Nursing Ethics

1. What is informed consent?

Procedures used by nurses that help establish proper care and documentation

Gives nurses the ability to perform their duties in multiple locations at different times

Law that determines where a nurse can work and under what type of conditons

2. What is the best practice for a nurse to avoid law suites?

Practice with the scope of your expertise

Always put the patients rights and welfare first

Observe proper documentation

All of the above

3. What are the ABC's of healthcare ethics?

Accuracy, brevity and concise

Altruism, beneficence, and compassion

Autonomy, beneficence, and confidentiality

Automatic, brave, and coarse

4. What is the DNR?

Do Not Repeat (procedure)

Do Not Resuscitate

Did Night Recall

Doctor Noticed Recurrence

5. All of the following are true about Nursing Code of Ethics EXCEPT:

Nurses may decide on their own which is relevant documentation and which is not

Know and function within the scope of practice

Maintain patient confidence

Provide healthcare without discrimination

6. What is nonmaleficence?

Noncompliance of proper medical procedures

The prohibition from intentionally harming others

Systemic unethical environment

Rules and regulations practiced by only a few in a given medical environment

7. Florence Nightingale was a champion:

Model for all nurses

Nurse

Social reformer

All of the above

8. Ethics is:

A formal process of making illogical and consistent decisions based upon one's beliefs

A formal process of making logical and random decisions based upon moral beliefs

A formal process of making logical and consistent decisions based upon religious beliefs

A formal process of making logical and consistent decisions based upon moral beliefs

9. What is the purpose of ICN Code of Ethics?

A document used by the nursing profession that establishes proper use of coding medication

A document that determines which medications to use and for which conditions

None of the above

10. What is an emancipated minor?

A person who divorces his/her parents and moves in with grandparents regardless of age

Someone who was recently released from foster care and is now a ward of the state

None of the above

11. What is the basis for the Good Sumaritan Law?

Nurses are exempt from law suites providing they are under the care of a competent supervisor

Nurses are obligated to assist the public in emergency situations

All licensed nurses must maintain proper continuing education in their chosen discipline

12. Aristotle developed the concept of:

Virtue ethics

Deontology

Rationalism

Utilitarianism

13. What is the teleological theory?

A theory which suggests that patients needs are based upon the financial means

A theory that suggests older patients receive less competent care

A theory wherein a nursing facilities overall morale will determine the level care patients receive

A theory wherein the end or outcome justifies the means

14. What is passive euthanasia?

A process that involves direct manipulation of care that results in the intentional death of a patient

An accidental death of a patient

A patient who commits suicide while in the care of a medical professional

Occurs when people do not interfere with the normal dying process

15. What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)?

Healthcare coverage for patients

Portable healthcare coverage that may be used for mental and physical health issues

Healthcare law that promises competent care from nurses and doctors

Sets rules and limits on who can look and receive health care information