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Nursing Ethics Across the Curriculum and Into
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Chapter: Chapter 01 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. A value is defined as:
A) something of worth or something highly regarded.
B) getting your money’s worth.
C) a moral decision.
D) family relationships.
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Introduction to Ethics
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. Moral reasoning is best illustrated by making decisions about:
A) bioethical questions.
B) religious training.
C) how human beings ought to be and act.
D) philosophical viewpoints.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction to Ethics
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
3. Evaluating ethically related situations in terms of how these situations affect women is called:
A) feminism.
B) feminine ethics.
C) women’s rights.
D) feminist ethics.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
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Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. Narrative ethics can be compared to the:
A) patient’s particular story.
B) nurse’s caseload.
C) doctor’s rounds.
D) patient’s clinical pathway.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
5. The excellence of one’s character and what one wants to become are related to:
A) your personal morality.
B) contextual ethics.
C) situational ethics.
D) virtue ethics.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Values and Moral Reasoning
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
6. What philosophy shares a common focus with the healthcare ethical viewpoint of alleviating human
suffering?
A) Christian ethics
B) Aristotle’s ethics
C) Buddhist ethics
D) Greek and Roman ethics
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. Deontology is an ethical theory based on:
A) chance.
B) study of duty.
C) feelings or emotions.
D) professional experience.
Ans: B
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Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
8. The most influential philosopher associated with the deontological way of thinking is:
A) Jeremy Bentham.
B) John Stuart Mill.
C) Immanuel Kant.
D) Sir William David Ross.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What is the most well-known consequentialist theory of ethics?
A) Narrative ethics
B) Utilitarianism
C) Value ethics
D) Casuistry
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. A researcher starts work assuming that a system of ethics can be applied universally. This worker
would endorse:
A) ethical relativism.
B) bioethical studies.
C) ethical objectivism.
D) moral reasoning.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction to Ethics
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
11. A nurse who wants to do the best work needs:
A) extra coursework.
B) mature ethical sensitivity.
C) compassion.
D) to study philosophy.
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Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Introduction to Ethics
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
12. Ethical subjectivism and cultural relativism are:
A) the same thing.
B) mutually exclusive.
C) related but distinct.
D) opposites.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Introduction to Ethics
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
13. The American Nurses Association has stated that:
A) professional ethics trumps personal ethics.
B) personal ethics are part of professional ethics.
C) personal ethics should be based on professional ethics.
D) professional ethics trumps personal feelings.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
14. When a nurse is planning a moral course of action, that is an example of:
A) moralizing.
B) ethical negotiation.
C) moral reasoning.
D) moral hazard.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Values and Moral Reasoning
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
15. Who was the first figure in Western civilization to work on the issue of ethics?
A) Socrates
B) Aristotle
C) Bentham
D) Plato
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Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Values and Moral Reasoning
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
16. If you create a system for examining problems concerning ethical issues impacting the daily duties of
nurses and you use a question-and-answer format in your system, then the system will be:
A) Aristotelian.
B) Platonic.
C) Socratic.
D) Benthamic.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Values and Moral Reasoning
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
17. Which religion falls outside Western ethics?
A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Christianity
D) Buddhism
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
18. A nurse who, through study and self-reflection, continually works for ethical excellence tries to
achieve:
A) virtue.
B) professional advancement.
C) 9001 certification.
D) protection from lawsuits.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
Subject: Chapter 1
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
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1. True or False? Virtue is habitual but not routine.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Ethical Theories and Approaches
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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2. True or False? Aristotle divided virtues according to intellect and will.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
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Chapter: Chapter 02 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. Bioethics is a branch of ethics specifically related to moral issues in which domain?
A) Biology
B) Chemistry
C) Case management
D) Health care
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Introduction to Bioethics
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
2. Ethical principlism is defined as:
A) the use of a decision tree to find the correct path.
B) providing clear-cut answers to moral questions.
C) guidelines for making justified moral decisions and evaluating the morality of actions.
D) the use of a theory or a formal decision-making model.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Principles
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
3. The three virtues necessary to cultivate dignity are:
A) patience, cleanliness, and honesty.
B) professionalism, humor, and humility.
C) spirituality, patience, and gentleness.
D) generosity, misericordia, and truthfulness.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
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Ahead: Professional–Patient Relationships
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
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4. A nurse is an advocate when he or she:
A) moves from the patient to the healthcare system.
B) provides the patient with advice.
C) meets with the patient’s family.
D) listens to the patient’s problems.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Professional–Patient Relationships
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
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5. The Four Topics Method consists of analyses:
A) by the social worker, clinical psychologist, on-call physician, and case manager.
B) of medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features.
C) of the family situation, insurance considerations, moral values of patient, and literacy level of patient.
D) by the nurse, patient’s family, and legal team.
Ans: B
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6. Which best describes what might happen when the family of a gunshot victim who has just been
brought into the emergency room and who is nonresponsive demands an immediate CT scan?
A) Families members want treatment for their loved one.
B) Families want to pursue legal action against the healthcare setting.
C) Nurses may involve lawyers.
D) Nurses push unwanted treatments on family members.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: The Four Topics Approach to Ethical Decision Making
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Analysis
7. A team that reviews cases, as requested, when there are conflicts in basic values, is most likely:
A) a legal team.
B) the leadership team.
C) an ethics committee.
D) a strategy committee.
Ans: C
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Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nonmaleficence
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
8. Part of the nurse’s role as a patient advocate is to:
A) report to the media when there is a moral issue.
B) seek help and advice from other health professionals when he or she experiences moral uncertainty.
C) ensure that all healthcare professionals comply within their scope of practice.
D) educate the physician on any patient behaviors that appear immoral.
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Professional–Patient Relationships
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
9. Nurses must live according to a philosophy of ethics:
A) before they encounter crucial moral situations.
B) after they have experienced their first moral situation.
C) as they encounter their first moral situation.
