Ch. 6 Ethics/Carper Questions

Question 1

What is value?

Answer 1

Belief about the worth of something, about what matters, that acts as a standard to guide one’s behavior.

Question 2

What is altruism?

Answer 2

Concerned for the well-being of others.

Question 3

What is autonomy?

Answer 3

Respecting patient wishes.

Question 4

What is human dignity?

Answer 4

Acknowledge every person as a person.

Question 5

What is integrity?

Answer 5

Going by ANA code/scope of practice.

Question 6

What is social justice?

Answer 6

Advocate for patient.

Question 7

What is virtue?

Answer 7

Principles of Bioethics-definitions and examples.

Question 8

What is autonomy in bioethics?

Answer 8

Patient rights to make healthcare decisions.

Question 9

What is nonmaleficence?

Answer 9

Avoid causing harm.

Question 10

What is beneficence?

Answer 10

Benefit patient.

Question 11

What is justice in bioethics?

Answer 11

Give each their due and act fairly.

Question 12

What is fidelity?

Answer 12

Keeping your promise.

Question 13

What is veracity?

Answer 13

Telling the truth.

Question 14

What is accountability?

Answer 14

When something goes wrong, be honest to patient/manager.

Question 15

What is privacy in healthcare?

Answer 15

The only people who need to know are those caring for the patient.

Question 16

What is confidentiality?

Answer 16

Related to privacy in healthcare.

Question 17

What is utilitarianism?

Answer 17

Right or wrongness of action depends on consequence.

Example: A person who is brain dead, take organs to help others.

Question 18

What is deontological ethics?

Answer 18

An action that is right or wrong is independent of the consequence.

Example: Shouldn’t kill a person just for organs.

Question 19

What is the purpose of the ANA Code of Ethics?

Answer 19

To provide guidance on ethical practice.

Question 20

What are the roles of an ethics committee?

Answer 20

1. Education 2. Policy making 3. Case review 4. Consultation.

Question 21

What is knowing in Carper’s Ways of Knowing?

Answer 21

How we interact with patients or others.

Question 22

What is knowledge in Carper’s Ways of Knowing?

Answer 22

The way we share knowledge (professor/teacher).

Question 23

What are the elements of moral agency?

Answer 23

1. Character 2. Sensibility 3. Responsiveness 4. Accountability.

Question 24

What is character in moral agency?

Answer 24

Develop certain traits to act in a particular way.

Question 25

What is sensibility in moral agency?

Answer 25

Recognize moral matter that creates a moral challenge.

Question 26

What is responsiveness in moral agency?

Answer 26

Willing & able to act.

Question 27

What is accountability in moral agency?

Answer 27

Accept one’s decision.

Question 28

True or False: A child is born with values and forms new values during a lifetime from information from the environment, family, and culture.
A. True
B. False

Answer 28

Answer: B. False

Rationale: A child is not born with values, but rather forms values during a lifetime from information from the environment, family, and culture.

Question 29

Which value involves acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice?
A. Altruism
B. Autonomy
C. Human dignity
D. Integrity
E. Social justice

Answer 29

Answer: D. Integrity
Rationale: Integrity involves acting in accordance with a code of ethics and accepted standards of practice. Altruism is a concern for the welfare of others. Autonomy is the right to self-determination. Human dignity is respect for the worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations. Social justice is upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles.

Question 30

What value is a nurse displaying when pulling the curtain before toileting a patient?

A) Altruism
B) Autonomy
C) Dignity
D) Integrity
E) Social Justice

Answer 30

Answer: C) Dignity

●respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations

Question 31

A nurse refuses to compromise a patient’s right to privacy, even when the nurse is threatened. This is an example of the nurse acting in accordance with which ethical theory?

a) Utilitarian
b) Deontological

Answer 31

Correct Answer is…
B) Deontological

Question 32

The use of the organ donation system is an example of which ethical theory?

a) Utilitarian
b) Deontological

Answer 32

Correct Answer is…
A) Utilitarian

Question 33

A nurse is caring for a patient who describes her pain as a 9. The nurse medicates her for pain. This is an example of which of the following ethical principles?
a) Justice
b) Fidelity
c) Beneficence
d) Nonmaleficence

Answer 33

Answer: C) Beneficence

Question 34

A nurse promises a patient she will keep her free from pain. However, her family wishes to try a treatment to prolong her life that may necessitate withholding pain medication. This factor will cause an ethical dilemma for the nurse in relation to which ethical principle?
a) Autonomy
b) Justice
c) Veracity
d) Fidelity

Answer 34

Answer: D) Fidelity

Question 35

A new nurse notices her preceptor pour content from a flask into her coffee in the break room prior to start of their shift. She reports it to the charge nurse. What ethical principle is she exercising?
a) Autonomy
b) Justice
c) Fidelity
d) Nonmaleficence

Answer 35

Answer: D) Nonmaleficence?

Question 36

A patient is in need of an emergency procedure following a stroke. He refuses to have it done and states he would rather die. This is an example of which ethical principle?
a) Autonomy
b) Justice
c) Fidelity
d) Nonmaleficence

Answer 36

Answer: A) Autonomy

Question 37

In what scenario is the nurse attempting to maintain the ethical principle of nonmaleficence?
a) The nurse ensures that participants of a study is not experiencing complications from participating in the study.
b)The nurse makes sure that everyone’s meal tray is warm
c) The nurse tells a patient to stop eating so much because she does not want him to die of diabetes
d)The nurse watches Maleficent several times to

Answer 37

Answer: a) The nurse ensures that participants of a study is not experiencing complications from participating in the study.

Question 38

True or False: A nurse who is dedicated to providing culturally competent care to her patients finds herself without the resources to communicate with a patient who speaks a different language. This problem may result in a moral distress for the nurse.
A. True
B. False

Answer 38

Answer: A. True
Rationale: This problem may result in moral distress for the nurse. Moral distress occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action.

Question 39

A nurse attempts to obtain an order for a feeding tube for an anorexic teenager who refuses to eat. What is the term for the ethical problem this nurse is experiencing?
A. Deception
B. Confidentiality
C. Allocation of scarce nursing resources
D. Advocacy in market-driven environment
E. Paternalism

Answer 39

Answer: E. Paternalism
Rationale: Paternalism occurs when a nurse acts for a patient without consent to secure good or prevent harm. Deception occurs when a nurse deceives a person for a perceived benefit. Patient confidentiality is questioned when a patient confidence may lead to harm. Allocation of scarce nursing resources and advocacy in market-driven environment involve patient harm due to inadequate staffing/finances.