A nurse is applying the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care. Which of the following describes the actions of the nurse?
a. Values
b. Morality
c. Ethics
d. Bioethics
ANS: D
Bioethics applies the knowledge and processes of ethics to the examination of ethical problems in health care. Values are beliefs about the worth or importance of what is right or esteemed. Moral-ity is shared and generational societal norms about what constitutes right or wrong conduct. Eth-ics is a branch of philosophy that includes both a body of knowledge about the moral life and a process of reflection for determining what persons ought to do or be regarding this life.
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