SITUATIONAL QUESTIONS Flashcards
(20 cards)
A 14-year-old girl comes to a clinic requesting birth control without her parents’ knowledge. As a healthcare provider, what is the most ethical response?
Assess her competence and provide if appropriate
A terminally ill patient requests assistance in ending their life. Euthanasia is legal in your jurisdiction. What should guide your ethical response?
Patient autonomy and informed consent
A patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order collapses, and their family insists you perform CPR. What should you do?
Follow the DNR order
A patient refuses a life-saving blood transfusion due to religious beliefs. What is the ethical principle most relevant here?
Autonomy
During a research study, a participant begins to experience side effects. What is your ethical duty?
Stop the study and inform the participant
A nurse overhears a doctor discussing a patient’s HIV status in a public area. Which ethical principle is violated?
Confidentiality
A wealthy patient is moved ahead on the transplant list due to influence. What ethical principle is being challenged?
Justice
A fetus is diagnosed with a genetic condition incompatible with life. The parents request to terminate the pregnancy. What is the most ethical approach?
ignore the incident
A couple using IVF wants to select the sex of their baby. What ethical issue does this raise?
Gender preference discrimination
A physician is tempted to hide a medical error from a patient to avoid a lawsuit. What is the correct ethical action?
Disclose honestly and apologize
A patient diagnosed with a highly contagious disease refuses isolation. What ethical principle is at stake?
Public health vs. individual rights
A child needs a blood transfusion, but the parents refuse due to religious beliefs. What should the healthcare provider do?
A researcher fabricates data to meet grant requirements. This violates which ethical principle?
A terminally ill patient wants to stop chemotherapy and receive only palliative care. What should the provider prioritize?
A physician prescribes a placebo without informing the patient. This primarily violates:
A patient asks the doctor not to share their terminal diagnosis with the family. What ethical principle supports the doctor’s compliance?
In a crowded emergency room, a doctor chooses to treat the most critically ill first. This reflects which principle?
A nurse witnesses a colleague stealing medication. What is the most ethical course of action?
A patient is enrolled in a clinical trial but doesn’t fully understand the consent form. What should happen?
An unconscious patient is brought to the ER without identification. Life-saving surgery is needed. What should you do?
