Chap 6: values and ethics
Seeking the help of a more experienced nurse to insert a catheter in a client demonstrates the ethical principle of
nonmalfeasance
The nurse is managing the care for a postoperative client. How does the nurse demonstrate advocacy? Turning and positioning the client every 4 hours Limiting visitors due to the client reporting pain Administering pain medication when the pain level reaches 9 on a pain scale of 0 to 10 Changing the channel on the television while providing care
Limiting visitors due to the client reporting pain
A nurse is of the Catholic faith and votes pro-life. This nurse is considered to have:
personal values
A nurse arrives on the medical unit wearing large, dangling earrings. This is an example of which type of conduct? Illegal Incompetent Unethical Unprofessional
unprofessional
A client is brought to the emergency department by an adult child, who states, "I am unable to care for my parent anymore. Although I would like to, financially and physically I can't do it anymore." What ethical problem is the adult child experiencing?
ethical distress, not ethical dilemma.
A client requests that the nurse allow the client 15 minutes two times a day for prayer during hospitalization. What value does this represent? Future value Focused value Free value Foundation value
foundation value
To practice ethically, the nurse should avoid: allowing an ethics committee to guide the nurse's practice. asking the client's family about their views on caring. reviewing past cases before making decisions about practice. allowing the nurse's own judgment to guide practice.
allowing the nurse's own judgment to guide practice.
Nurses who value client advocacy follow what guideline? They make decisions for clients who are uninformed concerning their rights and opportunities. They value their loyalty to an employing institution or to a colleague over their commitment to their clients. They choose the claims of the client's well-being over the claims of the client's autonomy. They give priority to the good of the individual client rather than to the good of society in general.
They choose the claims of the client's well-being over the claims of the client's autonomy.
Nurses who value client advocacy follow what guideline?
They give priority to the good of the individual client rather than to the good of society in general
Morals vs. values
Values is what is important Moral is what is "right".
A nurse shows client advocacy by: offering a hospice consultation to a client who is terminally ill. sending a client home with verbal discharge instructions. refusing to allow a spouse to stay by the bedside. insisting that a medication be taken.
offering a hospice consultation to a client who is terminally ill.
A nurse obtains an order for a bed alarm for a confused client. This is an example of which ethical principle? Conflict Paternalism Deception Confidentiality
paternalism
Ethical distress is: having trouble deciding which of two conflicting ethical principles to follow. being aware of the principles of right and wrong. supporting the rights of a client during hospitalization. knowing the correct action but being unable to perform it due to constraints.
knowing the correct action but being unable to perform it due to constraints