Chapter 22 Ethics And Values Flashcards
- The client states that she needs to exercise regularly, watch her weight, and reduce her fat intake. This demonstrates that the client:
a. Values health promotion activities
b. Believes she will not become sick
c. Believes she will have a heart attack
d. Has unrealistic expectations for herself
A. Values health promotion activities
- A client has actively picketed for gun control. During a robbery of his business, he was shot in the leg. As the nurse assists him with morning care, which statement would the nurse expect him to make that coincides with his values?
a. Firearms may have a place in our society.
b. Individuals should arm themselves for protection.
c. Prosecution should be the maximum for that felon.
d. Protection is a necessary evil for the good guy of the world.
C. Prosecution should be the maximum for that felon.
- A secondary school teacher with advanced multiple sclerosis insists on teaching from a wheelchair and being treated the same as other colleagues. The teacher is demonstrating which of the following?
a. Prizing her choice
b. Choosing from alternatives
c. Considering all consequences
d. Acting with a pattern of consistency
A. Prizing her choice
The nurse recognizes that values clarification interventions are beneficial for the client when:
a. The client and nurse have different beliefs
b. The client is experiencing a values conflict
c. The nurse is unsure of a client’s personal values
d. The client has chosen to
B. The client is experiencing a values conflict
The nurse is working with the client and trying to clarify the client’s values regarding his care. Which of the following statements reflects an example of the type of response a nurse should use in a values clarification situation?
a. Your questions were pretty blunt.
b. Tell me what you’re thinking right now.
c. I’ve felt that way before. I’d be upset, too.
d. You seem concerned about your tests. Let me explain them.
b. Tell me what you’re thinking right now.
A nurse’s use of ethical responsibility can best be seen in which of the following nursing actions?
a. Delivery of competent care
b. Formation of interpersonal relationships
c. Correct application of the nursing process
d. Evaluation of new computerized technologies
a. Delivery of competent care
A nursing student that immediately informs her clinical instructor after she realizes that she has administered the wrong dose of medication to a patient is best described professionally as:
a. Confident
b. Trustworthy
c. Compliant
D. Accountable
D. Accountable
A client who is recently diagnosed with cancer is encouraged to consider sharing the information with her family so they can support her through the decisions she will need to make regarding her care. The nurse is using the principle of:
a. Confidentiality
b. Fidelity
c. Veracity
d. Justice
C. Veracity
The correct sequence for attaining the resolution of an ethical problem is:
a. Examine values, evaluate, and identify the problem
b. Evaluate the outcomes, gather data, and consider actions
c. Gather facts, verbalize the problem, and consider actions
d. Recognize the dilemma, evaluate, and gather information
C. Gather facts, verbalize the problem, and consider actions
A nurse is ambivalent as to the need to vigorously suction the secretions of a terminal client in a comatose state. Which of the following is an appropriate statement by the nurse in regard to processing an ethical dilemma?
a. I just feel like I should not suction this client.
b. I need to know the legalities of the living will of this client.
c. I cannot figure out what’s right in this situation. I need to collect more data.
d. My spiritual beliefs mandate that I continue to provide all the intervention s in my
scope of practice.
c. I cannot figure out what’s right in this situation. I need to collect more data.
Which of the following statements best illustrates the deontological ethical theory?
a. I believe this disease was allowed by a supreme being.
b. He has become a stronger individual experiencing the loss of his father.
c. Under no circumstances would it ever be right for a person to stop CPR efforts.
d. The chemotherapy did not cure this person, but it provided a better life for him.
c. Under no circumstances would it ever be right for a person to stop CPR efforts.
On admission to the hospital, a terminal cancer patient says he has a living will. This document functions to state the clients desire to:
a. Receive all technical assistance to prolong his life
b. Have his wife make the decisions regarding his care
c. Be allowed to die without life-prolonging techniques
d. Have a lethal injection administered to relieve his suffering
c. Be allowed to die without life-prolonging techniques
At an accident scene a nurse stopped and began to provide emergency care for the victims. Her actions are best labeled ethically as:
a. Triage
b. Beneficence
c. Nonmaleficence
d. Respect for persons
b. Beneficence
The nurse is aware that an ethics committee in a health care facility serves to:
a. Interview all persons involved in a case
b. Illustrate circumstances that demonstrate malpractice
c. Serve as a resource for specific situations that may occur
d. Examine similar previous instances for comparison of outcome decisions
c. Serve as a resource for specific situations that may occur
In the emergency department a client feels that she has been waiting longer than the other individuals due to the fact that she has no insurance. The ethical principle that is involved in this exact situation is:
a. Justice
b. Autonomy
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence
A. Justice