Introduction to Nursing
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Nursing is a foundational course designed to acquaint students with the core concepts and principles of the nursing profession. The course explores the history and evolution of nursing, the roles and responsibilities of nurses within various healthcare settings, and essential skills such as communication, critical thinking, and basic patient care techniques. Students will learn about ethical and legal considerations, patient safety, and the importance of cultural competence in providing holistic care. Through a combination of lectures, simulations, and practical experiences, this course prepares students for further study and professional development in the nursing field.
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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 2nd Canadian Edition by Margaret A. Burkhardt
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Chapter 1: Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces
Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Q1) Why were the Middle Ages significant for nursing?
A) Religions and church-sanctioned secular nursing orders offered the only legitimate avenue for women wishing to become nurses.
B) There was an upsurge in the respect afforded to nursing and midwifery, and nurses began to practise autonomously.
C) Healing arts in Denmark and Greece were performed in sacred ceremonies by priests, priestesses, or shamans.
D) Most nurses were women of high social status.
Answer: A
Q2) Why do professions exist?
A) to meet the needs of employers
B) to meet the needs of individuals
C) to meet the needs of society
D) to meet the needs of families
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Ethical Theory
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Q1) Which ethical theory, when applied, would most likely lead to making meals for a needy family?
A) rationalism
B) naturalism
C) virtue ethics
D) deontology
Answer: B
Q2) What focal virtue is measured by other people's recognition of the nurse's consistency and predictability in following moral norms?
A) discernment
B) conscientiousness
C) trustworthiness
D) integrity
Answer: C
Q3) Which concept was first noted in the writings of Socrates?
A) virtue ethics
B) utilitarianism
C) deontology
D) rationalism
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ethical Principles
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Q1) Which principle of the Canada Health Act entitles reasonable contact with insured health care services in terms of physical availability of medically necessary services?
A) comprehensiveness
B) universality
C) accessibility
D) public administration
Answer: C
Q2) Which ethical principle requires nurses to uphold the profession's code of ethics, to practise within the established scope of practice, and to remain competent?
A) beneficence
B) autonomy
C) fidelity
D) non-maleficence
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Values Clarification
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Q1) How can values be acquired?
A) by challenging dilemmas faced in professional or personal lives
B) through the determination of genetic and hereditary influences
C) by openly expressing our ideals to other people
D) in both conscious and unconscious ways throughout our lives
Q2) When the values of the nurse and those of the institution are different, which of the following will the nurse likely experience?
A) incongruencies with personal values
B) judgment of values being imposed
C) divergence of moral beliefs and restraints
D) commitment to develop more awareness
Q3) What is the correct terminology for the process of becoming more conscious of and expressing what we value or consider worthy?
A) journalling
B) values clarification
C) overt values
D) values conflict
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Chapter 5: Values Development
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Q1) Which of the following is believed to be learned within, and shared by, a group of interacting persons?
A) etiquette
B) independence
C) values
D) connections
Q2) What are the key factors associated with Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
A) relationships and logic
B) responsibility and caring
C) personal liberty and rights
D) reciprocity and equality
Q3) From whose frameworks do the discussions of moral development found in current literature primarily flow?
A) Kohlberg and Gilligan
B) Piaget and Fowler
C) Thomas
D) Colby and Kohlberg
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decision Making
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Q1) Which of the following best defines moral residue?
A) when you see that there is a moral problem but are not sure of the correct action
B) being asked to compromise your values time and time again
C) self-knowledge combined with decision-making skill
D) the ability to make cogent moral decisions
Q2) The nurse manager asks Martha, a staff nurse, if she will work an additional four hours at the end of her shift. Martha's patient is unstable, and there are not enough nurses on the next shift to care for him adequately. If she works overtime, Martha will have to break a promise she made to watch her children's soccer game. What is this situation an example of?
A) moral distress
B) a moral dilemma
C) moral reckoning
D) a practical dilemma
Q3) When do moral dilemmas occur?
A) when the nurse is unsure of the morally correct action
B) when there are conflicting moral claims
C) when moral claims conflict with practical claims
D) when participants disagree on the appropriate course of action
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Chapter 7: Legal Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a summary offence?
A) a nurse giving an injection without consent
B) a nurse who unintentionally causes the death of a patient
C) a nurse failing to provide competent care
D) a nurse signing an employment contract
Q2) What is the term for a wrong or injury that a person suffers because of someone else's action, either intentional or unintentional?
