Author Question: A nurse using the principle-based approach to client care seeks to avoid causing harm to clients in ... (Read 161 times)

azncindy619 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse using the principle-based approach to client care seeks to avoid causing harm to clients in all situations. What is this principle known as?

A) Nonmaleficence
B) Justice
C) Fidelity
D) Autonomy

Question 2

A middle-aged man is having increasing difficulty breathing. He never exercises, eats fast food regularly, and smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. He tells the nurse practitioner that he wants to change the way he lives.

What is one means of helping him change behaviors?

A) Ethical change strategy
B) Values neutrality choices
C) Values transmission
D) Values clarification

kswal303 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
The principle-based approach to ethics combines elements of both utilitarian and deontologic theories and offers specific action guides for practice. The Beauchamp and Childress principle-based approach to bioethics (2001) identifies four key principles: autonomy (promote self-determination), nonmaleficence (avoid causing harm), beneficence (benefit the patient), and justice (act fairly).

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Values clarification is a process by which people come to understand their own values and value system. When nurses understand the values that motivate patients' decisions and behaviors, they can tap these values when teaching and counseling patients.