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Test Bank Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 4th Edition by Burkhardt, Margaret A., Nathaniel, Alvita
Chapter 6 Ethics and Professional Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Who authored the first ethics textbook, Nursing Ethics for Hospital and Private Use?
| a. | Florence Nightingale | c. | Isabel Hampton Robb |
| b. | Lillian Wald | d. | Abraham Flexner |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- The roles of the state boards of nursing can include:
| a. | overseeing schools of nursing within the states. |
| b. | enforcing the individual state’s nurse practice acts. |
| c. | disciplining nurses. |
| d. | all of the above. |
ANS: D PTS: 1
- The minimum expectations for safe nursing care can be defined as:
| a. | accountability. | c. | expertise. |
| b. | standards of nursing practice. | d. | authority. |
ANS: B PTS: 1
- Who was the first nursing theorist to write about caring?
| a. | Martha Rogers | c. | Madeleine Leninger |
| b. | Jean Watson | d. | Margaret Newman |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- Standards of nursing practice are developed within the profession to describe practice and establish the minimum level of safe ; The purpose of standards of nursing practice can include:
| a. | helping to ensure that nurses are competent and safe to practice. |
| b. | serving as a guide for nurses providing care. |
| c. | determining whether the actions of nurses accused of malpractice are consistent with reasonable expectations. |
| d. | all of the above. |
ANS: D PTS: 1
- A complex, organized occupation preceded by a long training program is a(n):
| a. | profession. | c. | autonomy. |
| b. | expert. | d. | nurse. |
ANS: A PTS: 1
- Flexner listed some of the following traits utilized to identify professions:
| a. | Intellectual operations. |
| b. | Educationally communicable technique. |
| c. | Self-organization. |
| d. | Raw materials from science and learning. |
| e. | All of the above. |
ANS: E PTS: 1
- ____ relates to the characteristic of having a high level of specialized skill and knowledge.
| a. | Profession | c. | Wisdom |
| b. | Expertise | d. | Skill |
ANS: B PTS: 1
- “Self-governing” is another word or definition for:
| a. | expertise. | c. | autonomy. |
| b. | profession. | d. | accountability. |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- ____ refers to a person who has an obligation to accept responsibility and to account for actions.
| a. | Autonomy | c. | Authority |
| b. | Expertise | d. | Accountability |
ANS: D PTS: 1
- An explicit declaration of primary goals and values of the profession that indicates the “profession’s acceptance of the responsibility and trust with which it has been invested by society” is:
| a. | a code of nursing ethics. | c. | autonomy. |
| b. | a standards of nursing practice. | d. | constitution. |
ANS: A PTS: 1
- The foremost legal statute regulating nursing is:
| a. | State Board of Nursing. | c. | Nurse Practice Act. |
| b. | Code of Nursing Ethics. | d. | Standards of Nursing Practice. |
ANS: C PTS: 1
- Because society allows professionals a monopoly over the services they provide, ethics demands that those services must be provided with expertise.
| a. | True | b. | False |
ANS: A PTS: 1
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
- Professions have many distinguishing attributes that have been proposed over the years, including (select all that apply):
| a. | expertise. | d. | low income. |
| b. | absence of systematic theory. | e. | licensure. |
| c. | a scope of practice. | f. | ethical codes. |
ANS: A, C, E, F PTS: 1
- Which of the following is a function of nurse practice acts? Select all that apply.
| a. | Defines nursing practice |
| b. | Protects practicing nurses |
| c. | Describes the boundaries of nursing practice |
| d. | Establishes standards for nursing |
| e. | Protects the domain of nursing |
ANS: A, C, D, E PTS: 1
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