Throughout their careers, nurses are in an ongoing state of acculturation, gaining experience from formal nursing school classes, clinical experiences, and the ethical issues they encounter in their clinical practice
The ideal outcomes of these ongoing experiences with cultural decision making include: (Select all that apply.)
a. increased trustworthiness.
b. enhanced ability to take into consideration many aspects of ethical situations.
c. confidence to make decisions based on experience and ethical intelligence.
d. improved clinical decision making and advocacy for patient autonomy.
e. authority to make ethical decisions independently that meet personal moral beliefs.
ANS: A, B, C, D
Correct:
a. The desired outcomes of ethics acculturation across the years are integrity, personal growth, practical wisdom, and effective problem solving on behalf of patients and their families (Weaver et al, 2008). These are the qualities that are characteristic of an ethically sensitive and morally mature person. Trustworthiness is a characteristic of integrity.
b. The ability to take into consideration many aspects of ethical situations is due in part to personal growth and practical wisdom.
c. The confidence to make ethically sensitive decisions comes from experience founded on personal growth and personal wisdom.
d. The ability to be the patient's advocate in ethical decision making is one test of cultural acculturation.
Incorrect:
e. Ethical decisions are often the produce of professionals who come together to consider right and wrong choices that affect society or patients as a whole rather than an independent decision based on the nurse's personal moral beliefs.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following pathophysiological phenomena would be most indicative of ankylosing spondylitis?
A) Loss of motion in the spinal column and eventual kyphosis B) A progressive loss of range of motion in the knee and hip joints C) A facial "butterfly rash" and multiorgan involvement D) Decreased bone density in long bones
A nurse researcher would choose physiologic data collection methods for which reason?
a. Cost and subject acceptance b. Reduced researcher time c. Data collection of patient body weights d. No need for interrater reliability
Eighty-one microliters is written as LXXXI mcL
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Among the uses of Healthy People 2010 are all of the following except to
1. Be used as a framework to promote healthy choices for individuals. 2. Encourage increased fiscal allocations by state and federal legislative bodies. 3. Incorporate objectives to guide health promotion activities and programs in schools, clinics, and worksites. 4. Serve as a benchmark for health promotion activities.