A) negligence
B) tort
C) private law
D) breach
Q3) Which legal issue would a nurse failing to communicate new patient symptoms, complaints, or concerns to a doctor best exemplify?
A) negligence
B) unintentional tort
C) malpractice
D) common law
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Chapter 8: Professional Issues
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Q1) According to the Canadian Nurses Association, which of the following is one of the four principles that must be included in any practice statement?
A) to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration
B) to conduct ongoing competency reviews
C) to review ethical implications for institutions that allow nurses to practice
D) to acknowledge that nursing is a diversified group of professionals
Q2) Which of the following refers to being answerable to another person or persons for something one has done?
A) autonomy
B) expertise
C) authority
D) accountability
Q3) Which of the following terms is synonymous with "self-governing"?
A) expertise
B) authority
C) autonomy
D) accountability
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Chapter 9: Professional Relationship Issues
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Q1) Which of the following statements best describes the physician-nurse relationship in a hospital setting?
A) The physician is the nurse's "boss," and the nurse is obligated to follow the physician's orders.
B) The physician has total autonomy. The nurse is a limited moral agent.
C) Facility policies and procedures determine the nature and extent of each person's moral agency.
D) Both the nurse and the physician are autonomous moral agents whose primary obligation is owed to the patient.
Q2) A staff nurse suspects that her friend, another nurse on her unit, is impaired by illicit drugs. The nurse does not want to get her friend in trouble, but she fears that patients may be harmed. What is this conflict of loyalties an example of?
A) a moral dilemma
B) a practical dilemma
C) moral uncertainty
D) moral distress
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Chapter 10: Practice Issues Related to End-Of-Life Care
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Q1) According to the textbook, what does the term "medical futility" mean?
A) a physician alone defining overall treatment and the value of medically indicated care
B) causing painless death of the person in order to end suffering
C) treatment beneficial to both physical and overall well-being
D) treatment valued by the patient but not medically indicated
Q2) What does the nurse need to understand about assessing a patient's quality of life (QOL)?
A) It is an objective measure of comfort and factors that make life worth living.
B) It is considered good only if the patient feels fulfilled and can be independent.
C) It generally means the same thing to most patients, families, and nurses.
D) It includes subjective ideas about conditions of life and functional ability.
Q3) What is the legal indication associated with a do not resuscitate (DNR) order?
A) Medical therapies and interventions are to be avoided.
B) Life-sustaining interventions are to be discontinued.
C) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is to be avoided.
D) Palliative care is to be discontinued or avoided.
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Chapter 11: Practice Issues Related to Patient
Self-Determination
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Q1) A nurse is injured with a percutaneous exposure of blood while on duty. The nurse wishes to have the patient tested for HIV; however, the patient refuses. Which of the following statements best summarizes testing issues related to HIV?
A) The nurse's right to have the testing completed supersedes any patient's objections.
B) It is illegal to perform testing without the patient's consent.
C) It is mandatory for all patients to be HIV tested and therefore the nurse would have results available.
D) The nurse needs to advise the patient of the potential risks of refusing to have the testing completed.
Q2) Which of the following elements must be present when evaluating a patient's decision-making capacity?
A) the ability to determine a positive outcome
B) the ability to communicate understanding
C) the ability to behave in an ethical manner
D) the ability to understand medical terminology
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Chapter 12: Scholarship Issues
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Q1) Which of the following statements is an example of ethical treatment of data?
A) removal of invalid research values and entries
B) authentically describing the experiences of others
C) adjustment of facts for positive outcomes
D) episodic treatment of vulnerable participants
Q2) Which of the following statements best exemplifies the principle of plagiarism?
A) paraphrasing of the work of another and providing credit to that person
B) submitting your original work without citations
C) citing the work of another and using referencing
D) "cutting and pasting" sections from a previous paper into a current paper
Q3) Which of the following characteristics may a nurse experience when participating in conducting research?
A) academic dishonesty
B) personal bias
C) misrepresentation
D) role conflict
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Chapter 13: The Future of Canadian Health Care: Challenges
and Priorities
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of provincial or territorial responsibility for health care?
A) deciding upon the principles for health care
B) delivering direct health care services to veterans
C) providing health-related functions such as health protection programs
D) evaluating physician and hospital care
Q2) Which act gives provinces the authority over health care, but gives the federal government the responsibility to fund it?
