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Chapter 1: Professional Nursing Practice
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1. A nurse has been offered a position on an obstetric unit and has learned that theuni
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t offers therapeutic abortions, a procedure that contradicts the nurse's personalbelie
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fs. What is the nurse's ethical obligation to these clients?
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A. The nurse should adhere to professional standards of practice and offer servicet
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o these clients.
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B. The nurse should make the choice to decline this position and pursue a differentnu
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C. The nurse should decline to care for the clients considering abortion.
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D. The nurse should express alternatives to women considering terminating their
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pregnancy.
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Rationale: To avoid facing the ethical dilemma of providing care that contradicts thenur
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se’s personal beliefs, the nurse should consider working in an area of nursing that
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would not pose this dilemma. The nurse should not provide care to the clientbecau
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se it is a conflict of personal values. The nurse should not deny care to theseclients as
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this would be a breach in the Code of Ethics for nurses. If the client is notrequesting inf
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ormation for alternatives to abortions, then the nurse should not beproviding this i
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nformation.
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care TOP:
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Chapter 1: Professional Nursing Practice
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KEY: Integrated Process: Caring
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BLM: Cognitive Level: Apply NOT: Multiple Choice
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2. An 80-year-old client is admitted with a diagnosis of community-
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acquiredpneumonia. During admission the client states, "I have a living will.
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" What implication of this should the nurse recognize?
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A. This document is always honored, regardless of circumstances.
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B. This document specifies the client's wishes before hospitalization.
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C. This document is binding for the duration of the client's life.
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D. This document has been drawn up by the client's family to determine DNRst
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atus.
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Rationale: A living will is one type of advance directive. In most situations, living wil
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ls are limited to situations in which the client's medical condition is deemed terminal
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. The other answers are incorrect because living wills are not always honored in ever
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y circumstance, they are not binding for the duration of the client'slife, and they are n
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ot drawn up by the client's family.
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of CareTOP:
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KEY: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation BLM: CognitiveLevel:
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3. A nurse has been providing ethical care for many years and is aware of the needto
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maintain the ethical principle of nonmaleficence. Which of the following actionswou
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ld be considered a violation of this principle?
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A. Discussing a DNR order with a terminally ill client zi zi zi zi zi zi zi zi
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NS: C zi
Rationale: The duty not to inflict as well as prevent and remove harm is termed non
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maleficence. Discussing a DNR order with a terminally ill client and assisting aclient
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with ADLs would not be considered contradictions to the nurse's duty of nonmalefic
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ence. Some clients justifiably require more care than others.
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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