Deck 5: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy

Question 1

Which of the following phrases best describes a value?

A) questions about how one should act and live
B) the process by which one decides what is important in life
C) a belief about the worth of something to guide behavior
D) dispositions of character that motivate goodness

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is one negative aspect for children of learning values through the moralizing mode of transmission?

A) little likelihood of developing acceptable behaviors
B) can lead to confusion and conflict
C) unacceptable behaviors are punished
D) not much opportunity to weigh values

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Values theorists describe the process of valuing as focusing on three main activities. What is the first activity in the valuing process?

A) choosing
B) prizing
C) acting
D) doing

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following illustrates the activity of acting in values clarification?

A) respecting the human dignity of all patients
B) seeking public affirmation for actions
C) disregarding several alternatives when choosing
D) considering consequences of actions

Question 5

Which of the following words is most closely associated with the term "ethics"?

A) values
B) modeling
C) reward
D) conduct

Question 6

Which of the following statements accurately describe a characteristic of ethics? Select all that apply.

A) The ability to be ethical begins in young adulthood.
B) Ethics cannot be defined as a code of professional conduct.
C) Ethics usually refers to personal or communal standards of right and wrong.
D) It is important to distinguish ethics from religion, law, custom, and institutional practices.
E) Values are intimately related to, and direct, ethical conduct.
F) Ethics is a systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct.

Question 7

Which branch of bioethics is most concerned with ethical problems that arise within the context of caring for patients wherever they are found?

A) moral development
B) clinical ethics
C) bioethics
D) nursing ethics

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the utilitarian theory of ethics?

A) If an action is useful, it is ethically correct.
B) The consequences of an action determine if it is right or wrong.
C) All actions are either right or wrong, regardless of consequences.
D) There is no way to determine whether an action is ethical or not.

Question 9

Which component of nursing care is central to the care-based approach to bioethics?

A) provision of physical care
B) relationships with healthcare providers
C) nurse-patient relationship
D) management of care

Question 10

Which of the following are ANA standards of clinical nursing practice? Select all that apply.

A) The nurse's practice and actions are guided by hospital policy and regulations.
B) The nurse maintains patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters.
C) The nurse is the patient advocate and discourages patients to advocate for themselves.
D) The nurse delivers care in a nonjudgmental manner that is sensitive to patient diversity
E) The nurse delivers care in a manner that preserves or protects patient dependency, dignity, and rights.
F) The nurse seeks available resources to help formulate ethical decisions and use them in practice.

Question 11

What document was developed to improve workplaces and ensure nurses' ability to provide safe, quality patient care?

A) Code of Ethics for Nurses
B) Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice
C) Bioethics Clinical Guidelines
D) Bill of Rights for Registered Nurses

Question 12

A nurse who forgets to give a patient her medication throws away the medicine and documents that it was dispensed on the patient chart. The nurse then becomes uneasy about her action and vows never to falsify a record again. This is an example of which of the following?

A) ethical uncertainty
B) ethical distress
C) ethical residue
D) ethical disengagement

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of paternalistic behavior?

A) telling a patient that a painful procedure will not hurt
B) intercepting a visitor's gift of candy to a patient with diabetes
C) deciding to close the intensive care unit when all beds are full
D) discussing a patient's condition with the patient's roommate

Question 14

A patient tells the nurse that he does not want to have a painful procedure. By respecting and supporting the patient's right to make decisions, what is the nurse demonstrating?

A) confidentiality
B) advocacy
C) altruism
D) justice