D) when they make the decision to pursue a nursing career.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Professional–Patient Relationships
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
10. The five Rs that define the ethical approach to nursing practice are:
A) read, revise, render, recognize, respond.
B) read, reflect, recognize, resolve, respond.
C) reflect, recognize, resolve, respond, rearrange.
D) ruminate, recognize, reflect, resolve, respond.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Introduction to Critical Thinking and Ethical Decision Making
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
11. When a nurse goes to give a patient an injection, and the conscious patient who has been
communicating with the nurse does not resist this treatment:
A) the patient has grounds for a lawsuit.
B) a doctor should be present.
C) implied consent has been given.
D) a release form should have been filed.
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Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Autonomy
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
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12. Which has the least influence on whether malpractice has occurred?
A) Patient age
B) Duty of the nurse
C) Patient harm
D) Breach of duty
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Autonomy
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Application
13. The statement "Nonmaleficence is a creature of the 20th century." is:
A) commonly heard.
B) historically inaccurate.
C) originally attributed to Paul and Elder.
D) due to legal changes in the last 50 years.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Nonmaleficence
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Analysis
14. In nursing, negligent conduct:
A) always leads to injury.
B) may result in patient harm.
C) is usually noted by physicians.
D) requires deliberation.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
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Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
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15. Beneficence on the part of a nurse would include:
A) providing one's own cell phone for professional use.
B) good record keeping.
C) having appropriate training for all techniques to be used.
D) providing pro bono care for every fifth patient.
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Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Beneficence
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Application
16. The fair allocation of resources is:
A) a veil of ignorance.
B) blind justice.
C) social justice.
D) distributive justice.
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Justice
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Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. True or False? Wide use of a new antipsychotic drug in 1938 would have been routine.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction to Bioethics
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Analysis
2. True or False? The work on syphilis at Tuskegee combined the work of a county health service and the
United Nations.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Principles
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
Taxonomy: Recall
3. True or False? If your hospital announced a switch to an ethic of care and virtue ethics, you would not
expect to be thinking much about autonomy.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Autonomy
Subject: Chapter 2
Title: Introduction to Bioethics and Ethical Decision Making
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4. True or False? Not all ethical systems distinguish between maleficence and beneficence.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Maleficence
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Chapter: Chapter 03 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. The American Nurses Association (ANA) adopted its first official code in:
A) 1950.
B) 1973.
C) 1895.
D) 1922.
Ans: A
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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2. Nurses and people, nurses and practice, nurses and the profession, and nurses and coworkers serve
as an action-based standard of conduct for which code?
A) The Golden Rule
B) International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics
C) American Nurses Association Code of Ethics
D) American Hospital Association Code of Ethics
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Professional Codes of Ethics in Nursing
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. The significant emphasis in both the American Nurses Association (2001) Code of Ethics and the
International Council of Nurses (2000) Code of Ethics is:
A) enacting ethical responsibility to the patient going through a spiritual crisis.
B) alleviating suffering of patients who experience varying degrees of physical, psychological, and
spiritual suffering.
C) enforcing privacy guidelines related to patient care.
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D) using moral reasoning as a basis for clinical decision making.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Professional Codes of Ethics in Nursing
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. What means that nurses must first have a basic knowledge of culturally diverse customs and then
demonstrate constructive attitudes based on that knowledge?
A) Having an ethical code
B) Giving culturally sensitive care
C) Having power
D) The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ideal Nursing Ethical Competencies
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. The ability of nurses to influence persons, groups, or communities by controlling the content of their
practice, the context of their practice, and their competence in practice is called:
A) the nurse–patient relationship.
B) having control.
C) using power.
D) moral reasoning.
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Ideal Nursing Ethical Competencies
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. What are three major reasons for strained relationships between nurses and physicians?
A) (1) The hierarchal way ethical decisions are made, (2) competency and quality-of-care conflicts, (3)
lack of communication
B) (1) Lack of training; (2) gender differences; (3) poor social skills
C) (1) The hierarchal manner of interacting with staff, (2) demeaning attitude toward differences, (3) lack
of empathy for others
D) (1) Competency and quality-of-care conflict, (2) silos in the clinical environment, (3) lack of
accountability
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nursing Professional Relationships
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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7. Nurses often treat other nurses in hurtful ways through interpersonal conflict, harassment, and
intimidation. This is known as:
A) patient advocacy.
B) horizontal violence or workplace bullying.
C) abusing power among colleagues.
D) having control.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nursing Professional Relationships
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
8. Traumatized nurses who do not manage the effects of workplace bullying will have difficulty in
professional and personal relationships with other people, and will function as the:
A) nurse as healer.
B) patient advocate.
C) walking wounded.
D) nameless victim.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nursing Professional Relationships
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. A nurse who is careful in the use of social media shared with other nurses and patients is respecting
what?
A) Cultural differences
B) Learning styles
C) Moral space
D) Religious affiliations
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Nurses and Social Media
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
10. What is the foremost risk of using social media?
A) Not getting hired for the next job
B) Being the victim of cyber-bullying
C) Unwanted contact from patients and coworkers
D) Violation of patient privacy and confidentiality
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nurses and Social Media
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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11. If you are a nurse who just received an award from your employer for your communication skills, and
a fellow nurse mocks you for being "too communicative," you are being treated as a:
A) workplace aggressor.
B) outsider.
C) tall poppy.
D) supervisor.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Nursing Professional Relationships
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
12. When a nurse who works in a medical unit in a community hospital finds that a neighbor and personal
friend is a patient there, there is a risk of what?
A) Blurred boundaries
B) Cyber-bullying
C) Over-prescription
D) Abuse of social media
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Professional Codes of Ethics in Nursing
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
13. If you, while working to prepare a patient for surgery, start talking with the patient about your time
together in high school, this may be a:
A) boundary violation.
B) boundary setting.
C) boundary incursion.
