Ethical Competence in Nursing Practice Competencies Skills Decision-Making 1st Edition Robichaux Test Bank
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles 1
Chapter 2: Developing Ethical Skills: A Framework 3 Chapter 3: Using Ethical Decision Making and Communication Skills to Minimize Conflict 5 Chapter 4: Recognizing and Addressing Moral Distress in Nursing Practice: Personal, Professional, and Organizational Factors 7 Chapter 5: Understanding the Process of Clinical Ethics: Committees and Consults 10 Chapter 6: Exploring Ethical Issues Related to Person- and Family-Centered Care 12
Chapter 7: Applying Ethics in Research and Evidence-Informed Practices 15
Chapter 8: Applying Ethics to the Leadership Role 17
Chapter 9: Public Health Ethics and Social Justice in the Community 19
Chapter 10: Exploring Ethical Issues Encountered With the Older Adult 21
Chapter 11: Exploring Ethical Issues Related to Emerging Technology in Health Care 23
Chapter 12: Applying IntegratedEthics
® in Nursing Practice 25 Chapter 13: Understanding the Relationship Between Quality, Safety, and Ethics 27
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C H A P T E R 1
Recognizing Ethical Terms, Theories, and Principles
- Why is it important to study nursing ethics?
- Ensure that all people have positive outcomes.
- Help patients figure out how to do the right thing.
- Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
- Learn how to produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Answer: c. Develop tools to ethically navigate the professional environment.
- Which term is described as learned and habituated attributes of moral character?
- Virtues
- Fidelity
- Altruism
- Obligations
Answer: a. Virtues
- Which statement best defines ethics in nursing?
- Moral principles that guide conduct
- Following the legal code that dictates appropriate behaviour
- Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
- Examination of how people makT
e E deS ciT sioB nA s rN egK arS diE ngL rL ighE t R an.d C wO roM ng
Answer: c. Making decisions about right and wrong in specific situations
- Which statement is true about morality?
- It is a belief.
- It needs to be defended.
- It is shared with other people.
- It is a truth based on evidence.
Answer: a. It is a belief.
- Which societal force contributed to the development of bioethics?
- Use of smartphones
- Abuses in human research
- Development of the Internet
- Creation of clinical information systems
Answer: b. Abuses in human research
- Which organization is responsible for creating the ethical Code for Nurses?
- National League for Nurses
- Sigma Theta Tau International
- American Nurses Association
- National Councils for State Boards of Nursing
Answer: c. American Nurses Association
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- Which component of Rest’s theory of moral competency focuses on willingness to implement the action?
- Moral character
- Moral judgment
- Moral sensitivity
- Moral motivation
Answer: d. Moral motivation
- Which ethical theory focuses on autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice?
- Deontology
- Principlism
- Ethics of care
- Utilitarianism
Answer: b. Principlism
- What best describes the ethics of care theory?
- Caring and nurturing
- The greatest good for the greatest number
- Moral laws
- Autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice
Answer: a. Caring and nurturing
- Which ethical theory hypothesizes that “what is right is always right and what is wrong is always wrong?”
- Deontology
- Principlism
- Ethics of care
- Utilitarianism
Answer: a. Deontology
- Which ethical theory is the underlying principle of public health?
- Deontology
- Principlism
- Ethics of care
- Utilitarianism
Answer: d. Utilitarianism
- Which tenet for decision making focuses on supporting other nurses in their work?
- Virtue
- Caring
- Veracity
- Beneficence
Answer: b. Caring
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