Midterm Exam Review

Review
• Composition of exam: 40 multiple choice questions
• Each question is worth .50 pts = 20 points
• 3 hours to take it (open book, open notes, etc)
• The first question asks you to agree to an honor code
which will be something like this:
– Although though this is an open book exam, it is not a
shared exam. Students will not work with any other
student during the exam through any form of personal or
electronic communication.
• Agree
• Disagree
 Review
• Weekly sessions first and then will look at the
chapters.
• Week 1:
– Know the history of nursing as presented in Voice
Thread
– Know the progression of nursing role and role in
ethics
– Know definitions of morals, ethics
• Ethical dilemma
• Practical dilemma
 Week 2
• Know the major moral developmental theories: Whose
theories are related to moral development?
• Questions on the attainment of beliefs and values.
– Are you aware of your values?
– When do you experience values conflict?
– What is the difference between overt and covert values?
• Know the cultural definitions: sensitivity/awareness
• Complementary Therapies
 Week 3
• Traditional theories of :
– Rationalism and sensitivity (naturalism)
– Deontology
• Categorical imperative
– Utilitarianism
• Ethical Principles:
– Application
 Ethical principles
• Autonomy
• Beneficence
• Non-maleficence
• Justice
– Distributive
• Veracity
• Fidelity
• Confidentiality
• **also know paternalism
 Week 3 (cont)
• Technology
– End of life issues
– Benefits and costs of technology
– Electronic medical records
 Week 4
• ANA Code of Ethics
– Application
– You should be familiar with the provisions and the
statements
 Week 5
• Virtue Ethics:
– Definition
– Art of Caring
• Moral distress
– Be familiar with the crescendo effect and
solutions
 Week 6
– Need to know about decision-making, this has
already been discussed in week 4.
– Patient self-determination
– (social issues, only as it affects some of the cases)
– Primarily chapters 7 and 11 for this exam
– Reminder Week 6 on final exam too
 Chapters:
• 1: Social, philosophical and other Historical Forces Influencing the
Development of Nursing
• 2: Ethical Theory
• 3: Ethical Principles
• 4: Values Clarification
• 5: Values Development
• 7: Ethical decision-making
• 10: Practice Issues Related to Technology
• 11: Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination
• 12: Scholarship Issues
• 13: Global Consciousness in the Twenty-first Century
• 16: Social issues
• 18: Transcultural and Spiritual Issues
• 20: Facilitating patient empowerment
 Qualifier
• Qualifier: All questions were either discussed
in Voice Threads or in the readings, but may
not be included in this review. The instructors
have the right to include any question that
seems appropriate to the content.
 Questions
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• Feel free to message with any questions