D) boundary crossing.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Professional Codes of Ethics in Nursing
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
14. Which is least important for moral integrity?
A) Honesty
B) Truthfulness
C) Frugality
D) Benevolence
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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15. An immediate result of a nurse being faced with moral distress over a dying patient's last wishes
might be what?
A) Use of narcotics
B) Attempts to avoid the patient's room
C) Gossiping with other nurses
D) Sleep
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ideal Nursing Ethical Competencies
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
16. The digital age has led to much more:
A) ethical training.
B) security in financial transactions.
C) sense of community.
D) public exploitation.
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Nurses and Social Media
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. True or False? Like ethics applied to the actions of surgeons, nursing ethics is closely bonded to
nursing theory.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction to Nursing Ethics
Subject: Chapter 3
Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. True or False? A nurse running an early empirical study on ethics in the surgical theater would
probably have been working during the early 2000s.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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3. True or False? When a nurse is praised by a patient for being mindful while working with the patient's
distressed family members, that nurse is modeling ideal levels of concern.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
4. True or False? Both a nurse's shift work and the nurse's vacation time are part of moral space.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
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Title: Introduction to Ethics
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Chapter: Chapter 04 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. In the past, when doctors and nurses cared for a pregnant woman, they considered in detail the mother
and fetus as:
A. two distinctly separate people.
B. one patient.
C. mother and fetus.
D. a maternal partnership.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Maternal–Fetal Conflict
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
2. Now, doctors and nurses are to consider the pregnant woman as two distinctly separate entities,
providing dual care for each. This circumstance leads to:
A. more ethical dilemmas.
B. no ethical dilemmas.
C. more lawsuits.
D. better quality of care for both entities.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Maternal–Fetal Conflict
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
3. What is health care is generally considered in the United States?
A. Welfare right
B. Patient right
C. Human right
D. Liberty right
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Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Conflict of Rights Issues
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
4. Abortion in the United States is legal today because of:
A. Jim Crow laws
B. Brown vs. BOE
C. Roe vs. Wade
D. Planned Parenthood of America
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
5. Since 1980, how many registered abortions have there been worldwide?
A. 3 billion
B. 1.5 billion
C. 1.7 million
D. 5 million
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
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6. The central ethical dilemma of the abortion debate centers on:
A. morality.
B. birth control.
C. religion.
D. rights.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
7. Most of those identifying as pro-choice say that the central issue is:
A. when life begins.
B. control of a woman's body.
C. the timing of personhood.
D. the desirability of abortion.
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Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
8. Most pro-life supporters believe that:
A. life begins at conception and that the embryo and fetus are persons.
B. men and women should only have sex for procreation.
C. abortion is permissible in cases of rape or incest.
D. women who want to have an abortion should travel to a distant country for it.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What are the names of the two types of emergency contraceptives that are classed as early abortion?
A. RU860 and Plan C
B. RU486 and Plan B
C. Depoprovera and Ortho-Novum
D. AM486 and Plan A
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Abortion
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
10. About what percentage of babies born in the United States is conceived using assisted reproductive
technology (ART)?
A. 25%
B. 37%
C. 7%
D. 1%
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reproductive Technology
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
11. Bergum’s four themes that define relational ethics are found in which list?
A. Engagement, moral space, understanding, and environment
B. Responsibility, care, understanding, and embodiment
C. Environment, embodiment, mutual respect, and engagement
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D. Rights, responsibilities, coercion, and confidence
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Nursing Care of Childbearing Women
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
12. Nurses wishing to have a firm grasp of the issue of moral standing will need to:
A. follow what a physician says.
B. talk extensively with colleagues.
C. do extensive outside reading.
D. use the key points in the textbook.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Moral Standing of Humans
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Application
13. Which exemplifies a maternal–fetal conflict?
A. A mother needing chemotherapy for cancer
B. A mother being prescribed prenatal vitamin shots
C. Making a mother as comfortable as possible while in labor
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Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Maternal–Fetal Conflict
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Analysis
14. A mother who smokes crack cocaine during pregnancy
A. creates a maternal–fetal conflict.
B. will probably go to prison.
C. is trying to abort.
D. is trying to avoid labor pains.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Maternal–Fetal Conflict
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Application
15. The first test-tube baby was born in:
A. 1963.
B. 1978.
C. 1982.
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D. 1993.
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Reproductive Technology
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
16. If a patient uses reproductive services, she is among about what proportion of the U.S. population?
A. 1 in 3
B. 1 in 5
C. 1 in 8
D. 1 in 10
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reproductive Technology
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Analysis
17. If Bob and Cathy start trying to conceive on January 1 of 2018, when will continued failure be
classified as infertility?
A. April 1, 2018
B. July 1, 2018
C. October 1, 2018
D. January 1, 2019
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reproductive Technology
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Analysis
18. Which places both sperm and eggs together in the fallopian tubes?
A. in vitro fertilization (IVF)
B. gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT)
C. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
D. zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT)
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Reproductive Technology
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
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1. True or False? Phenylketonuria cannot be detected using chorionic villus sampling.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Issues of Other Reproductive Services
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Application
2. True or False? A needle is used to withdraw amniotic membrane tissue in gamete intrafallopian
transfer (GIFT).
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Issues of Other Reproductive Services
Subject: Chapter 4
Title: Nursing Ethics Across the Life Span
Taxonomy: Application
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Chapter: Chapter 05 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. Empathy is closely related to what other ethical principle?
A) Morality
B) Compassion
C) Autonomy
D) Feminism
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Mothering
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. The values and virtues associated with a care-focused feminist approach to ethics are traditionally
associated with:
A) good mothering.
B) moral nursing.
C) the feminist movement.
D) the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Mothering
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. A mothering person is someone who provides childcare as a significant part of their life. They are:
A) female.
B) male.
C) male or female.
D) a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse.
Ans: C
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Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Mothering
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
4. It is the responsibility of mothers to establish what between themselves and their children?
A) compassion
B) honesty
C) trust
D) a connection
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Foundations of Trust
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. What is the most commonly accepted ethical standard that underlies surrogate decision making for
children?
