NURS406 LEADERSHIP IN NURSING
Chapter 6 Quiz
Question 1Inappropriate communication with patients could involve all of the following ethical issues except ____.
autonomy
betrayal
pragmatism
nonmaleficense
Question 2An American school of philosophy that rejects the esoteric metaphysics of traditional European academic philosophy in favor of more down-to-earth, concrete questions and answers is ____.
morality
utilitarianism
pragmatism
bioethics
Question 3Practice breakdown is ____.
disruption or absence of any of the aspects of good practice
brief excursions from an established boundary for a therapeutic purpose
a process that obscures the ethical dimensions of a decision
when a person knows what is right and doesn’t want to do it
Question 4A problem that confronts one, with a choice of solutions that seem or are equally unfavorable is a (n) ___.
ethical erosion
ethical dilemma
ethical fading
boundary crossing
Question 5Sources of ethical dilemmas include ____.
values
diversity
political views
all of the above are true
Question 6Ethics is ____.
the elimination of arbitrary distinctions and the establishment of a structure of practice with a proper share, balance, or equilibrium among competing claims
duty to keep one’s promise
the philosophical study of right and wrong action
duty to do no harm
Question 7Examples of resources for ethical decision making would include ____.
ethics committees
ethics textbooks
ethics journals
all of the above are true
Question 8Care at the end of life for which there is little hope of benefit is an example of ____.
medical futility
organizational integrity
nonmaleficence
rationalization
Question 9Bioethics is___________.
the sum total of individual and collective experience, knowledge, and good sense
guidelines for behavior specific to a moral framework for professional practice
supporting and promoting patients’ healthcare rights and enhancing community health and policy initiatives that focus on the availability, safety, and quality of care
a subdiscipline of applied ethics that studies questions surrounding biology, medicine, and the health profession
Question 10All of the following are true about the ethics of care moral theory except ____.
it is based on the insights of Carol Gilligan
it is a process that obscures the ethical dimension of a decision
it rejects the traditional male-centered ethics that focused on rationality, individuality, and abstract principles
it is based on emotion, caring relationships, and concrete situation
