chapter 6 Flashcards
The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important ethical
considerations in performance evaluations are that they include the employee’s good
qualities and that they give positive direction for professional growth. This belief is an
example of:
a. Justice.
b. Fidelity.
c. Beneficence.
d. Nonmaleficence.
D
Normative ethics is concerned with the:
a. Broader theory and meaning of morality.
b. Foundation and scope of moral values, words, and practice.
c. Standards that most people use to guide their behaviours.
d. Relationship of ethical principles to real-life moral issues.
C
A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient’s best interest. The
two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in such a situation are:
a. Fidelity and justice.
b. Veracity and fidelity.
c. Autonomy and beneficence.
d. Paternalism and respect for others.
C
Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the intensive care unit.
As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of recovery. This
decision reflects which of the following ethical principles?
a. Beneficence.
b. Autonomy.
c. Veracity.
d. Nonmaleficence.
A
Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?
a. Veracity.
b. Autonomy.
c. Beneficence.
d. Nonmaleficence.
B
Which of the following is a key area of ethical nursing practice?
a. Nursing process.
b. Therapeutic relationship.
c. Decision-making model.
d. Embodied knowledge.
B
Which question reflects the essence of relational ethics?
a. “What can I do to maintain my professional practice?”
b. “What should I do for others?”
c. “What techniques can I use to empower my colleagues?”
d. “What ethical decision-making model will work best for me?”
B
The nurse manager organizes interprofessional team meetings on a weekly basis. This action
is demonstrating which aspect of relational ethics?
a. Embodied knowledge.
b. Interdependent environment.
c. Engaged interactions.
d. Mutual respect.
D
According to relational ethics, what is critical in the development and maintenance of the
roles and actions of the nurse manager?
a. Time management skills.
b. Professional relationships.
c. Understanding of biomedical ethics.
d. Comprehension of the Quebec Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for nursing.
B
Which of the following is a criticism of the principle of autonomy?
a. It is not culturally sensitive.
b. It can lead to focus on the needs of one person at the expense of the needs of
others.
c. It is not applicable with entire groups.
d. It can be viewed as advancing professional directives rather than patient desires.
B
Autonomy is best promoted through which of the following, in taking a relational approach
to autonomy?
a. Specific roles within the relationship.
b. Social change.
c. Protecting an individual’s freedom of choice.
d. The necessity of treating everyone fairly.
B
Sue, a staff nurse, consistently arrives 15 minute late for her shift, and the nurse manager
has talked to her about it several times. Sue does not take the comments seriously because
there are two other nurses who also arrive late all the time, and the unit manager does not
reprimand them. In this situation, the nurse manager is violating the ethical principle of:
a. Beneficence.
b. Nonmaleficence.
c. Justice.
d. Autonomy.
C
Which element of the Code of Ethics of the International Council of Nurses is reflected in
the following statement: “The nurse manager sets policies and procedures to guide ethical
nursing practice?”
a. People.
b. Practice.
c. Profession.
d. Coworkers.
C
Which element of the Code of Ethics of the International Council of Nurses is reflected
when the nurse manager establishes a system for performance appraisals?
a. People.
b. Practice.
c. Profession.
d. Coworkers.
B
What is reflected when a nurse feels a lack of clarity or is unable to know even what the
moral problem is, whereas at the same time feeling uneasy or uncomfortable about the
situation?
a. Moral distress.
b. Moral uncertainty.
c. Ethical dilemma.
d. Ethical distress.
B
