Question 1

What is the function of a professional code of ethics?

Accepted Answer

A)  to outline clients' rights 
B)  to provide a set of professional practice rules 
C)  to meet legal requirements 
D)  to define the ethical expectations of a profession 
A)  to outline clients' rights 
B)  to provide a set of professional practice rules 
C)  to meet legal requirements 
D)  to define the ethical expectations of a profession

Question 2

What is the ethical theory based on the foundational belief that most relationships involve power imbalances?

Accepted Answer

A)  principlism 
B)  deontological theory 
C)  teleological theory 
D)  feminist ethics 
A)  principlism 
B)  deontological theory 
C)  teleological theory 
D)  feminist ethics

Question 3

A nurse is attempting to assist her client to ambulate to the dining room. The care plan states that the client should use a cane. The client tells the nurse that she does not want to use the cane and that she can manage without one. The client is capable of making her own decisions. The nurse knows that this is an ethical dilemma. What is the ethical dilemma the nurse faces?

Accepted Answer

A)  client autonomy versus beneficence and non-maleficence 
B)  client autonomy versus justice and non-maleficence 
C)  client autonomy versus justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence 
D)  client autonomy versus beneficence and justice 
A)  client autonomy versus beneficence and non-maleficence 
B)  client autonomy versus justice and non-maleficence 
C)  client autonomy versus justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence 
D)  client autonomy versus beneficence and justice

Question 4

New technologies, choices, and concerns about intervening in the lives of others have led to a subspecialty within the field of ethical inquiry. What is this subspecialty now called?

Accepted Answer

A)  professional ethics 
B)  bioethics 
C)  social values 
D)  ethics algorithms 
A)  professional ethics 
B)  bioethics 
C)  social values 
D)  ethics algorithms

What is the function of a professional code of ethics?

What is the ethical theory based on the foundational belief that most relationships involve power imbalances?

New technologies, choices, and concerns about intervening in the lives of others have led to a subspecialty within the field of ethical inquiry. What is this subspecialty now called?

Canadas Health Care Environment

Basic Clinical Health Care Economics

Evidence-Based Practice

Nursing and Health Care Informatics

Population-Based Health Care Practice

Personal and Interprofessional Communication

Politics and Consumer Partnerships

Nursing Leadership and Management

Current Issues and Trends

Effective Team Building

Budget Concepts for Client Care

Effective Staffing

Delegation of Nursing Care

Strategic Planning and Organizing Client Care

Change, Innovation, and Conflict Resolution

Power

Managing Performance and Outcomes Using an Organizational Quality Improvement Model

Decision Making

Legal Aspects of Client Care

Spirituality and the Profession of Nursing

Collective Bargaining

Career Planning and Development: Creating Your Path to the Future

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Exam 21: Ethics and the Profession of Nursing

What is the function of a professional code of ethics?

What is the ethical theory based on the foundational belief that most relationships involve power imbalances?

New technologies, choices, and concerns about intervening in the lives of others have led to a subspecialty within the field of ethical inquiry. What is this subspecialty now called?

Canadas Health Care Environment

Basic Clinical Health Care Economics

Evidence-Based Practice

Nursing and Health Care Informatics

Population-Based Health Care Practice

Personal and Interprofessional Communication

Politics and Consumer Partnerships

Nursing Leadership and Management

Current Issues and Trends

Effective Team Building

Budget Concepts for Client Care

Effective Staffing

Delegation of Nursing Care

Strategic Planning and Organizing Client Care

Change, Innovation, and Conflict Resolution

Power

Managing Performance and Outcomes Using an Organizational Quality Improvement Model

Decision Making

Legal Aspects of Client Care

Spirituality and the Profession of Nursing

Collective Bargaining

Career Planning and Development: Creating Your Path to the Future

Filters