Chapter 3 Ethical Principles

Chapter 3  Ethical Principles

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The principle of beneficence requires the nurse to:
a.
promote harm or evil and do good.
b.
prevent or remove harm and do good.
c.
ask the patient to sign a survey indicating the nurse has been beneficial to his or her care.
d.
avoid harm as a consequence of doing good.

ANS: B PTS: 1

2. Having freedom to make choices about issues that affect one’s life is the principle of:
a.
respect for persons.
c.
beneficence.
b.
justice.
d.
autonomy.

ANS: D PTS: 1

3. ____ is the ethical principle that relates to the concept of faithfulness and the practice of promise keeping.
a.
Morals
c.
Confidentiality
b.
Fidelity
d.
Justice

ANS: B PTS: 1

4. The ethical principle that implies that others are worthy of high regard is:
a.
beneficence.
c.
respect for persons.
b.
fidelity.
d.
distributive justice.

ANS: C PTS: 1

5. A patient requests multiple cosmetic surgeries. At a certain point, the health care team questions if the overall harm that will result from continuing to do these procedures outweighs the benefit. This dialogue, weighing harms against benefits, is more related to which ethical principle?
a.
Beneficence
c.
Justice
b.
Nonmaleficence
d.
Veracity

ANS: B PTS: 1