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f.Most nurses are born with a natural ability
to behave in an ethically professional way.
6.Which of the following are key principles of
the Beauchamp/Childress principle-based
approach to bioethics? (Select all that apply.)
a.Autonomy
b.Nonmaleficence
c.Human dignity
d.Beneficence
e.Altruism
f.Justice
DEVELOPING YOUR
KNOWLEDGE BASE
FILL-IN-THE-BLANKS
1.When a young boy is left to explore values
on his own with no guidance from his parents,
the parents are using a(n)
approach to value transmission.
2.Parents who encourage their children to seek
more than one solution to a problem and
weigh the consequences of each are practicing
the mode of value transmission.
3.When a nurse analyzes her feelings regarding
choices that need to be made when several
alternatives are presented and decides whether
these choices are rationally made, she is
engaging in the practice of.
4.A nurse who is proud and happy about his
decision to further his education is involved in
the step of the process of valuing.
5.A(n) is an organization of
values in which each value is ranked along a
continuum of importance, often leading to a
personal code of conduct.
- is the protection and support of
another’s rights.
MATCHING EXERCISES
Match the term in Part A with the correct
definition listed in Part B.
PART A
a.Value
b.Ethical agency
c.Advocacy
d.Values clarification
e.Ethics
f.Morals
g.Ethical dilemma
h.Value system
i.Ethical distress
PART B
- Two (or more) clear moral principles
apply, but they support mutually
inconsistent courses of action. - A process of discovery allowing a person
to discover what choices to make when
alternatives are presented and to identify
whether these choices are rationally made
or the result of previous conditioning - A personal belief about worth that acts as
a standard to guide one’s behavior - Personal or communal standards of right
and wrong - Ethical problem in which the person
knows the right thing to do, but
institutional constraints make it nearly
impossible to pursue the right actions - A commitment to developing one’s abil-
ity to act ethically - A systematic inquiry into the principles
of right and wrong conduct, of virtue and
vice, and of good and evil, as they relate
to conduct - The protection and support of another’s
rights
Match the mode of value transmission in Part
A with the appropriate example listed in Part B.
Answers may be used more than once.
PART A
a.Modeling
b.Moralizing
c.Laissez-faire
d.Rewarding and punishing
e.Responsible choice
PART B
9. A boy receiving good grades in school is
taken to a video arcade to celebrate. - A girl is encouraged by her parents to
explore all aspects of her own personal
code of ethics.
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