A) Substituted judgment
B) Best interest
C) Power of attorney
D) Living will preferences
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Foundations of Trust
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. The best interest standard is established using:
A) living will preferences.
B) parent wishes.
C) quality-of-life assessment.
D) clinical pathways.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Surrogate Decision Making
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. The most common form of child abuse falls under the category of:
A) physical abuse.
B) emotional abuse.
C) neglect.
D) sexual abuse.
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Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Surrogate Decision Making
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
8. Patient confidentiality is waived in the instance of:
A) a positive HIV test.
B) felony records on the part of the parent.
C) suspected child abuse.
D) corporal punishment.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Surrogate Decision Making
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What is it called when parents of an impaired neonate continue asking nurses and physicians whether
continued treatment is worthwhile and suggest withdrawing hydration to hasten death?
A) Neglect
B) A Baby Doe case
C) Roe vs. Wade
D) Physical abuse
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Impaired and Critically Ill Children
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. Children often perceive their own health-related quality of life to be what than their parents or health
professionals perceptions?
A) much less
B) the same
C) higher
D) slightly less
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Impaired and Critically Ill Children
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
11. If you treat 100 children in a typical U.S. population, how many will be from immigrant families?
A) 5
B) 10
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C) 25
D) 33
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Children of Immigrant Families
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
12. About how many children died worldwide each hour of 2016?
A) 300
B) 500
C) 650
D) 750
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Global Problems of Poverty and Infectious Diseases
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
13. Deaths of children under age 5 have dropped by about how much since 1990?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 75%
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Global Problems of Poverty and Infectious Diseases
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
14. At what age is a child most likely to die (averaging across the world)?
A) 7 days
B) 2 months
C) 3 months
D) 1 year
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Global Problems of Poverty and Infectious Diseases
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
15. About what percentage of parents are comfortable with the safety of vaccinations?
A) 25%
B) 40%
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C) 50%
D) 70%
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Universal Vaccination
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
16. A parent could be credibly accused of child abuse by creating a risk of what level of harm?
A) Any
B) Moderate
C) Serious
D) Certain
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Abused and Neglected Children
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
True/False
1. True or False? Some animals are born completely independent of the mother but still vulnerable.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Mothering
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
2. True or False? Basic trust versus basic mistrust is Erickson's first stage of psychosocial development.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Foundations of Trust
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. True or False? Parents generally see healthcare providers as technicians and feel competent to direct
these providers as they see fit.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Foundations of Trust
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
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Taxonomy: Analysis
4. True or False? A child arrives in the emergency room, and you are told by the emergency medical
technician (EMT) that the child has been abused by one parent and that both parents are present. The
mother is most likely guilty.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Abused and Neglected Children
Subject: Chapter 5
Title: Infant and Child Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
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Chapter: Chapter 06 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. In general, a hallmark of adolescent behavior is:
A) risk taking.
B) drug use.
C) sexual activity.
D) skipping school.
Ans: A
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Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. The three critical health behaviors that have consistently been connected to death and disabilities in
adolescents are:
A) dropping out of high school, self-mutilation, and gang-related activity.
B) violence, use of alcohol and drugs, and risky sexual activity.
C) unprotected sexual activity, poor grades, and lack of engagement in extracurricular activities.
D) bullying, cigarette smoking, and binge eating.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. Mindfulness and effective listening strategies mean that the nurse is:
A) keeping confidentiality by not repeating what is said to other people.
B) paying attention to what is being said and then giving a signal of awareness and understanding to the
speaker.
C) writing down what the speaker says and putting the notes in the medical record.
D) informing the parents or legal guardians of specific details of what is said by the speaker.
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Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. A critical factor in the nurse–adolescent relationship is:
A) quality time.
B) boundaries.
C) respect.
D) fairness.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Nursing Care of Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. Prevention education programs for adolescents should focus on what two ethical principles?
A) Beneficence and nonmaleficence
B) Human rights and neoethics
C) Principlism and women’s rights
D) Bioethics and maternalism
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. A top concern for adolescents, particularly in developing countries is:
A) lack of vaccinations.
B) abortions.
C) acquiring HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
D) homosexuality.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. Traditionally, adolescents have equated “having sex” with:
A) all sexual activity, including kissing.
B) sexual intercourse alone.
C) unprotected sexual intercourse.
D) foreplay.
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Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
8. Sexual education as defined today was seldom taught in the United States until:
A) the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
B) Margaret Sanger’s campaign for birth control in the 1920s.
C) the start of the 1950s.
D) the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. Aggressiveness in early childhood, rebelliousness, unconventionality, and having high-risk friends
could be early indicators of the potential for:
A) alcohol and drug abuse.
B) promiscuity.
C) poor grades.
D) limited career options.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. By grade 3, what percentage of girls views their weight as an enormous issue?
A) 82%
B) 22%
C) 42%
D) 12%
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
11. In the United States, the exception to an adolescent’s autonomy over medical records involves the
issue of:
A) abortion.
B) sexual activity.
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C) birth control.
D) sexually transmitted infections.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
12. A teen who continually discusses famous cases of suicide and what it must feel like is said to have
a(n):
A) suicidal ideation.
B) tendency toward violence.
C) obsessive compulsive disorder.
D) social phobia.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
13. Middle adolescence takes place in what age range?
A) 8–10
B) 10–12
C) 12–16
D) 14–18
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
14. A parent whose child is 8 years old will probably see what in the parent–child relationship within a few
years?
