A nurse is providing care using the idea of servicing citizens, ...

[schs14]

A nurse is providing care using the idea of servicing citizens, not customers. Which of the fol-lowing ideas is being applied by the nurse?
 
  a. Ethical tenets of policy development
  b. Basic concepts of the feminist theory
  c. Underlying premise of virtue ethics
  d. Components of distributive justice

Question 2

A nurse is using the principles of virtue ethics in decision making. Which of the following de-scribes the action that the nurse would take?
 
  a. Provide efficient and effective nursing care
  b. Identify the meaningful facts in the situa-tion
  c. Seek ethical community support to en-hance character development
  d. Plan ways to restructure the social prac-tices that oppress women

[josephsuarez]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
There are three tenets of both policy and ethics. The approach is based on the voice of the com-munity as the foundation on which policy is developed. The basic concept of feminist theory al-lows us to think critically about connections among gender, disadvantage, and health as well as the distribution of power in public health processes. The goal of virtue ethics is to enable persons to flourish as human beings. Distributive justice requires that there be a fair distribution of the benefits and burdens in society based on the needs and contributions of its members.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
According to Aristotle, virtues are acquired and include interest in the concept of the good, in-cluding benevolence, compassion, trustworthiness, and integrity. One part of the process is seek-ing ethical community support to enhance character development. Nurses can demonstrate advo-cacy when providing efficient and effective nursing care. Identifying the meaningful facts in the situation is part of the ethical decision-making process. Planning ways to restructure the social practices that oppress women is part of the feminist ethics decision-making process.