A nurse is working in a hospital where there is a shortage of nursing staff, and the
nurse-patient ratios are consistently too high. One evening, the nurse is assigned to a
busy medical-surgical unit with more patients than they can safely care for. The nurse is
responsible for administering med...
A nurse is working in a hospital where there is a shortage of nursing staff, and the
nurse-patient ratios are consistently too high. One evening, the nurse is assigned to a
busy medical-surgical unit with more patients than they can safely care for. The nurse is
responsible for administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and providing personal
care to the patients. What ethical in this scenario?
a. Ethical indifference
b. Ethical dilemma
c. Ethical disengagement
d. Ethical distress - CORRECT ANSWER- d. Ethical distress
What is the 4 Principle of Bioethics
a. Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Justice
b. Self-awareness, Autonomous, personal identity
c. All of the above
d. None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Autonomy, Beneficence,
Nonmaleficence, Justice
What is the 7 Nursing Value? - CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Providing safe,
compassionate, competent, and ethical care
2. promoting health and well-being
3. Promoting and respecting informed decision-making
4. Honouring dignity
5. maintaining privacy and confidentiality
6. Promoting justice
7. Being accountable
What is ethical distress?
a. Arise when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more
possible courses of action, and where choosing one course of action means that
something else is relinquished or let go.
b. Can occur when nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
c. Arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgment
d. A situation where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty
about the correct course of action. - CORRECT ANSWER- c. Arises when nurses are
unable to act according to their moral judgment
What is Ethical Dilemma?
, a. Arise when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more
possible courses of action, and where choosing one course of action means that
something else is relinquished or let go.
b. Can occur when nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
c. Arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgment
d. A situation where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty
about the correct course of action. - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Arise when there are
equally compelling reasons for and against two or more possible courses of action, and
where choosing one course of action means that something else is relinquished or let
go.
What is ethical indifference?
a. Implies a failure to assume the ethical responsibilities of the profession, leaving one
in a passive state that calls into question the moral integrity of the nurse as well as
imperiling the obligation to protect the vulnerable patient
b. Can occur when nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
c. Arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgment
d. A situation where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncert -
CORRECT ANSWER- a. Implies a failure to assume the ethical responsibilities of the
profession, leaving one in a passive state that calls into question the moral integrity of
the nurse as well as imperiling the obligation to protect the vulnerable patient
What is ethical disengagement?
a. Arise when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more
possible courses of action, and where choosing one course of action means that
something else is relinquished or let go.
b. Can occur when nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
c. Arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgment
d. A situation where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty
about the correct course of acti - CORRECT ANSWER- b. Can occur when nurses
normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
What is ethical problem?
a. Arise when there are equally compelling reasons for and against two or more
possible courses of action, and where choosing one course of action means that
something else is relinquished or let go.
b. Can occur when nurses normalize the disregard of their ethical commitments
c. Arises when nurses are unable to act according to their moral judgment
d. A situation where there are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty
about the correct course of action. - CORRECT ANSWER- d. A situation where there
are conflicts between one or more values and uncertainty about the correct course of
action.
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