Nursing 351 Ethical Issues in Nursing
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When a nurse provides the information and support hat patients and their families need to make the
decision that is right for them, he is practicing which of the following principles of bioethics?
A. Autonomy
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Justice
D. Fidelity - correct answer ✔✔A. Autonomy
Which of the following guidelines was developed by the American Hospital Association to enumerate the
rights and responsibilities of patients while receiving hospital care?
A. Code of ethics
B. Patients' Bill of Rights
C. Biomedical ethics
D. Hospital patient advocacy - correct answer ✔✔B. Patients' Bill of Rights
Nurses who value patient advocacy follow which of the following guidelines?
A. They value their loyalty to an employing institution or to a colleague over their commitment to their
patient
B. They give priority to the good of the individual patient rather than to the good of society in general
C. They choose the claims of the patient's well-being over the claims of the patient's autonomy
D. They make decisions for patients who are uninformed concerning their rights and opportunities -
correct answer ✔✔B. They give priority to the good of the individual patient rather than to the good of
society in general
Which of the following actions best describes the use of the professional value of autonomy? (select all
that apply)
A. A nurse stays later than her shift to continue caring for a patient in critical condition
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