Chapter 7 Ethical Decision Making

Ethics And Issues in Contemporary Nursing 4th Edition by Burkhardt, Margaret A.

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Chapter 7  Ethical Decision Making

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. Which term is described as a personal consciousness of the moral importance that guides personal action in a particular situation?
a. Dilemma c. Ethic
b. Problem d. Moral integrity

 

 

ANS:  C                    PTS:   1

 

  1. The first step in the ethical decision-making process is:
a. implementing the strategy. c. evaluating outcomes of an action.
b. gathering data. d. articulating the problem.

 

 

ANS:  D                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ____________ occurs when we sense that there is a moral problem but are not sure of the morally correct action.
a. Moral distress c. Moral dilemma
b. Moral uncertainty d. Practical dilemma

 

 

ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

 

  1. When a person is aware of a moral problem, acknowledges moral responsibility, and makes a moral judgment about the correct action, yet is constrained from the self-determined morally correct action, the person is experiencing:
a. moral distress. c. moral outrage.
b. moral uncertainty. d. moral reckoning.

 

 

ANS:  A                    PTS:   1

 

  1. Moral dilemmas occur when:
a. the nurse is unsure of the morally correct action.
b. there are conflicting moral claims.
c. moral claims conflict with practical claims.
d. participants disagree on the appropriate course of action.

 

 

ANS:  B                    PTS:   1

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