NCLEX STYLE REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR NURSE PROCESS, LEGAL, PROFESSIONALISM, AND ETHICS 2022/23 Practice Exam Questions with COMPLETE SOLUTION

Document Content and Description Below

A nurse informs the patient's health care provider that the patient is refusing potentially life saving surgery. In this situation, which ethical principle is the nurse using? Beneficence Nonmalefi... cence Autonomy Justice - ✔✔Autonomy Using the principle of autonomy allows individuals to have the right to determine their own actions and make their own choices. Calling the health care provider to report the patient's refusal of surgery demonstrates the nurse's use of autonomy to guide practice. Beneficence is frequently described as "the doing of good." Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm. A description of justice includes patients with the same diagnosis and health care needs receiving the same care. On a medical unit, several patients are being treated for Hepatitis B infection. One of the patients contracted Hepatitis B through using infected needles associated with heroin use. Another of the patients contracted Hepatitis B through a blood transfusion following a car accident. Several of the employees on the unit treat the patient who used heroin rudely and delay their attention to the patient's requests. The nurse intervenes and reminds the staff to use which ethical principle? Justice Nonmaleficence Beneficence Autonomy - ✔✔Justice Justice describes providing patients with the same diagnosis and health care needs the same care. By delaying attention to the patient's requests and treating the patient rudely, the staff is not using the principle of justice. Nonmaleficence is the duty to do no harm. Beneficence is frequently described as "the doing of good." Autonomy means that individuals have the right to determine their own actions and the freedom to make their own decisions.A nurse is providing patient teaching for a patient undergoing chemotherapy. The nurse is explaining that the chemotherapy will cause some unpleasant side effects, such as nausea and hair loss. In this situation, the nurse is using which ethical principle? Beneficence Nonmaleficence Autonomy Justice - ✔✔Nonmaleficence Nonmaleficence involves the duty to do no harm. Although the patient will experience nausea and hair loss (harm), the treatment will eventually produce good for the patient. Beneficence is frequently defined as the "doing of good." Autonomy means that individuals have the right to determine their own actions and the freedom to make their own decisions. Justice means that the same care is provided to patients with similar diseases and health care needs. A nurse is on duty in the emergency room when the nurse is notified that a school bus has been struck by a train. Immediately the nurse reports to the triage area and begins the task of determining the severity of injuries, so that the most critical patients receive care first. Which ethical theory is the nurse putting into action? [Show More]

Last updated: 1 year ago

Preview 1 out of 38 pages