Exam 3: Ethical Principles

What does the CNA Code of Ethics recognize about confidentiality?

Which of the following statements best summarizes the Privacy Act, amended April 2011?

A patient requests multiple cosmetic surgeries. At a certain point, the health care team questions whether the overall harm that will result from continuing to do these procedures will outweigh the benefits. Which ethical principle is most related to this discussion about weighing harms against benefits?

Which principle of the Canada Health Act entitles reasonable contact with insured health care services in terms of physical availability of medically necessary services?

Which ethical principle requires nurses to uphold the profession's code of ethics, to practise within the established scope of practice, and to remain competent?

What does the principle of beneficence require the nurse to do?

The nurse promises a patient that she will return in five minutes to sit and speak with him. What ethical principle does this situation exemplify?

A nurse respects a patient's decision not to undergo any further dialysis. Which principle is this situation an example of?

The emergency room staff decide how quickly patients will be triaged through the emergency room department. The emergency room team decides that the most critically ill patient will be treated first. Which of the following ethical principles is illustrated by the decision-making process in this case?

Which principle of the Canada Health Act requires that residents moving from one province or territory to another must continue to be covered for insured health care services?

A nurse performs a pain assessment on a client and requests an order for an analgesic as an intervention. Which of the following ethical principles is being given a practical application in this situation?

In which of the following situations is the nurse applying the principles of the CNA Code of Ethics?

Which of the following ethical principles relates to noncompliance with care by a fully aware patient?

Which ethical principle implies that others are worthy of high regard?

Which principle of the Canada Health Act entitles 100 percent of the insured residents of a province or territory to health services?