NURS 525 Psych Week 6 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
What type of legislation determines what is "right" or "good" within a society? -
answer✔federal and state legislation
define ethics - answer✔branch of philosophy that deals with distinguishing right from wrong
define bioethics - answer✔term applied to ethics when they refer to concepts within the scope
of medicine, nursing, and allied health
define moral behavior - answer✔conduct that results from serious critical thinking about how
individuals ought to treat others
define values - answer✔personal beliefs about what is important and desirable
define values clarification - answer✔a process of self-exploration by which people identify and
rank their own personal values
define right - answer✔a valid, legally recognized claim or entitlement, encompassing both
freedom from government interference or discriminatory treatment and entitlement to a
benefit or service
define absolute right - answer✔when there is no restriction whatsoever on the individual's
entitlement
define legal right - answer✔a right on which the society has agreed and formalized into law
What are the 5 Ethical Principles? - answer✔autonomy
beneficence
fidelity
justice
nonmalificence
define autonomy - answer✔emphasizes the status of persons as autonomous moral agents
whose rights to determine their destinies should always be respected
define beneficence - answer✔refers to one's duty to benefit or promote the good of others
define nonmaleficence - answer✔abstaining from negative acts toward another; includes acting
carefully to avoid harm
define justice - answer✔reflects a duty to treat all individuals equally and fairly; principle based
on the notion of a hypothetical social contract between free, equal, and rational persons
define veracity - answer✔a principle that refers to one's duty to always be truthful
What was the IOM Report "Unequal Treatment" (2003)? - answer✔the first comprehensive and
systematic proof that healthcare disparities associated with unequal healthcare provided to
minorities by medical providers
-focused more on general health and not on mental health, but still demonstrated compelling
evidence for health disparities in the US
define social justice - answer✔justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and
privileges within a society; social justice is a component to achieving health equity
What did doctors do in the name of medical research in the 1800s? - answer✔tortured and
"experimented" on slaves
What is the significance of the Crownsville Hospital (1911-2004)? - answer✔-the Hospital for
the Negro Insane of Maryland
-operated as a segregated farm colony until the late 1950s; desegregated in 1963
-the patients ran everything from laundry to the morgue and had to cook/serve meals for the
white staff
In 2016, what did white medical students at UVA think? - answer✔-50% thought Blacks' nerve
endings are less sensitive than white people's
-insisted that Blacks felt less pain...less likely to order appropriate treatment
-30% believed that black skin is thicker than white skin
define implicit bias - answer✔attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions,
and decisions in an unconscious manner; can contradict our declared beliefs
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