Module 1

Question 1

The nurse is working a 12-hour day shift, it is now 2pm and the nurse has only had a 10-minute break at 9am, and has not had time to use the bathroom at all. The call bell rings from a patient who is asking for more prescribed pain medicine that is not scheduled to be given for at least 15 more minutes. Which action, if taken by the nurse, would demonstrate egoistic theory?

Answer 1

Quickly using the bathroom first, then going see the patient and explaining that the pain medication cannot be given right now.

Question 2

A patient who is Jehovah witness and refuses a blood-transfusion to save their life would fall under which ethics theory

Answer 2

authority-based

Question 3

Assisted suicide is an ethical dilemma that would mostly relate to which theory

Answer 3

natural law

Question 4

Kant suggested that which of the following is the true test of good will?

Answer 4

the person continues to act out of duty

Question 5

For an act to have moral worth, the person must…

Answer 5

act from duty to moral law.

Question 6

Which situation would the healthcare team have to apply the best interests standard?

Answer 6

The patient who is unconscious and requires emergent surgery.

Question 7

The purpose of ethics theories is to act as a guide for people involved in dilemmas to make good decisions about the situation

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The theory of double effect assumes that the bad effect is a means to the good effect

Answer 8

False

Question 9

According to Kantian theory, __________ makes ethics possible. (2 words)

Answer 9

Free will

Question 10

Mills’ ________________ theory stresses the reasonable person standard and providing the greatest good for the greatest number. (2 words)

Answer 10

utilitarian ethics

Question 11

The doctor diagnosed a patient with lung cancer and stated, “I need you to come back tomorrow and have a port-a-cath placed, so we can start chemotherapy right away.” Which of the following responses, if made by the patient, would classify how paternalism has changed since 2010 with the PPACA?

Answer 11

“I would like to think about my options and consider alternative therapies first.”

Question 12

Which of the following might demonstrate a competent patient who is being coerced?

Answer 12

The father of a toddler explains to the doctor how the toddler fell down the stairs and broke the left arm. The child is not allowed to speak by the parent.

Question 13

The reflective equilibrium model best applies to which of the following?

Answer 13

both theories and principles of ethics

Question 14

Which of the following applies to maintaining a healthcare system based on ethics?

Answer 14

distributive justice

Question 15

Which of the following applies to beneficence?

Answer 15

Beneficence is typically a personality trait in health care professionals.

Question 16

True or False? Health care is a substance right that may or may not be a legal right?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Failure to act under the protocols for treating patients can cause harm through omission or __________. (1 word)

Answer 17

Negligence

Question 18

When a physician tries to coerce someone into making a decision, it prevents free choice and violates _______. (1 word)

Answer 18

Autonomy

Question 19

In healthcare, people with life threatening emergencies are treated first. This is an example distributive justice based on ________. (1 word)

Answer 19

Need

Question 20

If we take positive steps to help others, we are practicing _______. (1 word)

Answer 20

beneficence