A doctor performs an abortion on a woman who is unable to carry a fetus to term because of a severe risk to her health. What is the term for this type of abortion?
A) Spontaneous abortion
B) Elective abortion
C) Therapeutic abortion
D) Legal abortion
Ans: C
A therapeutic abortion is performed for medical reasons while elective abortion is
undertaken for personal reasons. Both are legal under legally appropriate circumstances. A
spontaneous abortion results from natural causes.
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A nursing instructor is discussing moral principles with a group of students. Which comment made by a student nurse indicates the need for further instruction?
A) "A client choosing not to have a needed blood transfusion is an example of autonomy." B) "An example of veracity would be if a client asks her nurse if she is going to die and the nurse feels obligated to explain to the client that she is dying." C) "If a client asks the nurse to please come right back, and the nurse tells the client he will be back in just a couple of minutes, then that would be an example of fidelity." D) "A home health nurse carefully planning his or her day to assure each client gets an adequate amount of time is an example of beneficence."
The nurse uses the MORAL model for ethical decision making at the bedside. Which option reflects the first step (M) of this model?
1. The nurse investigates the opinions of everyone involved in the issue. 2. The nurse implements an intervention and thinks about its impact. 3. The nurse considers the benefits and risks of possible solutions to the problem. 4. The nurse evaluates the situation after an intervention is implemented.
The nurse caring for a well older adult should anticipate that a slight, steady decline in which of the following might occur after age 60 as part of the normal aging process?
1. wisdom 2. judgment 3. common sense 4. short-term memory
A vegetarian adolescent has been placed on iron supplementation secondary to a diagnosis of irondeficiency anemia. To increase the absorption of iron,the nurse would instruct the teen to take the supplement with
1. black or green tea. 2. orange juice. 3. milk. 4. tomato juice.