Exam 2: Ethical Issues

The nurse is using the SFNO approach to case analysis to facilitate ethical decision making.What justification criteria may be used to help explain the reasons for selection of one option over another?

The principle of respect for persons incorporates what additional concepts?

A patient's wife has been informed by the practitioner that her spouse has permanent quadriplegia.The wife states that she does not want anyone to tell the patient about his injury.The patient asks the nurse about what has happened.The nurse has conflicting emotions about how to handle the situation.What is the nurse experiencing?

A practitioner is suggesting treatments to a patient that are contrary to the patient's preferences.What is this practice called?

Ethical decisions are best made by performing which action?

A patient's wife has been informed by the practitioner that her spouse has permanent quadriplegia.The wife states that she does not want anyone to tell the patient about his injury.The patient asks the nurse about what has happened.Based on which ethical principles does the nurse answer the patient's questions?

Institutional ethics committees (IECs)review ethical cases that are problematic for the practitioner.What is the major function of an IEC?

What is the first step of the ethical decision-making process?

Truth-telling is an example of what ethical principle?

Developing an organizational policy that supports unobstructed access to the ethics committee by health care team members is one example of a proactive approach to dealing with what issue?

By what action can critical care nurses can best enhance the principle of autonomy?

Which ethical principle is most important when soliciting informed consent from a patient?

Which statement best describes the concept of paternalism?

Which statement regarding the Code of Ethics for Nursing is accurate?

Which of the following is/are criteria for defining an ethical dilemma?

What is the difference between ethics and morals?

The nurse is using the SFNO approach to case analysis to facilitate ethical decision making.Which question is important to ask when considering stakeholders?

Which action best reflects the concept of beneficence within the critical care setting?

Which situations are early signs of an ethical dilemma?