Final Review Flashcards
The following mandates that nurses have a basic understanding of the Canadian legal system.
a) Provincial and territorial nursing bodies
b) The Supreme Court of Canada
c) The Supreme Court of Canada
d) The Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, 1990
a) Provincial and territorial nursing bodies
Why must nurses be familiar with the legal system?
a) Some nursing actions are governed by the law
b) Nurses are sometimes at risk for litigation
c) Nurses’ decisions may not be supported by the law
d) All are correct
d) All are correct
The field of ethics is gaining greater prominence, because of the growing sophistication of science and technology.
a) True
b) False
a) True
In addition to having obligations to patients, nurses also have rights regarding what they can expect as professionals.
a) True
b) False
a) True
The following exists when mutually exclusive alternatives can both be supported by strong morals.
a) Ethical dilemma
b) A values conflict
c) Moral distress
d) An ethical violation
a) Ethical dilemma
A framework of principles and guidelines that help to identify ethical issues and reconcile conflicts.
a) Metaethics
b) Ethical theory
c) Ethical values
d) Descriptive ethics
b) Ethical theory
Guides nurses to choose actions that will lead to the best consequences, outcomes, or results.
a) Normative
b) Relative
c) Deontological
d) Utilitarianism
d) Utilitarianism
The basis for ethical decision-making frameworks.
a) Ethical reasoning
b) Ethical values
c) Ethical principles
d) Ethical dilemmas
c) Ethical principles
Which of the following ethical principles is the foundation of informed consent?
a) Beneficence
b) Justice
c) Nonmaleficence
d) Autonomy
d) Autonomy
Considers the influence of the nurse-patient relationship on ethical decision-making.
a) Social justice
b) Autonomous ethics
c) Caring ethics
d) Feminist ethics
c) Caring ethics
Aligns with the use of the narrative in nursing ethics.
a) Ethics of care
b) Virtues
c) Values clarification
d) Moral perspectives of Indigenous peoples
d) Moral perspectives of Indigenous peoples
Cultural relativists value democracy as the most ethical way to govern.
a) True
b) False
b) False
Prima facies duties: one must always act on unless they conflict with duties of equal or stronger obligation.
a) True
b) False
a) True
An examples of a conscientious objection.
a) A nurse refuses to assist in an abortion
b) A nurse refuses to care for a patient with a cocaine addiction
c) A nurse refuses to care for a gay patient
d) A nurse refuses to care for patients of the opposite sex
a) A nurse refuses to assist in an abortion
An indicator of a healthy work environment.
a) Reduced absenteeism
b) Increased staff commitment to the organization
c) High levels of staff satisfaction
d) All are correct
d) All are correct
Community care nurse is expected to deal with additional risk in their jobs because they are sent to unknown environment.
a) True
b) False
b) False
The following issues present the greatest ethical concerns when nurses care for transgender persons.
a) Privacy
b) Disrespect from other patients
c) Making assumptions made about their needs
d) All are correct
d) All are correct
Which of the following technologies will have the strongest influence on future generations?
a) Gene editing
b) In vitro fertilization
c) Genetic genealogy
d) Genetic testing
a) Gene editing
Administering to hasten a terminally ill patient’s death.
a) MAiD
b) Assisted suicide
c) Passive euthanasia
d) An illegal act
c) Passive euthanasia
Which of the following people can make the decision to donate postmortem tissue?
a) The nurse on duty at the time of the patient’s death
b) The physician
c) The funeral director
d) The patient’s spouse
d) The patient’s spouse
A nurses teaches an unregulated care provider to administer medication through an NG tube
a) Delegation
b) Reassignment
c) Assignment
d) Regulation
a) Delegation