A) Closeness
B) Disharmony
C) Collaboration
D) Clear communication
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
15. A 15-year-old boy will have what at the core of his life?
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A) Status
B) Growth
C) Prosperity
D) Relationships
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
16. What is the term for freedom from intrusion into one's personal information?
A) Trust
B) Privacy
C) Ideation
D) Mindfulness
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. True or False? A healthcare provider who secretly records a teen's story violates trust.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
2. True or False? A frightened, sick runaway teen should be assured of unlimited confidentiality.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
3. True or False? A 14-year-old who has a clear, self-articulated vision of what she wants from health
care and why may have moral self-government.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
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Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
4. True or False? A teen who smokes, drinks alcohol, and swims laps has two health risk behaviors.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Issues and Concerns Involving Adolescents
Subject: Chapter 6
Title: Adolescent Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
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Chapter: Chapter 07 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. A patient’s written or unwritten approval of a provider’s medical treatment or nurse’s health care
regimen in known as:
A) concordance.
B) adherence.
C) compliance.
D) coercion.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. When promoting healthy behaviors, ethical physicians and nurses must:
A) be attuned to patients’ freedom to self-determination.
B) provide paternalistic care.
C) provide the most cost-effective treatment.
D) penalize patients for unhealthy behaviors.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. The application of what has the potential to reduce cultural conflicts?
A) Adoption theory
B) Adaptation theory
C) Advanced theory
D) Associated theory
Ans: B
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Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. What ethical competency is especially important for building a trustworthy relationship with patients
who experience chronic disease and illness?
A) Paternalism
B) Advocacy
C) Compliance
D) Self-determination
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Chronic Disease and Illness
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. Every day in the United States, approximately how many people receive an organ transplant?
A) 100
B) 75
C) 50
D) 25
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. When was the first successful kidney transplant performed?
A) 1975
B) 1954
C) 1922
D) 1980
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. When was the first heart transplant performed?
A) 1975
B) 1984
C) 1967
D) 1954
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Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
8. Organ donation in the United States is administered through the “required response” process, which
means that:
A) organs are taken if the nurse feels the patient would agree.
B) consent is presumed on the part of adults.
C) all adults are required to express their wishes regarding organ donation.
D) 911 calls activate the process.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What is the dead donor rule?
A) The donor must be dead before organs are retrieved, and the patient’s life and care must not be
compromised in favor of potential organ recipients.
B) The donor must have no higher brain function before organs are retrieved and be documented as brain
dead.
C) The donor must be dead before organs are retrieved, and the family must be present to witness the
retrieval.
D) The donor must not be able to breathe independently and must acquiesce to organ donation in the
event of death.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. What means that people automatically consent to donating their organs unless they specifically
indicate otherwise?
A) Utilitarianism
B) Presumed consent
C) Required response
D) The fairness principle (first come, first served)
Ans: B
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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11. When dangerous driving due to lack of sleep is treated as a medical issue, this could be designated:
A) utilitarianism.
B) medicalization.
C) bias.
D) progressivism.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
12. When the use of trans fats becomes medicalized, this could be driven by:
A) consumers.
B) physicians.
C) nurses.
D) government.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
13. Medicalization shows significant signs of:
A) stopping due to market forces.
B) being ended by government.
C) continuing apace.
D) self-limiting.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
14. If your hospital measures how patients respond to appeals for less smoking on a scale from 0 to 100,
the approach used is one of:
A) adherence.
B) compliance.
C) nonadherence.
D) noncompliance.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
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15. The leading U.S. cause of death and disability is:
A) motorcycle accidents.
B) stroke.
C) heart attack.
D) chronic disease.
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Chronic Disease and Illness
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
16. In 2012, if you take the U.S. population as about 300 million for the sake of calculation, about what
percentage of the population had a chronic disease?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 40%
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Chronic Disease and Illness
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
True/False
1. True or False? Barofsky defined adherence as therapeutic alliance.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Medicalization
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. True or False? Chronic illnesses tend to be self-limiting and intermittent.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Chronic Disease and Illness
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
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3. True or False? If you are waiting for a cornea transplant, your name will be found on a list at United
Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. True or False? The Gift of Life Donor Program began with people needing lung transplants.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organ Transplantation
Subject: Chapter 7
Title: Adult Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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Chapter: Chapter 08 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. Currently, people are living healthier and longer because of:
A) more wholesome food.
B) better genes.
C) technological advances in medicine and public health.
D) better access to national parks and open spaces.
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Aging in America
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
2. Ageism is defined as:
A) the availability of more opportunities for older people in the job market.
B) marketing more consumer goods to older women.
C) stereotyping and discrimination against older people.
D) providing less access to health care for older people.
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Aging in America
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
3. When did Western society begin to encourage people to cultivate health and activity as long as
possible into old age (emphasizing the virtues of youth and providing the foundation for the beginning of
ageism)?
A) 1750s
B) 1900s
C) 1950s
D) 1850s
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Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Aging in America
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
4. In Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl proposes that:
A) to live is to suffer, and to die is to find peace.
B) to live is to suffer, and to survive, one must find meaning in the suffering.
C) to choose to further your education is to find meaning.
D) to choose how to spend the golden years in the key to happiness.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Life Meaning and Significance
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
5. Because it is generally believed that elders are a vulnerable population because of the frailty that
occurs with aging, what is a key consideration in relationships with elders?
A) Moral agency
B) Paternalism
C) Decisional capacity
D) Maternalism
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Moral Agency
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
6. The ability or inability to reach what most adults would consider to be reasonable conclusions or
resolutions is called:
A) Alzheimer’s disease.
B) stroke-related dementia.
C) senility.
D) decisional capacity or incapacity.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Life Meaning and Significance
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
7. What is it called when a healthcare professional makes choices for a patient based on the healthcare
professional’s beliefs about what is in the best interest of the patient or what is best for the patient’s own
good?
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A) Paternalism
B) Maternalism
C) Moral agency
D) Beneficence
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Moral Agency
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
8. What is one of the most critical issues when nurses provide care for patients with dementia?
A) End-of-life decisions
B) Morality
C) Dignity
D) Independence
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Moral Agency
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
9. Quality of life is determined by:
A) value judgments.
B) medical guidelines.
C) legal implications.
D) treatment availability.
