HCR 210 final exam questions with complete solutions

ethical issue concerned with patient/family/nurse relationship values - ANSWER-client centered ethical issue concerned with actions/interactions that involve peers, colleagues, and the nursing profession - ANSWER-peer centered ethical issue concerned with issues that affect the larger society (local, national, international) - ANSWER-society centered basic premises from which the nurse functions in all professional relationships (4) - ANSWER-1. trust 2. obligations & rights exist within the relationship 3. respect for human dignity 4. client advocate the obligation to keep private (not to disclose) any information about a patient; information is to be shared only with those who need to know in order to provide care to that patient - ANSWER-confidentiality confidentiality within the professional nurse-client relationship is justified by (3) - ANSWER-1. principles of autonomy and right to privacy 2. respect for intimacy within the relationship 3. obligation of the professional beyond the basic principle of loyalty exceptions to maintaining confidentiality (5) - ANSWER-1. emergency situations when a patient is not able to give information that is necessary in life threatening situations 2. client isn't competent to make health care decisions 3. protection of 3rd parties 4. mandatory reporting of private information required by law (abuse of child/elder/disabled/STD) 5. when requesting petition for commitment to psychiatric care of a person who is dangerous to self or others principle in which a patient has a right to make decisions regarding their own healthcare (Patient Bill of Rights or Patient Care Partnership) - ANSWER-autonomy a concept in which a person makes a decision for a client, without that client's involvement in making the decision. This threatens the autonomy of the patient, even if the professional believes that they are acting in the client's best interest - ANSWER-paternalism