Sample Questions and Answers
- Which of the following is an example of ethical behavior in nursing?
- a) Accepting gifts from patients
- b) Sharing confidential patient information
- c) Providing competent and compassionate care
- d) Ignoring a patient’s request for pain medication
Answer: c) Providing competent and compassionate care
- Which ethical principle involves respecting a patient’s right to make their own healthcare decisions?
- a) Beneficence
- b) Non-maleficence
- c) Autonomy
- d) Justice
Answer: c) Autonomy
- A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses treatment. The nurse should:
- a) Ignore the refusal and proceed with treatment
- b) Persuade the patient to accept treatment
- c) Respect the patient’s decision and document it
- d) Force the treatment on the patient for their own good
Answer: c) Respect the patient’s decision and document it
- Which of the following actions demonstrates non-maleficence?
- a) Ensuring that all patients are treated equally
- b) Providing pain medication to a patient in distress
- c) Preventing harm by following safe procedures
- d) Explaining procedures to a patient before starting treatment
Answer: c) Preventing harm by following safe procedures
- A nurse witnesses a coworker falsifying a patient’s chart. According to the ethical principle of justice, the nurse should:
- a) Ignore the situation and continue working
- b) Report the incident to the appropriate authority
- c) Confront the coworker privately
- d) Protect the coworker’s privacy and not report it
Answer: b) Report the incident to the appropriate authority
- Which of the following actions best demonstrates the ethical principle of fidelity?
- a) Keeping a patient’s information confidential
- b) Advocating for patient rights and interests
- c) Providing care to a patient without discrimination
- d) Following through on promises made to the patient
Answer: d) Following through on promises made to the patient
- What is the primary focus of ethics in nursing?
- a) The nurse’s own beliefs
- b) The employer’s policies
- c) The patient’s well-being and rights
- d) The nurse’s work schedule
Answer: c) The patient’s well-being and rights
- A nurse notices a colleague administering medication to the wrong patient. What is the nurse’s ethical responsibility?
- a) Ignore the error and continue with their duties
- b) Report the error to the supervisor immediately
- c) Let the patient handle the situation
- d) Discuss the situation with the colleague privately
Answer: b) Report the error to the supervisor immediately
- A nurse is caring for a terminally ill patient who wishes to discontinue treatment. Which ethical principle is the nurse upholding by supporting the patient’s decision?
- a) Beneficence
- b) Autonomy
- c) Justice
- d) Non-maleficence
Answer: b) Autonomy
- A nurse must act in a way that does not harm the patient. Which ethical principle does this refer to?
- a) Justice
- b) Beneficence
- c) Non-maleficence
- d) Autonomy
Answer: c) Non-maleficence
- Which of the following is a nurse’s ethical duty regarding informed consent?
- a) To provide detailed explanations of procedures
- b) To ensure that the patient understands the information before consenting
- c) To provide a brief overview of the procedure and have the patient sign
- d) To make decisions for the patient if they seem confused
Answer: b) To ensure that the patient understands the information before consenting
- A nurse is caring for a patient who is unable to make decisions about their care. Who is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the patient?
- a) The nurse
- b) The hospital administrator
- c) The patient’s legal guardian or proxy
- d) The attending physician
Answer: c) The patient’s legal guardian or proxy
- Which action is an example of a nurse practicing beneficence?
- a) Making sure a patient receives the correct medication
- b) Administering a pain medication to alleviate suffering
- c) Respecting a patient’s refusal of treatment
- d) Keeping patient information confidential
Answer: b) Administering a pain medication to alleviate suffering
- A nurse’s personal beliefs about abortion conflict with a patient’s request for the procedure. What is the nurse’s ethical obligation?
- a) Refuse to care for the patient and inform the supervisor
- b) Provide the patient with unbiased information and referral options
- c) Convince the patient not to proceed with the procedure
- d) Leave the patient’s care to another nurse without informing the team
Answer: b) Provide the patient with unbiased information and referral options
- Which of the following is an example of a nurse demonstrating confidentiality?
- a) Discussing a patient’s condition with family members
- b) Sharing patient information with other nurses without consent
- c) Discussing patient care only with authorized individuals
- d) Posting about patient care on social media
Answer: c) Discussing patient care only with authorized individuals
- What is the ethical principle of justice concerned with in nursing?
- a) Respecting a patient’s privacy
- b) Treating all patients fairly and equally
- c) Protecting patients from harm
- d) Ensuring patients’ autonomy in making decisions
Answer: b) Treating all patients fairly and equally
- A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses to take prescribed medication. The nurse should:
- a) Administer the medication by force
- b) Discuss the patient’s reasons for refusal and offer alternatives
- c) Ignore the refusal and continue with the treatment
- d) Document the refusal but proceed with treatment
Answer: b) Discuss the patient’s reasons for refusal and offer alternatives
- Which of the following is the nurse’s ethical responsibility when a patient is experiencing severe pain?
- a) Ignore the pain and monitor vital signs
- b) Provide pain relief after consulting the physician
- c) Offer the patient options to manage the pain and follow the plan of care
- d) Tell the patient to endure the pain until the doctor arrives
Answer: c) Offer the patient options to manage the pain and follow the plan of care
- What is the nurse’s role in patient advocacy?
- a) Making decisions for the patient
- b) Representing the patient’s wishes and needs in healthcare decisions
- c) Reporting all patient behavior to the doctor
- d) Withholding treatment until the patient agrees
Answer: b) Representing the patient’s wishes and needs in healthcare decisions
- A nurse notices that a physician is not washing their hands between patient visits. The nurse should:
- a) Ignore the situation, as it is not their responsibility
- b) Report the behavior to the hospital infection control department
- c) Discuss the issue with the physician privately and ask them to improve
- d) Wait until the next incident and then report it
Answer: b) Report the behavior to the hospital infection control department
- Which of the following is an example of ethical dilemmas nurses may face?
- a) Deciding when to administer a medication
- b) Deciding whether to respect a patient’s refusal of care
- c) Deciding how to chart a patient’s vital signs
- d) Deciding how to assist a patient with personal hygiene
Answer: b) Deciding whether to respect a patient’s refusal of care
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