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Quality of Life
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
10. Pullman (1998) believes that an ethic of what should be employed by nurses in a long-term care
setting such that the focus is on the moral character of the caregiver?
A) Autonomy
B) Beneficence
C) Patience
D) Dignity
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Long-Term Care
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
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11. The emphasis on youth in modern media may cause people to feel what as they age?
A) Humbled
B) Despondent
C) Tired
D) Respected
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Aging in America
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Application
12. According to Cole, meaning is:
A) measurable by an outside observer.
B) highly objective.
C) an intuitive expression of one's total experience of life.
D) defined largely by society.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Life Meaning and Significance
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
13. Why do elders need virtue?
A) To convince others of their continuing value
B) For survival
C) For their personal responsibility for their own lives
D) To attract needed attention
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Virtues Needed by Elders
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Application
14. Measurements of an elderly patient's quality of life can be:
A) highly variable depending on the observer.
B) easily measured.
C) shared outside privacy restrictions.
D) modified for convenience.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Quality of Life
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Analysis
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15. If a 78-year-old man and his home health aid differ in their opinion regarding his ability to remain at
home, this situation is:
A) highly unusual.
B) not uncommon.
C) something requiring legal assistance.
D) best left to the family to decide.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Assessing the Capacity to Remain at Home
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Application
16. One of the most common kinds of elder abuse is:
A) theft.
B) blood donation.
C) phone scams.
D) self-abuse.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Elder Abuse
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. True or False? The most important thing lost during aging is often mobility.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Aging in America
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Recall
2. True or False? When a 65-year-old woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's makes a clear and wellexpressed decision to choose a particular nursing home, she is demonstrating moral agency.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Moral Agency
Subject: Chapter 8
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Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Application
3. True or False? An elderly patient who fights being moved to a long-term care facility may be trying to
retain autonomy.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Long-Term Care
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Application
4. True or False? A relative who repeatedly berates an elderly relative over minor issues probably
commits elder abuse.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Elder Abuse
Subject: Chapter 8
Title: Ethics and the Nursing Care of Elders
Taxonomy: Analysis
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Chapter: Chapter 09 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. Existential philosophers believe which statement about death?
A) A person has to put death in perspective to understand life.
B) A person must fear death in order to live a moral life.
C) A person has to practice a religion to ease their fear of death.
D) Being anxious about death leads to a more civilized society.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: What Is Death?
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
2. What are the two ways that individuals avoid facing their own mortality, according to Yalom (1980)?
A) Good health care and a consistent exercise regimen
B) Immunizations and regular checkups
C) Immortality projects and dependence on a rescuer
D) Living wills and durable powers of attorney
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: What Is Death?
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
3. What are the two major types of euthanasia?
A) Active and passive
B) Doctor-assisted and family-assisted
C) Inpatient and outpatient
D) Lethal injections and DNR orders
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
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Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
4. What was Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s argument for euthanasia?
A) It should be avoided under any circumstances.
B) He claimed that it was mercy killing when a patient is in a terminal state of dying.
C) The option should ultimately be decided by an experienced physician.
D) It should only be done in sudden accidents rather than serious illnesses.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: What Is Death?
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
5. When it came to death in the 18th and 19th centuries, people worried about:
A) catching the plague.
B) having no health care.
C) having to suffer.
D) being buried alive.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
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Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
6. What 1819 invention greatly reduced the fear of being buried alive?
A) EKG
B) Stethoscope
C) X-ray
D) Lethal injection
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Salvageability and Unsalvageability Principle
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
7. Which device measures electrical activity of the brain?
A) EKG
B) MRI
C) EEG
D) X-ray
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
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Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
8. An advance directive is defined as:
A) a written expression of a person’s wishes about medical care, especially during a terminal or critical
illness.
B) a written expression detailing how to dispose of a person’s worldly goods.
C) a written document providing trust funds for minor children.
D) written instructions regarding how a person wishes his or her remains to be disposed.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Decisions About Death and Dying
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
9. When is a treatment considered medically futile?
A) When a healthcare provider determines it won’t cure a patient
B) When a patient is very old
C) When a healthcare provider cannot have reasonable hope that a treatment will benefit a terminally ill
person
D) When it is not cost-effective
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Medical Futility
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
10. What is palliative care?
A) End-of-life medical treatment involving state-of-the-art medications and therapies
B) Comfort care measures instead of aggressive medical treatments
C) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
D) Artificial feeding and hydration
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Palliative Care
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
11. What limit in place or time exists on a competent patient who refuses medical treatment?
A) Always
B) Never
C) Only in Oregon
D) Only in Florida
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Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Palliative Care
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
12. What is an example of the rule of double effect?
A) Giving a patient a placebo in place of prescribed medication
B) Giving a patient a double dose of pain medication
C) Giving high doses of pain medication to reduce the pain of terminally ill patients, even if this hastens
death
D) Giving the patient experimental drugs in end-of-life situations, even if this hastens death
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Rule of Double Effect
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Analysis
13. Terminal sedation (Quill, 2001) is defined as:
A) sedating a suffering patient to unconsciousness, as all other life-sustaining interventions are withheld.
B) removing artificial hydration or nutrition.
C) removing a patient from a mechanical ventilator.
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Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Rule of Double Effect
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
14. The most important aspect of providing compassionate nursing care to a dying patient is to offer
support by:
A) assuring him that there is an afterlife.
B) relating to her fear of death and by alleviating pain and suffering.
C) administering medications that provide heavy sedation.
D) calling friends and family with frequent updates on the patient’s health status.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Types of Pain
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
15. Blunt trauma to the kidney would cause what kind of pain?
A) Neuropathic
B) Visceral nociceptive
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C) Neuropathic nociceptive
D) Somatic nociceptive
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Types of Pain
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Analysis
16. A useful tool for measuring somatic nociceptive pain can be obtained from the:
A) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
B) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
C) American Medical Association (AMA).
D) World Health Organization (WHO).
