positive actions to help others and promote patient well-being.
6. What is nonmaleficence?: The obligation to avoid causing harm.
7. What is justice in healthcare ethics?: Treating patients fairly and ensuring equal distribution of healthcare
resources.
8. What is fidelity?: Being faithful to commitments and keeping promises.
9. What is medical negligence?: Failure to provide care that meets the standard of a reasonably prudent healthcare
professional, resulting in patient harm.
10. What is battery in healthcare?: Intentional touching without consent.
11. What is assault in healthcare?: A threat of harm that makes a person fearful of being touched.
12. What is informed consent?: A patient's agreement to a procedure after receiving full disclosure of risks,
benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal.
13. What are the three requirements for informed consent?: The patient must be competent, informed, and
voluntarily consenting.
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