TEST BANK FOR PRIORITIES IN CRITICAL CARE NURSING 7TH EDITION BY URDEN Chapter 02: Ethical and Legal Issues

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Chapter 02: Ethical and Legal Issues Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The difference between ethics and morals is that ethics a. is more concerned with the “why” of behavior. b. provides a framew... ork for evaluation of the behavior. c. is broader in scope than morals. d. concentrates on the right or wrong behavior based on religion and culture values. 2. A client’s wife has been informed by the physician that her spouse has a permanent C2–C3 spinal injury, which has resulted in permanent quadriplegia. The wife states that she does not want the physician or nursing staff to tell the client about his injury. The client is awake, alert, and oriented when he asks his nurse to tell him what has happened. The nurse has conflicting emotions about how to handle the situation and is experiencing a. autonomy. b. moral distress. c. moral doubt. d. moral courage. 3. Critical care nurses can best enhance the principle of autonomy by a. presenting only the information to prevent relapse in a patient. b. assisting with only tasks that cannot be done by the patient. c. providing the patient with all of the information and facts. d. guiding the patient toward the best choices for care. 4. Which of the following ethical principles is most important when soliciting informed consent from a client? a. Nonmaleficence b. Fidelity c. Beneficence d. Veracity [Show More]

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