HCR 210 study guide Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

moral dilemma - ANSWER-problem that requires choice between two options that are equally unfavorable and mutually exclusive authority - ANSWER-doctrines forced on people by repeating them a priori (fixing belief) - ANSWER-one sees that other people, communities, or countries have totally different beliefs virtue ethics - ANSWER-character ethics that consent moral action and will naturally choose morally correct decisions autonomy - ANSWER-"self-governing" beneficience - ANSWER-to do good; to benefit another confidentiality - ANSWER-nondisclosure of private or secret information with which one is entrusted fidelity - ANSWER-faithfulness and practice of promise keeping justice - ANSWER-fair, equality, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons nonmaleficience - ANSWER-to do no harm; avoid causing deliberate, risk of, or cause of harm veracity - ANSWER-truth telling moral distress - ANSWER-moral problems that seem to have clear solutions, yet one is unable to follows one's moral belief because of external restraints (anger/stress) moral outrage - ANSWER-when another health care professional performs an act the nurse believes is immoral moral uncertainty - ANSWER-when one senses there is a moral problem but is not sure of the morally correct action steps for ethical decision - ANSWER-ethical dilemma; subjective and objective facts; moral agents; external forces; values; alternate actions and consequences; choose action; evaluate plan