Author Question: A nurse is teaching the staff about the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics. Which major ... (Read 33 times)

karlynnae · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is teaching the staff about the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics. Which major element of the Code should the nurse include in the teaching session?

a. People
b. Pride
c. Power
d. Problems

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a patient who has become depressed because her children have gone away to college. The nurse assesses this type of depression as what type of loss?

a. Actual
b. Perceived
c. Maturational
d. Situational

jamesnevil303 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
The major elements of the Code include: Nurses and People; Nurses and Practice; Nurses and the Profession; and Nurses and Co-workers. It does not include pride, power, and problems.

Answer to Question 2

C
People experience maturational losses as they go through a lifetime of normal developmental processes. For example, when a child goes to school for the first time she will spend less time with her parents, leading to a change in the parent-child relationship. People experience an actual loss when they can no longer touch, hear, see, or have near them valued people or objects. Examples include the loss of a body part, pet, friend, life partner, or job. Perceived losses are uniquely experienced by a grieving person and are often less obvious to others. A perceived loss is very real to the person who has had the loss. For example, a person perceives that she is less loved by her parents and experiences a loss of self-esteem. Situational loss occurs as a result of an unpredictable life event.