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FUNDAMENTAL OF NURSING: CHAPTER 11 - ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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The student nurse learning about ethics expresses good knowledge when making which appropriate statement? a. "Ethics are internal values developed outside the influence of societal norms." b. "Eth... ics are influenced by many variables including family and friends." c. "Ethics are societal in nature and do not involve personal influences." d. "Ethics are totally independent from a person's character." Correct Answer ANS: B Family, friends, beliefs, education, culture, and socioeconomic status influence the development of ethical behavior. The study of ethics considers the standards of moral conduct in a society. Personal ethics are influenced by values, societal norms, and practices. Behaviors that are judged as ethical or unethical, right or wrong, reflect a person's character. The nurse is providing patient care and pays special attention to meeting the needs of the patient while maintaining the patient's right to privacy, confidentiality, autonomy, and dignity. This nurse is applying what ethical theory? a. Deontology b. Utilitarianism c. Autonomy d. Accountability Correct Answer ANS: A Deontology is an ethical theory that stresses the rightness or wrongness of individual behaviors, duties, and obligations without concern for the consequences of specific actions. Meeting the needs of patients while maintaining their right to privacy, confidentiality, autonomy, and dignity is consistent with the tenets of deontology. Compared with deontology, utilitarianism is on the opposite end of the ethical theory continuum. Utilitarianism maintains that behaviors are determined to be right or wrong solely based on their consequences. Autonomy, or self-determination, is the freedom to make decisions supported by knowledge and self-confidence. Accountability is the willingness to accept responsibility for one's actions. The nurse is caring for a patient recently diagnosed with cancer that is being asked to participate in a new chemotherapy trial. How would the nurse respond if working under the ethical principle of utilitarianism? a. "The patient should be allowed to decide." [Show More]

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