Exam1: NUR 242 (Latest 2025/ 2026) Medical-Surgical Nursing Questions and Verified Rationalized Answers, 100% Correct
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Exam1: NUR 242 (Latest 2025/ 2026) Medical-Surgical Nursing
Questions and Verified Rationalized Answers, 100% Correct
1. A nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hy-
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giene and reports this to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other nur
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se and refuses to take action. This is an examples of:
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a) moral distress d
b) moral indifference d
c) ethical dilemma d
d) moral conflict: a) moral distress d d d d
*she knows the action is wrong but is still not doing the right thing
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*occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is the morally appropriate action to t
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ake or when you otherwise act in a manner contrary to your personal and professional values. Y
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ou know what to do, but believe you cannot do it due to internal or external barriers
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2. What term occurs when you are unable to act upon what you believe is
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the morally appropriate action to take or when you otherwise act in a manner contrary to y
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our personal and professional values.You know what to do, but believe you cannot do it du
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e to internal or external barriers?
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*Self doubt, lack of assertiveness, and the perception of powerlessness are examples of i
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nternal barriers. Inadequate staffing, lack of organizational sup-
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dport, poor relationships with colleagues, and policies that conflict with the care needs of
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patients are examples of external barriers.: Moral distress
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*ex: nurse witnesses another nurse providing care without proper hand hygiene and reports thi
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s to the charge nurse. The charge nurse is friends with the other nurse and refuses to take acti
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on
3. A nurse- d
manager who makes decisions based on what will benefit the majority of the nurse ma
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nager's subordinates is using what type of theical framework for decision making?
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,a) intuitionist
b) duty based
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c) rights based
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d) utilitarianism: d) utilitarianismd d
4. Which is not an element of ethical decision making?
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a) beneficence
b) utility
c) paternalism
d) pragmatism: d) pragmatism d d
5. Nancy is a loyal and trustworthy nurse that performs the duties that are expected of
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her. Which principle of ethical reasoning is Nancy displaying?
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,a) justice
b) nonmaleficence
c) fidelity
d) beneficence: c) fidelity d d
6. The nurse in a unit is caring for several clients. To distribute nursing care the nurse used
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the principle for triage due to the limited availability resources of resources. The nurse is p
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romoting which ethical principle? d d d
a) fidelity
b) justice
c) confidentiality
d) veracity: b) justice d d
7. Nursing ethics providers the standards for professional behavior and is the study of prin
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ciples of right and wrong for nurses. The standards states the duties and obligations of the
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nurse should include which of the following?
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a) individual
b) client
c) community
d) all of the above: d) all of the above
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8. When does a moral issue become an ethical dilemma?
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a) Health care does not have ethical dilemmas
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b) When the values of a person change over time
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c) There is no acceptable reason for the wrong choice
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d) When forced to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives: d) When force
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d to choose between two or more undesirable alternatives
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9. The nurse manager didn't hire Sally, RN for the assistant manager job. The nurse maage
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r informed Sally that she was a "great fit" but an internal candi-
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date was selected instead. The real reason Sally, RN wasn't hired was because her drug test
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was positive. Which of the principles of ethical reasoning didn't the nurse manager follow
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?
a) utility
b) paternalism
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, c) autonomy
d) veracity: d) veracity d d
*it is the obligation to tell the truth; "truth telling"
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10. What term describes the obligation to the truth?
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*"truth telling": Veracity
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11. A client is advised by the doctor to undergo chemotherapy. An in-
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formed consent is not yet signed.This client requests information related to
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