A) Medicare Act, 1946
B) Constitution Act, 1982
C) British North America Act
D) Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act
Q3) Accessibility is one of the five key features of the Canada Health Act. Which of the following is NOT directly addressed in the Act?
A) reasonable access for citizens without financial barriers
B) extra billing and user fees for citizens
C) geographical accessibility
D) providing equitable care for all citizens
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Chapter 14: Health Policy Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is a health policy issue of concern to the profession of nursing?
A) setting up quarantine stations
B) changing the age of consent
C) trusting and sustainable relationships
D) monitoring entry to practice
Q2) Which phase of the health policy process occurs when studying the consequences of existing policies indicates that the original problem still exists?
A) policy implementation
B) policy modification
C) policy formulation
D) policy circumstances
Q3) What type of policy governs decisions about where to build hospitals, what programs to offer at specific hospitals, and how many physicians to put into place?
A) institutional policy
B) judicial policy
C) allocative policy
D) regulatory policy
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Chapter 15: Economic Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of the element of privatization in Canadian health care?
A) a national "drug agency" to oversee and monitor pharmaceutical activity
B) laundry services outsourced to private companies
C) integration between "pharmacare" and medicare
D) national platform for home care
Q2) Three patients arrive at a health care facility in a remote northern area of Canada. All have serious injuries, but there is only enough room on a small plane for one patient. The nurse in charge of the facility asks; "Who needs access to specialties the most?"
What does this scenario suggest?
A) The nurse is using a material rule of distributive justice to make the decision.
B) Decisions about how to distribute scarce medical resources are unpredictable.
C) The nurse should collaborate with the physician when this type of decision is made.
D) There are no rules regulating distribution of scarce medical resources in this facility.
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Chapter 16: Social Issues
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Q1) Which issue has the greatest effect on the health and health care options of the increasing elder population?
A) prescription costs
B) economic hardship
C) inadequate respect
D) discrimination
Q2) A patient returned to the hospital for the fourth time in less than a week complaining of diabetes-related complications. Talk begins at the nurses' station regarding whether the patient should receive treatment, since it is his fault because he has never filled the prescription given to him for his diabetes. What is the term for the nurses' behaviour?
A) racism
B) language of violence
C) victim blaming
D) non-maleficence
Q3) Which of the following can get in the way when working with vulnerable groups?
A) self-determination
B) language that colours speech and actions
C) exploring personal beliefs
D) inadequate research
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Chapter 17: Issues of Gender and Culture
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Q1) What is the term for knowing about the values, beliefs, behaviours, norms, and customs of a patient who comes from a culture other than your own?
A) cultural awareness
B) cultural sensitivity
C) ethnocentrism
D) cultural competence
Q2) What is the term for the gender division of labour pertaining to nurses and physician and how they relate to each other in health care settings?
A) physician-nurse relations
B) mean-spiritedness
C) the doctor-nurse game
D) male domination
Q3) Which of the following is a major limiting factor for men still entering into the profession of nursing?
A) collective bargaining
B) pay gap
C) societal stereotyping
D) caring behaviours
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Chapter 18: Rural and Aboriginal Nursing in Canada
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Q1) Which of the following statements applies to Canadians living in a rural environment?
A) More new immigrants and visible minorities live in rural areas.
B) People are more ethnically diverse.
C) People have a wider variety of opportunities.
D) Families tend to have lower incomes.
Q2) What is the percent of Canadians defined as living in a rural environment?
A) between 10 and 20 percent
B) between 20 and 30 percent
C) between 30 and 40 percent
D) between 40 and 50 percent
Q3) Which of the following does the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) identify as one of the eight attributes of nursing professional practice?
A) collegiality
B) consistency
C) accessibility
D) predictability
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Chapter 19: Empowerment for Nurses
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Q1) What descriptive term do nurse scholars use when discussing people who are empowered?
A) rigid
B) disobedient
C) assertive
D) aggressive
Q2) For the past few months Matthew has complained about inadequate staffing on all shifts to the administrator of the nursing home where he works as a nurse. He documented poor patient care, which included patients not being fed appropriately and several patients who developed serious bedsores after being left for hours on wet linens without being turned. When the administrator repeatedly refused to make any changes, citing economic reasons, Matthew spoke to a reporter at the local paper about the situation. How would this action of Matthew's be viewed?
A) as unethical
B) as making trouble
C) as whistle-blowing
D) as unprofessional
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