Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz 2022 ( QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS)

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Nursing Jurisprudence: Legal and Ethical Considerations NCLEX Practice Quiz 2022 ( QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS)In the United States, access to health care usually depends on a client'... s ability to pay for health care, either through insurance or by paying cash. The client the nurse is caring for needs a liver transplant to survive. This client has been out of work for several months and does not have insurance or enough cash. A discussion about the ethics of this situation would involve predominantly the principle of: a. Accountability, because you as the nurse are accountable for the well being of this client b. Respect of autonomy, because this client's autonomy will be violated if he does not receive the liver transplant c. Ethics of care, because the caring thing that a nurse could provide this patient is resources for a liver transplant d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to determine the just distribution of resources - ✔✔d. Justice, because the first and greatest question in this situation is how to determine the just distribution of resources Justice refers to fairness. Health care providers agree to strive for justice in health care. The term often is used during discussions about resources. Decisions about who should receive available organs are always difficult. When the nurse described the client as "that nasty old man in 354," the nurse is exhibiting which ethical dilemma? a. Gender bias and ageism b. HIPPA violation c. Beneficence d. Code of ethics violation - ✔✔a. Gender bias and ageism Stereotyping an "old man" as "nasty"is a gender bias and an ageism issue. The nurse is verbalizing a negative descriptor about the client. The nurse is working with parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been proposed for the infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this ethical conflict, the nurse knows that the first step is: a. Exploring reasonable courses of action b. Collecting all available information about the situation c. Clarifying values related to the cause of the dilemma d. Identifying people who can solve the difficulty - ✔✔b. Collecting all available information about the situation [Show More]

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