Deck 6: Ethics in Nursing

Question 1

Which ethical principle is one of the oldest requirements for health-care providers and views the primary goal of health care as doing good for clients under their care?
1) Justice
2) Fidelity
3) Veracity
4) Beneficence

Answer 1

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Question 2

Which ethical principle is the right of self-determination, independence, and freedom and refers to the client's right to make health-care decisions for himself or herself even if the health-care provider does not agree with those decisions?
1) Autonomy
2) Fidelity
3) Veracity
4) Beneficence

Answer 2

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Question 3

Citizens of the United States having the right to equal access to housing regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or religion is an example of which type of right?
1) Welfare rights
2) Ethical rights
3) Option rights
4) Basic human rights

Answer 3

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Question 4

Which ethical principle requires that health-care providers protect from harm those who cannot protect themselves?
1) Justice
2) Fidelity
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Beneficence

Question 5

The primary limitation of which ethical principle occurs when telling the client the truth would seriously harm the client's ability to recover or would produce greater illness?
1) Justice
2) Veracity
3) Nonmaleficence
4) Beneficence

Question 6

The belief in universal access to health care in the United States is an example of which type of right?
1) Welfare rights
2) Ethical rights
3) Option rights
4) Basic human rights

Question 7

Which ethical principle underlies the first statement in the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses: "The nurse in all professional relationships practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual, unrestricted by consideration of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems"?
1) Justice
2) Fidelity
3) Veracity
4) Beneficence

Question 8

Health-care providers making unilateral decisions that disregard clients' wishes implies that providers alone know what is best for clients. This practice is known as which of the following?
1) Paternalism
2) Essentialism
3) Emotionalism
4) Fraternalism

Question 9

A follower of a pure form of which system of ethical decision-making believes in the ethical absoluteness of principles regardless of the consequences of the decision?
1) Teleology
2) Deontology
3) Utilitarianism
4) Consequentialism

Question 10

Which of the following are fundamental standards of right and wrong that an individual learns and internalizes, usually in the early stages of childhood development?
1) Ethics
2) Values
3) Morals
4) Laws

Question 11

Which form of ethics is a bottom-up approach to ethics that starts with what society is already doing ethically and develops ethical principles based on the observed actions of people rather than starting with ethical principles and applying them to society?
1) Metaethics
2) Normative ethics
3) Applied ethics
4) Descriptive ethics

Question 12

Which legislative act made it mandatory for all health-care facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and home health-care agencies, to provide information to clients about the living will and durable power of attorney for health care?
1) Affordable Care Act
2) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
3) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
4) Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act

Question 13

In health care, which ethical principle includes the professional's faithfulness or loyalty to agreements and responsibilities accepted as part of the practice of the profession?
1) Justice
2) Fidelity
3) Veracity
4) Beneficence

Question 14

Health-care providers often leave instructions for the nursing staff indicating that the nurses should not resuscitate the client but should instead merely go through the motions to make the family feel better, which is sometimes referred to as which of the following?
1) No-code order
2) Slow-code order
3) Advance directive
4) Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST)

Question 15

Because social media is primarily a means of communication, the standard of care that is most applicable is found in which legislative act that deals with breaches of patient privacy and confidentiality?
1) Affordable Care Act
2) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
3) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
4) Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Act