Using embryonic stem cells to repair damaged tissue is a controversial ethical issue. The issue is an example of which type of ethics?
A) Individual
B) Societal
C) Situational
D) Institutional
B
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A client is having robotic surgery. The circulating nurse observes the instruments being inserted, then the surgeon appears to "break scrub" when going to the console and sitting down. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Call a "time-out" to discuss sterile procedure and scrub technique. b. Document the time the robotic portion of the procedure begins. c. Inform the surgeon that the scrub preparation has been compromised. d. Report the surgeon's actions to the charge nurse and unit manager.
What is the primary belief behind the evolution of the clinical microsystem as a nursing care delivery system?
1. Those who deliver the nursing care make the most educated decisions for a particular unit. 2. Clinical decisions are best made by the clients who are served by a particular unit. 3. Clinical decisions are best made by nursing leaders for all units within that particular hospital. 4. Nurses working in a particular service area are best suited to make decisions for the clients in that area.
The nursing student is preparing to provide client care during a clinical experience. Which of the following is a responsibility of the student?
a. Find a current staff nurse to be a mentor b. Observe the nursing staff provide care c. Participate only in those skills that one has been identified as being competent to perform d. Avoid asking the clinical instructor too many questions
The nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder who cut both forearms after learning that the psychiatrist was going on vacation. While changing the dressing daily, it would be advisable for the nurse to:
a. express sympathy and concern. b. maintain a matter-of-fact attitude. c. encourage discussion of the self-mutilation. d. reassure the patient by stating, "I will not abandon you.".