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Deast7027

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A nurse decides to use the ethical principle of deontology to make clinical decisions. This princi-ple is based on treating all people the same regardless of circumstances and on one's duty to do the right thing regardless of circumstances.
 
  Which situation would most likely cause an ethical dilemma for this nurse?
  a. Assisting with a laparoscopy for a tubal pregnancy
  b. Refusal of a patient to take his medica-tions
  c. Patient reconsiders surgery for cancer
  d. Woman refuses to terminate her pregnancy even knowing the fetus has nonlife-sustaining defects

Question 2

A nurse decides to use the ethical principle of teleology to make clinical decisions. This principle is based on the premise that actions are determined by their consequences. Which situation would most likely cause an ethical dilemma for this nurse?
 
  a. Assisting with a laparoscopy for a tubal pregnancy
  b. Refusal of a patient to take his medica-tions
  c. Patient reconsiders surgery for cancer
  d. Woman refuses to terminate her pregnancy even knowing the fetus has nonlife-sustaining defects


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Deontology is the belief of the rightness or wrongness of an act and not the consequences. The other options do not reflect a situation that would cause ethical conflict in this nurse.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
To a teleologist, the consequences of delivering this baby would present ethical conflict in them-selves because of the consequences to the child, family, and health care system. The other situa-tions would not present a conflict for this nurse.


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