NSG 3007 Week 3 Quiz-with 100% verified solutions-2022-2023

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NSG 3007 Week 3 Quiz-with 100% verified solutions-2022-2023 Chapter 5: Ethics: Basic Concepts for Nursing Practice Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following situations is an exam... ple of moral distress? a. You hear nurses in the lounge making off-color jokes about a patient. You are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. b. You have been late for work a couple of times in the last 2 weeks, and your co- workers are covering for you. c. You become romantically involved with a co-worker, which is against the unit policy, so you resign your position. d. You purposefully use vague language when explaining a patient's condition to the family. Staff expects that the patient may be brain-dead, but test results are not yet conclusive. ANS: A Feedback A The definition of "moral distress" is distress that results from participating in a perceived moral wrongdoing due to situational constraints despite attempting to make a moral choice. B There is no breach of ethics in being late and having co-workers cover for you. C The person acts appropriately to the moral issue by resigning the position. D The person is acting appropriately under current circumstances. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: p. 91 2. According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, adolescents who shoplift are operating in which level of moral development? a. Preconventional b. Conventional c. Postconventional d. Developmental CONTINUED...... [Show More]

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