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Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues

Nursing Now, Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends 7th Edition by Joseph T. Catalano

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Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. What conclusion can be drawn about abortion based on the Roe v. Wade decision?
A) Abortion is both moral and ethical.
B) The right to an abortion is guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
C) The right to self-determination includes the right to have an abortion.
D) When there is a conflict between the rights of the mother and the rights of the fetus, abortion is one of the options.

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium         TOP:   Bioethical Issues

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Application | Integrated Process: Intervention | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

  1. How does the deontological approach to ethics consider abortion?
A) It is the greatest good for the greatest number of individuals and therefore is ethical.
B) It involves the conflicts of the right of the mother to self-determination with the right of the fetus to life.
C) It can be performed for any reason because the law makes it legal and ethical.
D) It can be performed in situations in which the mother is unwed and already has several other children.

 

 

ANS:  B                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium         TOP:   Bioethical Issues

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Planning | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

  1. How does the teleological approach to ethics consider abortion?
A) It is ethical only when the mother is pregnant because of rape or incest.
B) It is never allowed for any reason because of the violation of the rights of the fetus.
C) It can be performed anytime if the mother wants it.
D) It may or may not be ethical depending on the issues and circumstances that surround the individual situation.

 

 

ANS:  D                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium         TOP:   Bioethical Issues

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Planning | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

  1. What are the primary ethical issues involved in genetic research?
A) Production of mutant organisms and dangerous diseases
B) Violations of confidentiality and informed consent
C) Breeding of a “super-race” of humans because of purification of genetic material
D) Loss of control of reproduction by the human species

 

 

ANS:  B                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium         TOP:   Bioethical Issues

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Planning | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

  1. Identify the nursing action that is most important for nurses to ensure when assisting in genetic screening procedures such as amniocentesis.
A) Informed consent is given freely by the client.
B) The client understands the nature of the procedure.
C) The client understands the type of information that will be produced by the procedure.
D) The confidentiality of the information will be maintained.

 

 

ANS:  D                    PTS:   1                    DIF:    Medium         TOP:   Bioethical Issues

KEY:  Cognitive Domain: Analysis | Integrated Process: Intervention | Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

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