EAQ- Ethics Flashcards
Which model of ethics considers broad social issues and involves accountability of the overall institution?
Autonomy model
Paternalistic model
Social justice model
Patient-benefit model
Social justice model
Which action would the nurse take to comply with the ethic of nonmaleficence in the health care setting?
Focus on doing no harm.
Keep promises made to clients.
Respect the autonomy of clients.
Keep the best interests of the client in mind.
Focus on doing no harm.
Which principle did the researcher apply when calculating the risk-benefit ratio and concluding there were no harmful effects associated with a survey of diabetic clients?
Human dignity
Human rights
Beneficence
Utilitarianism
Beneficence
Which information is accurate regarding the role of value clarification in the resolution of ethical dilemmas?
Tolerating differences of opinion
Reinforcing or challenging family values
Accepting strong values by individuals as facts
Relating values to facts when dealing with ethical issues
Tolerating differences of opinion
Which statement would be appropriate to include in a lecture for nursing students related to ethics and legal principles?
Beneficence emphasizes promoting good, actively seeking benefit, and ensuring the client’s well-being.
After the nurse has delegated a task or activity, the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is accountable for the task or activity.
Social justice is an obligation to protect a client as an advocate when a client is not capable of self-determination.
There is a universal list that all states use that describes tasks that can be safely delegated and assigned to nursing team members.
Beneficence emphasizes promoting good, actively seeking benefit, and ensuring the client’s well-being.
Which characteristic indicates that nursing is a profession?
Nurses are trained to perform specific tasks
Nurses are required to follow a code of ethics
Nurses are required to have a collection of specific skills
Nurses have limited autonomy in decision-making and practice
Nurses are required to follow a code of ethics
Which principle refers to the professional obligation of the nurse to assume responsibility for actions?
Accountability
Individuality
Responsibility
Bioethics
Accountability
Which description does beneficence in health ethics refer to?
The agreement to keep promises
Taking positive actions to help others
The ability to answer for one’s actions
Avoiding harming or hurting an individual
Taking positive actions to help others
Which basic health care ethic does the nurse follow when signing the client’s consent form as a witness?
Justice
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Autonomy
Autonomy refers to the commitment to include clients in decisions about all aspects of care as a way of acknowledging and protecting their independence. In the given situation, the nurse ensures that the client has thoroughly understood the new treatment plan before gaining written consent. This ensures that the client is involved in the decision-making process appropriately. Justice refers to fairness. The given situation does not deal with fairness. Beneficence refers to taking positive actions to help others. This involves keeping the interests of the client before self-interest. Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of harm or hurt. Weighing the pros and cons of the new treatment plan would involve nonmaleficence.
Which component of ethical decision-making refers to the duties and activities the nurse is employed to perform?
Authority
Autonomy
Responsibility
Accountability
Responsibility
When explaining ethical principles to a new nurse, which example would the nurse leader use to illustrate the principle of autonomy ?
Informing the client about the details of a surgery
Keeping the result of a client’s acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) test confidential
Coming back within the time frame promised to the client
Accepting the client’s wish to donate their organs after death
Accepting the client’s wish to donate their organs after death
In which way is the term beneficence in health ethics different from nonmaleficence?
Beneficence refers to fairness, whereas nonmaleficence refers to the agreement to keep promises.
Beneficence involves taking positive actions to help others whereas nonmaleficence is the avoidance of harm or hurt.
Beneficence applies to all health care professionals, whereas nonmaleficence applies only to nursing professionals.
Beneficence refers to the support of a particular cause, whereas nonmaleficence refers to a willingness to respect one’s professional obligations.
Beneficence involves taking positive actions to help others whereas nonmaleficence is the avoidance of harm or hurt.
Which point requires correction regarding the characteristics of an ethical issue?
The situation is perplexing, and it is not easy to think logically or make a decision.
It is not possible to resolve solely through a review of scientific data.
The problem aims at the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
The answer to the problem has a profound relevance for areas of human concern.
The problem aims at the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Which ability can be inferred when a professional is said to have ethical sensitivity?
Recognizes ethical dilemmas
Takes a morally correct action
Justifies a well-reasoned action
Thinks critically to rank ethical obligations
Recognizes ethical dilemmas
A client in need of a lung transplant tells the nurse, “I will not take the organ of any person belonging to a different religion.” The nurse initiates the process for resolving the ethical dilemma by collaborating with other health care team members. Which action would the team take after agreeing to a statement of the problem?
Interview the family members of the client.
Initiate negotiations for the appropriate course of action.
Assess whether the client is satisfied with the course of action taken.
Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information.
Determine all the possible courses of action based on available information.