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Types of Pain
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Analysis
True/False
1. True or False? According to Couden, nurses are often divorced from the pain of dying patients.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Care for Dying Patients
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Recall
2. True or False? Palliative care can be as simple as hydration, nutrition, and spending time with
caregivers.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Palliative Care
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Application
3. True or False? The main focus of palliative care is comfort for the patient.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Palliative Care
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
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Taxonomy: Application
4. True or False? The legal definition of death has a single, simple criterion.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: What Is Death?
Subject: Chapter 9
Title: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Nursing Care
Taxonomy: Analysis
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Chapter: Chapter 10 - Quiz
1. According to Travelbee (1971), the “therapeutic use of self” can be defined in psychiatric nursing as
using one’s personality:
A) consciously and in full awareness in an attempt to establish relatedness and to structure nursing
intervention.
B) to provide psychotherapy to the patient during care.
C) to influence other family members who may not support the patient.
D) to better society in a utilitarian model.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Characteristics of Psychiatric Nursing
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing EGthRicAs DESLAB.COM
Taxonomy: Recall
2. An emphasis on values and morality is even more important in psychiatric nursing because:
A) people with psychiatric problems need moral guidance in order to be cured.
B) psychiatric nursing involves subjective experiences rather than objective diseases.
C) it is important for the nurse to share her religious beliefs with psychiatric patients.
D) psychiatric illnesses can be cured with proper morality.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: A Value-Laden Specialty
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. Ethically, it is important that psychiatric nurses keep what kind of attitude when treating patients?
A) Positive
B) Serious
C) Nonjudgmental
D) Friendly
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: A Value-Laden Specialty
Subject: Chapter 10
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Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a wide-scale release of patients from psychiatric institutions
because of:
A) violations of their civil rights.
B) new psychotropic medicines to manage symptoms.
C) lack of health insurance.
D) new counseling techniques that provided cures.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. Many of the people released from psychiatric institutions became:
A) homeless.
B) famous.
C) newly integrated into society.
D) wage earners.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. What manual radically changed how psychiatric diagnoses were categorized?
A) DSM-III
B) DSM-IV
C) ICN Code of Ethics
D) ANA Code of Ethics
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. The DSM-IV emphasized using what to diagnose psychiatric disorders?
A) Theoretical or subjective data
B) Self-reported data
C) Biological or observed data
D) Ethical data
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
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Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Moderate
8. Psychiatric stigma means viewing the person with a mental illness as:
A) shameful.
B) marked by God.
C) morally bankrupt.
D) sacrilegious.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. Goffman (1963) describes the common experiences of stigmatized people as:
A) ethical virtues.
B) moral values.
C) moral compasses.
D) moral careers.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: The Practice Area of Mental Health: Unique Characteristics
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. Boundary violations occur in psychiatric nursing when a nurse:
A) loses her certification.
B) or patient exceeds the limits of the nurse–patient relationship.
C) does not follow the doctor’s orders.
D) administers the wrong dose of psychotropic medication.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Boundaries
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
11. Concepts underlying nurse–patient boundaries are:
A) faith, hope, and love.
B) peace and harmony.
C) power, choice, and trust.
D) caring and consideration.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Boundaries
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Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
12. The four types of privacy that address limited personal access are:
A) physical, mental, emotional, and financial.
B) physical, decisional, proprietary, and informational.
C) medical, ethical, informational, and physical.
D) physical, emotional, decisional, and proprietary.
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
13. What is one of the oldest moral commitments when it comes to healthcare ethics?
A) Chastity
B) Privacy
C) Honesty
D) Confidentiality
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privileged Communication
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
14. A mental health nurse who acts as a go-between for a patient estranged from his or her family is
being an:
A) advocate.
B) authority figure.
C) advisor.
D) ally.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Advocacy
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
15. If a mental health nurse can help to decide on capacity, the nurse still needs whom to decide on
competence?
A) Police
B) Judge
C) Relatives
D) Physician
Ans: B
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Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Decisional Capacity
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
16. A competent, incapacitated patient would:
A) need hospitalization.
B) be able to refuse treatment.
C) require sedation.
D) need someone else to make decisions about medications.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Decisional Capacity
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
True/False
1. True or False? The most underfunded kind of nursing in a community hospital would probably be
postsurgical.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Characteristics of Psychiatric Nursing
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
2. True or False? Bostrum stated that the need to manage the environment helped to distinguish the work
of psychiatric nurses from that of other nurses.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Characteristics of Psychiatric Nursing
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. True or False? Boundaries in nursing are specifically defined by the American Medical Association
(AMA) and by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Boundaries
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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4. True or False? Power, choice, and trust form key parts of boundaries for mental health nurses.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Boundaries
Subject: Chapter 10
Title: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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Chapter: Chapter 11 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. What is the fundamental purpose of public health nursing, as stated in Healthy People 2020?
A) To provide moral care of sick populations
B) To help the U.S. population attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,
injury, and premature death
C) To share medical news with the nearby community
D) To teach people about the dangers of teen smoking
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Introduction
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
2. In communitarian ethics, the focus is on:
A) care of the individuals.
B) care of the family.
C) ethicists and healthcare professionals.
D) populations and community.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Ethical Approaches to Public Health
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. Nurses and other leaders often educate communities through:
A) role modeling.
B) seminars.
C) the school setting.
D) patient handouts.
Ans: A
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Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Ethical Approaches to Public Health
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
4. What is service learning?
A) Academic experiences in which students engage both in social action and in reflection on their
experiences in performing the action
B) A type of learning that allows the nurse to serve her colleagues and peers in an educational setting
C) Nurses providing free care in the community as part of their degree program
D) Learning to triage health care based on access to necessary services
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Public Health Nursing: Contributing to Building the World
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
5. The idea of “just generosity” focuses on:
A) separateness.
B) human connections.
C) giving to your enemies.
