Values, Ethics, and Advocacy Nursing Concepts Fall Semester (1)
It is time for a nurse to renew licensure. The nurse says, "I need some really easy and quick continuing education hours. I don't understand why we have to do these every year." What is the nurse's coworker's best response?
"Life-long learning is part of the code for nurses."
Which scenario is an example of the laissez-faire approach to value transmission?
Allowing a child to decide not to have an intravenous line inserted
A nurse volunteers to serve on the hospital ethics committee. Which action should the nurse expect to take as a member of the ethics committee?
Assist in decision making based on the client's best interests.
The nurse is involved in making a decision in an ethical dilemma. Drag and drop the steps of making this decision in correct order. Use all options.
Describe the situation and the contextual factors involved. Determine that the situation is, indeed, an ethical dilemma. Identify personal and professional moral positions of those involved. Compare the outcome of actions with what was expected. Identify how this situation can help with future decision-making.
Which example most accurately depicts the ethical principle of autonomy?
Describing a surgery to a client before the consent is signed
knowing the correct action but being unable to perform it due to constraints
Ethical distress
A nurse is administering evening medications and notices that a medication was omitted during the day shift. Which statement demonstrates the principle of accountability?
Filling out an occurrence report and notifying the healthcare provider
In the delivery of care, the nurse acts in accordance with nursing standards and the code of ethics and reports a medication error that the nurse has made. The nurse is most clearly demonstrating which professional value?
Integrity The nurse is demonstrating integrity, which is defined as acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice. Seeking to remedy errors made by self or others is an example of integrity.
A nurse working in a critical care unit has experienced personal tragedy, extreme shortage of staff in the work environment, and health issues. The nurse has overcome much of these hardships and is now mentoring other nurses in similar situations. What behavior is this nurse demonstrating?
Moral resilience
A nurse is reviewing The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses. Based on this code, the nurse would identify which responsibilities as being fundamental? Select all that apply.
Promoting health Preventing illness Restoring health Alleviating suffering
A nurse is having lunch in the break room and overhears the other nurses talking about a difficult client in an inappropriate way. The nurses attempt to engage her in the conversation. Which response by the nurse would best represent behavior that supports the value of human dignity in nursing practice?
Saying that this discussion is inappropriate and disrespectful to the client and that the nurse does not want to be a part of it
A nurse is providing care to an older adult client who was just diagnosed with cancer. The client together with the immediate family discuss their preferences with the health care providers involved. The health care providers offer their clinical recommendations about possible treatments. Utlimately, the group arrives at a decision. The nurse interprets this decision-making process as reflecting which type?
Shared
A nurse is acting inappropriately and has an odor of alcohol. This behavior breaches the principle of:
ethical conduct.
A nurse shows client advocacy by:
offering a hospice consultation to a client who is terminally ill.