ethics from quizzes 10, 9, 8 and 1 from prep u
A hospital employee asks the nurse if another hospital employee is a client on the medical unit. What statements made by the nurse protect client privacy? Select all that apply.
"-Client privacy is part of the hospital code of conduct." "-I am not able to provide that information."
A nurse is working within the managed care delivery model. Which of the following is true regarding managed care?
All systems reflect the values of efficiency and effectiveness.
A nurse is engaged in a therapeutic relationship with a client. What should the nurse do in order to ensure therapeutic communication takes place? Select all that apply.
Ensure the client's confidentiality Focus on the client during the interaction Employ theoretically based interventions
A group of nursing students are reviewing current nursing Codes of Ethics. Such a code is important in the nursing profession because:
Nursing practice involves numerous interactions between laws and individual values.
Which ethical principle is related to the duty to do good?
beneficence
A nurse discusses the HIV-positive status of a client with other colleagues. The client can sue the nurse for which of the following?
invasion of privacy
A client comes to the emergency department with severe depression and suicidal ideation. Staff members determine that the client does not have adequate insurance to cover inpatient psychiatric services at their facility, so they discharge the client with some prescriptions for medication. Which principle is being ignored by discharging this client?
justice
A nurse is caring for a child. Which individual would the nurse identify as being primarily responsible for initiating and coordinating health care?
parents
A nurse is of the Catholic faith and votes pro-life. He is considered to have:
personal values
A nurse is reading a journal article about the U.S. health care delivery system. When reading this article, which of the following would the nurse expect to find? Select all that apply.
-View of a person's state of health as ever-changing -Diverse cultural backgrounds affecting responses to health care - Increased ethical issues related to technological advancements
A nurse is providing home care to a client with a foot ulcer related to diabetes. The client needs daily insulin injections. Family caregivers do not possess the technical skills to inject insulin. Which of the following should the nurse keep in mind?
The nurse needs to be creative in integrating the technical and relational aspects of care.
A nurse who works on a palliative care unit has participated in several clinical scenarios that have required the application of ethics. Ethics is best defined as:
The principles that determine whether an act is right or wrong.
he depressed client is deciding which type of treatment would be beneficial. The nurse would document that the client is utilizing which ethical principle in this situation?
autonomy
A nurse is caring for a woman 28 years of age who has delivered a baby by Cesarean section. She describes her pain as a 9. The nurse medicates her for pain. This is an example of which ethical framework?
beneficence
Which of the following theories of ethics most highly prioritizes the nurse's relationship with clients and the nurse's character in the practice of ethical nursing?
care-based ethics
The nurse enters the nondiabetic client's room shortly after a group of health care providers has made rounds. The client asks, "Why did the doctor tell the others that I am not compliant with my diabetes regimen?" The nurse is aware that which ethical principle has been violated?
confidentiality
There are many ethical issues in the care of clients with HIV or HIV/AIDS. What is an ethical issue healthcare providers deal with when caring for clients with HIV/AIDS?
disclosure of clients condition
Which term is defined as a formal systematic study of moral beliefs?
ethics
A nursing student is initiating a relationship with an assigned client. After meeting and spending approximately 20 minutes talking with the client, the student makes arrangements to visit again after lunch. After lunch, fellow classmates invite the student to go to the gym with them and a group of clients to play volleyball. The student starts to go with them but then remembers the promise to meet with the client. The student decides to forgo volleyball and talk with the client. The student's decision reflects which ethical principle?
fedility
A client recruited to participate in a clinical trial to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma tells a nurse and physician that he's willing to start the trial, but doesn't know if adverse effects of the treatment will prevent him from completing it. To protect the ethical principle of autonomy, the nurse must tell the client:
that he may withdraw at any time