D) moral theories.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Virtual Ethics: Just Generosity
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
6. The primary ethical issue regarding testing for HIV is:
A) how to protect the public while respecting individual rights and privacy.
B) communicating the importance of morality.
C) asking patients to surrender their autonomy.
D) autonomy vs. paternalism.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
7. Tuberculosis is transmitted through:
A) unprotected sex.
B) water.
C) body fluids.
D) air.
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Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
8. In terrorism and natural disasters, what type of triage is used?
A) Medical
B) Military
C) Community
D) Socialist
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Terrorism and Natural Disasters
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What is one of the major risks of genetic testing?
A) Depression
B) Shock
C) Discrimination
D) Anger
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Genomics
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
10. When people decide how they choose to distribute societal benefits and burdens among the members
of the community, it is known as:
A) moral choice.
B) coincidence.
C) legal obligation.
D) random outcome.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Public Health Nursing: Contributing to Building the World
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
11. Which falls outside the principles listed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) for public health
nursing?
A) The unit of care is the population.
B) Primary prevention gets first priority.
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C) Optimize use of available resources.
D) Prioritize psychological issues last.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
12. If most people who live near you care about improving health in the town and alleviating suffering, you
form a:
A) moral community.
B) community.
C) population.
D) tribe.
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Introduction
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
13. Healthy People 2020 seeks to:
A) eliminate health disparities.
B) reduce smoking.
C) make immigrants healthier.
D) change diets.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Health Disparities
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
14. If you want to improve local heath, you need more:
A) money.
B) allies.
C) local power.
D) popularity.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Health Disparities
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
15. The precautionary principle is based on a concept from:
A) Australia.
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B) China.
C) France.
D) Germany.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: The Precautionary Principle
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
16. The Precautionary Principle is aligned with:
A) beneficence.
B) maleficence.
C) benefaction.
D) nonmaleficence.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: The Precautionary Principle
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. True or False? The battle against communicable disease will probably end in the next century.
Ans: False
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Analysis
2. True or False? Pandemic influenza is a disease threat today.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
3. True or False? Some think that the concept of limited resources in health care is a smokescreen for
changes in availability for some.
Ans: True
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
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Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Application
4. True or False? An H1N1 pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Communicable Diseases
Subject: Chapter 11
Title: Public Health Nursing Ethics
Taxonomy: Recall
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Chapter: Chapter 12 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. An organization’s beliefs, values, attitudes, ideologies, practices, customs, and language refers to:
A. organizational culture.
B. organization.
C. power.
D. organizational ethics.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
2. An organization’s attempt to define its mission and values, recognize values that could cause tension,
seek best solutions to these tensions, and manage the operations to maintain its values is:
A. the culture of an organization.
B. organizational ethics.
C. the ethic of an organization.
D. organizational relationship.
Ans: C
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
3. What has occurred when the CEO of a hospital uses hospital assets to pay for personal travel and a
beach home?
A. Noncompliance
B. Occupational fraud and abuse
C. Citizenship
D. Fiduciary relationship
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Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
4. What is essential in an organization largely because of the past leadership failures that have occurred
in big business and healthcare organizations?
A. Autocratic leadership
B. Bureaucratic leadership
C. Ethical leadership
D. Cross-cultural leadership
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
5. Three ways leaders can use power positively to promote success are:
A. communication, rewards, advancement.
B. collaboration, quality, leadership succession planning.
C. expertise, pragmatism, communication.
D. organization, social justice, listening.
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Leadership Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
6. Servant leadership, transformative leadership, and authentic leadership are examples of:
A. autocratic leadership theories.
B. group-based leadership theories.
C. descriptive leadership theories.
D. normative leadership theories.
Ans: D
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Leadership Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
7. A leader that clarifies, reflects on, makes sense of, and embodies a leadership theory is demonstrating:
A. ethics as praxis.
B. qui tam lawsuit.
C. unbundling.
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D. a fraud prevention program.
Ans: A
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Leadership Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
8. What is the first and earliest sign that an organization is in trouble?
A. Stealing
B. Pressure to maintain numbers
C. Unqualified CEO
D. Overpaid board of directors
Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
9. What is the title of the person who oversees and monitors regulatory requirements and internal
policies?
A. Legal counselor
B. Human resource director
C. Compliance officer
D. Project manager
Ans: C
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
10. A risk management program, designed to prevent unlawful conduct and to promote conformity with
externally imposed regulations, is also known as a(n):
A. probationary program.
B. externship program.
C. health insurance exchange.
D. compliance program.
Ans: D
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
11. If you are told that you will enter an organization within your company, with at least how many other
people will you be working?
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A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
12. As a nurse works more frequently in a medical unit, the nurse will learn more pieces of what?
A. Organizational ethics
B. Ethic of the organization
C. Organizational culture
D. Organizational skills
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
13 Doing continuous quality improvement will make a hospital a(n):
A. organizational culture.
B. ethical organization.
C. complex adaptive system.
D. success.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Analysis
14. A hospital that has a mindful culture and follows its own stated mission statement and five goals for
future improvement has:
A. ethics.
B. organization.
C. integrity.
D. happy workers.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
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15. If your hospital has a pledge to provide 25% of all care free to those under the poverty level, it has
what with the poor?
A. Fiduciary relationship
B. Ethical connection
C. History of nonmaleficence
D. Poor business plan
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Analysis
16. What does trust do for economic value in an organization?
A. Reduces it
B. Increases it
C. Does not affect it
D. Changes it in unpredictable ways
Ans: B
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
True/False
1. True or False? Jennings listed five signs of ethical trouble in an organization.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
2. True or False? Having a weak board can cause an ethical disaster in a hospital, if not corrected.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: Organizational Integrity and Trust
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Application
3. True or False? To be a leader, one must be in upper management.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
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Ahead: Leadership Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Analysis
4. True or False? A successful leader is an ethical leader.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: Leadership Ethics
Subject: Chapter 12
Title: Ethics in Organizations and Leadership
Taxonomy: Recall
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