Deck 3: Values, Ethics, and Legal Issues

Question 1

What are standards for decision-making that endure for a significant time in one's life?

A) Beliefs
B) Ethics
C) Roles
D) Values

Answer 1

Values

Question 2

Socialization into the nursing profession may have the most significant effect on:

A) roles.
B) values.
C) documentation.
D) planning.

Answer 2

values.

Question 3

A nursing student's attitude is defined as:

A) belief in one's self.
B) desire to do good.
C) disposition toward situations.
D) choosing between alternatives.

Answer 3

disposition toward situations.

Question 4

A hospice nurse is caring for a client with terminal cancer. The family would like the client to continue aggressive therapy to treat the cancer, but the client has voiced to the nurse that, after much thought, the client does not want to pursue any further treatment. The nurse speaks to the family about the client's wishes, condition, and terminal state. This action is most likely derived from which nursing obligation?

A) Legal responsibilities
B) Nursing education principles
C) Advanced practice licensure guidelines
D) Moral values

Question 5

The differences between the pro-life and abortion rights movement are an example of:

A) values inquiry.
B) social activism.
C) ethical inconsistency.
D) values clarification.

Question 6

The purpose of a values inquiry discussion with a group of nursing students is to:

A) examine past decisions.
B) examine social issues.
C) alter the group's views.
D) improve the group's image.

Question 7

The nurse is engaged in dialogue with a client in an effort to identify the client's values. Value systems are often formally embedded and integrated into:

A) religion.
B) nature.
C) treatment.
D) activity.

Question 8

During adolescence, the process of value formation is profoundly influenced by:

A) school administration.
B) work.
C) awareness of other cultures.
D) peers.

Question 9

A nurse is contributing to the analysis of an ethical dilemma. Ethics is best defined as the branch of philosophy that addresses:

A) the relationship between law and values.
B) standards of conduct.
C) conflict between competing priorities.
D) decision-making.

Question 10

A nurse believes that abortion is an acceptable option if a pregnancy results from a situation of rape. What is the best description of this belief?

A) Personal morality
B) Professional values
C) Ethics
D) Legal obligations

Question 11

A nurse is of the Catholic faith and votes pro-life. The nurse is considered to have:

A) personal morality.
B) personal values.
C) ethics.
D) legal obligations.

Question 12

A hospital owned by a Catholic order of nuns will not allow tubal ligations to be performed. This is considered to be:

A) personal morality.
B) personal values.
C) institutional policy.
D) legal obligation.

Question 13

To practice ethically, the nurse should:

A) allow a committee to guide her practice.
B) review past cases before guiding practice.
C) avoid allowing her judgment to guide practice.
D) ask the family their views on caring.

Question 14

An emergency department nurse and healthcare team are caring for a semiconscious child age 2 years with numerous fractures and evidence of cigarette burns. They suspect child abuse. The nurse reports the family to the child abuse hotline. The nurse is following which ethical principle?

A) Beneficence
B) Nonmaleficence
C) Justice
D) Fidelity

Question 15

A client is in a persistent vegetative state. The client has no immediate family and is a ward of the state. Under these circumstances, who will speak on this client's behalf?

A) Surrogate decision-maker
B) Church-appointed guardian
C) A significant other
D) Her best friend

Question 16

A legal document that states a client's health-related wishes-such as a preference for pain management if the client becomes terminally ill-and also allows the client's daughter to direct his or her care, is a(an):

A) will.
B) standard of care.
C) license.
D) advance directive.

Question 17

The client being admitted to the oncology unit conveys personal wishes regarding resuscitation in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest. The nurse advises the client that it would be in the client's best interest to obtain which document?

A) A will
B) A living will
C) Proof of healthcare power of attorney
D) A proxy directive

Question 18

The foundation for decisions about resource allocation throughout a society or group is based on the ethical principle of:

A) veracity.
B) autonomy.
C) justice.
D) confidentiality.

Question 19

An oncology client in an outpatient chemotherapy clinic asks several questions regarding his care and treatment. The nurse explains the clinic's routine, typical side effects of the chemotherapy, and ways to decrease the number of side effects experienced. What characteristic is the nurse demonstrating?

A) Veracity
B) Fidelity
C) Justice
D) Autonomy

Question 20

When the nurse informs a client's employer of his autoimmune deficiency disease, the nurse is committing the tort of:

A) breach of contract.
B) assault.
C) invasion of privacy.
D) battery.

Question 21

A postanesthesia care nurse is reporting about a client to the intensive care unit nurse in the elevator. There are staff members and visitors in the elevator. The postanesthesia care nurse is doing what?

A) Implementing therapeutic communication
B) Interacting to maintain coordination of care
C) Breaching the client's confidentiality
D) Maintaining the continuity of care

Question 22

The nurse is preparing to administer a medication ordered by the surgeon in a dose much higher than is recommended. What action should the nurse take?

A) Call the surgeon to clarify the order.
B) Administer the medication as ordered and chart the high dose.
C) Administer the medication and stay with the client to observe for adverse reactions.
D) Administer the medication in the usual dosage.