Exam 3: Legal and Ethical Considerations

Prioritize the steps in solving an ethical dilemma. A) Evaluate the outcome. B) Plan an approach. C) Visualize the consequences. D) Take action. E) Identify the problem.

The nurse is aware that values clarification supports nursing practice by:

The values that direct human behavior and are concerned with defining right from wrong are known as ____________________.

The LPN/LVN may exhibit beneficence by:

One obstetric nurse remarks,"I don't see how these young single women can keep on having babies without being married.Everyone knows a child needs a father." This nurse is exhibiting:

When the LPN/LVN assists an older woman to stand after a fall in a shopping mall parking lot,the woman twists and sprains her ankle.The LPN/LVN is protected from litigation or an unintentional tort by:

The LPN/LVN explains to a patient that health care ethics are based on:

The LPN/LVN acquiring a signature on a surgical informed consent document must ensure that the:

A good friend of the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)confides that she is in a serious romantic relationship with a man the LPN/LVN had as a patient when he was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).The policies of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)prevent the nurse from warning her friend.This situation is a moral:

The LPN/LVN explains to a patient that the hospital has an Institutional Ethics Committee whose main function is to:

The nurse reminds a resident in a long-term care facility that he has autonomy in many aspects of his institutionalization.One example is:

When a student asks the instructor to define the philosophic stand of utilitarianism,the instructor gives the example of:

The physician has written an order for Synthroid,137 mg.The LPN/LVN is aware that the drug is measured in micrograms.The nurse should:

The LPN/LVN reminds a group of nursing students that the values they demonstrate in their practice have their roots in:

The physician has written an order for morphine sulfate,100 mg.The LPN/LVN inquires if he meant to write 10 mg.The physician confirms that he meant 100 mg.The LPN/LVN should:

The LPN/LVN charted that "the patient was drunk and acted in a crazy manner." The team leader has cautioned that such documentation would leave the LPN/LVN open to charges of commission of the intentional tort of:

The LPN/LVN has trimmed the toenails of a patient with diabetes too short,which resulted in a toe amputation from infections.This LPN/LVN is guilty of:

The LPN/LVN arrives on duty at 7 AM and is faced with the ethical dilemma of inadequate staffing for the day shift.The LPN/LVN should invoke a "safe harbor" by: