17 Questions
The nurse has the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth.
True
Nurses do not contribute to the establishment, maintenance, and improvement of the ethical environment in the workplace.
False
Nurses do not advance the profession through research, scholarly inquiry, and professional standards development.
False
Nurses do not collaborate with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights and reduce health disparities.
False
The nursing profession does not need to integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.
False
Ethical distress occurs when nurses have a personal agreement with all types of care they are ethically obliged to provide.
False
Nurses may experience ethical distress when they have to provide care that goes against their personal beliefs.
True
One key responsibility of nursing is to perform laboratory tests for accurate diagnosis.
False
Advocacy is not considered a key role in nursing practice.
False
Nurses are mainly responsible for shaping health policy and management of healthcare systems.
False
Educating patients and their families is not a key role of nursing practice.
False
In emergency cases, blind patients are allowed to refuse informed consent.
False
The nurse's primary commitment is to the community.
False
Nurses must promote, advocate for, and protect the rights, health, and safety of the patient.
True
Illiterate patients are exempt from informed consent in emergency cases.
False
The patient's bill of rights includes the right to choose a healthcare provider and facility.
True
The nursing code of ethics consists of eight provisions.
False
Test your understanding of the principles and guidelines outlining the rights and responsibilities of patients in their interactions with healthcare providers in Bioethics NCM 108, including right to appreciate medical care, informed consent, privacy, information, choice of health care provider, self-determination, religious belief, medical records, leave, and refusal of participation.
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