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peri final exam law
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The first step in critical thinking problem solving is to | identify and clarify the problem. |
| A health care practitioner completes a course in law and ethics. In this field of study, Which of the following reasons should be most important to health care professionals? | To help avoid legal entanglements.Correct |
| A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is Multiple Choice | Hippocratic oath. |
| A precedent is a(n) | case that serves as a model for future cases. |
| Unlawful acts are always | unethical. |
| Which of the following is/are not enacted by government? | Laws,Statutes,Medical practice acts |
| When using the utilitarianism method of problem solving, which of the following do proponents of this method indicate should be the solution of choice? | The solution that provides happiness over pain for those involved.Correct |
| A physician running a busy practice makes decisions for his employees on a regular basis. The physician would describe himself as a "moral man with common sense, a sense of justice, and courage who makes the right decisions in life by focusing on these mo | Virtue ethics |
| A health practitioner is interviewing a 6-year-old male child who is in Piaget's preoperational stage. Which of the following is characteristic of this stage? | The child views the world from his own perspective. |
| A nurse manager determines the work shifts for the staff based on a predetermined health care facility guidelines. This is an example of what type of decision making? | Rule-utilitarianism |
| According to MacIntyre's theory of virtue ethics, what principle helps the decision maker arrive at a decision? | Loyalty to the role he or she plays. |
| The decision is based on results that will produce the greatest balance of good over evil, everyone considered. What type of framework is the administrator employing to make this value decision? Multiple Choice | Act-utilitarianism |
| A patient who was injured in a fall in a health care facility due to the negligence of the nurse is filing a medical malpractice lawsuit. Which ethical principle applies in this situation? | Justice |
| he knows what he did was wrong and will not do it again. Based on this conversation, what stage of moral development would this child be experiencing? Multiple Choice | formal stage |