1) A nurse taking care of a patient realizes the client has not been involved in the plan of care, instead decisions have been made for the client. The nurse is concerned that which principle is of greatest concern in this client's situation? a) Maleficence b) Deontology c) Autonomy d) Beneficence 2) A CEO decides to provide insurance services to employees to provide free follow-up care for chronic conditions. Approximately 70% of the employees have chronic conditions that require follow-up care. Employees who do not have chronic conditions do not benefit from this service and must continue to pay for all preventative services. Which ethical theory most likely guided the CEO's decision? a) Deontology b) Utilitarianism c) Justice d) Beneficence 3) A client who is unconscious needs life-saving surgery, no family can be found. The treatment team decides the client will benefit from one option and leaves the client out of the decision-making process. The doctor has demonstrated which principle of ethical reasoning? a) Beneficence b) Justice c) Paternalism d) Utility 4) A client who is terminally ill has a choice of 3 treatment options. The doctor decides the client will benefit from one option and leaves the client out of the decision-making process. The doctor has breached which ethical principle? a) Beneficence b) Nonmaleficence c) Justice d) Autonomy 5) The clinical rule for a nursing school is that students who arrive late to clinical must function in a nursing assistant role for the day. An instructor upholds the rule for Student A but does not for Student B. Student B concludes that the instructor has breached which ethical principle? a) Justice b) Deontology c) Utilitarianism d) Fidelity 6) A nurse seeking to uphold which ethical principle/value would allow a client who has residual deficits from a stroke to complete as much of the bath as possible while remaining at the bedside to provide assistance as needed? a) Social Justice b) Integrity c) Human dignity d) Altruism 7) Continuing to wear a face mask to prevent spreading Covid even when there is not a mandatory mask mandate in place is demonstrating which ethical principle? a) Justice b) Nonmaleficence c) Veracity d) Fidelity 8) A client with right hemiparesis calls for assistance to go to the bathroom. The nurse completes a few additional tasks on the way to the client's room. The client gets impatient, gets out of bed by themselves, and falls. Which statement could be used to discuss the appropriate ethical principle with the nurse? a) "This incident directly challenges your veracity with clients". b) "This incident indicates that you have a lack of respect for your clients". c) "This incident shows that you have failed to act in a beneficence manner to the client". d) "This incident shows that you have little regard toward fidelity to your client". 9) The telehealth nurse informs the client she will look at the client's labwork and call back with the information within the next few hours. The nurse calls back two hours later and tells the client her digoxin level is 1.1 ng/mL. The nurse is demonstrating which ethical principle? a) Autonomy b) Justice c) Fidelity d) Beneficence

Nursing Ethics

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