Nursing Ethics & Decision Making
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Question 1: A patient with decision-making capacity refuses a life-saving treatment after being fully informed of the risks. What is the nurse's ethical obligation?
Contact family members to convince the patient otherwise
Respect the decision and document the refusal
Request an immediate ethics committee consultation
Proceed with treatment for the patient's own good
Question 2: Under the principle of beneficence, a nurse should:
Wait for patients to request optimal treatments
Only advocate for treatments covered by insurance
Actively advocate for optimal treatments regardless of cost
Focus solely on preventing harm
Question 3: A nurse notices a potential medication overdose order. The principle of nonmaleficence requires:
Waiting to see if harm occurs
Immediate clarification of the order
Discussing it during the next shift change
Assuming the doctor knows best
Question 4: When allocating limited ICU beds, the principle of justice requires:
Considering patients' social status
Using objective criteria like arrival time
Prioritizing younger patients
Favoring insured patients
Question 5: If promised pain medication is delayed due to an emergency, the principle of fidelity requires:
Ignoring the delay since emergencies take priority
Providing an explanation and apology
Denying making the promise
Blaming other staff members
Question 6: According to the principle of veracity, if a family requests withholding a terminal diagnosis from a patient, the nurse should:
Agree to protect the patient's feelings
Tell white lies to avoid distress
Maintain honest communication with the patient
Defer all questions to the family
Question 7: When a patient appears confused due to an infection, the correct approach to autonomy is:
Immediately honor all patient requests
Assess decision-making capacity before overriding choices
Always defer to family decisions
Ignore patient preferences entirely
Question 8: Hiding medication in a patient's food without their knowledge is problematic because:
It wastes medication
It constitutes battery and violates autonomy
It might affect medication effectiveness
It creates extra work for nurses
Question 9: When enforcing PPE use for hazardous drugs, the nurse is primarily acting on which principle?
Justice
Nonmaleficence
Beneficence
Veracity
Question 10: When multiple ethical principles conflict in a situation, nurses should:
Always prioritize autonomy
Conduct contextual assessment to balance principles
Follow hospital policy without question
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