CHAPTER 9 Ethical and Legal Bases for Care

CHAPTER 9 Ethical and Legal Bases for Care

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

TRUE/FALSE

1. Normative ethics is a term used for guidelines and procedures useful in establishing moral decisions and actions.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

2. Nurses rarely confront ethical decisions.

ANS:  F                    PTS:   1

3. Nurses are often relieved after studying ethics, as ethical study can tell a nurse exactly how to behave in any given decision.

ANS:  F                    PTS:   1

4. Law most often dictates what a person must not do, while ethics most often dictates what a person should do.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1

5. In the American Holistic Nurses Association’s code of ethics, nurses have a responsibility to model health behaviors, including achieving harmony in their own lives.

ANS:  T                    PTS:   1