Author Question: Which of the following does an ethics committee in a health care facility do? a. Interviews all ... (Read 9 times)

SO00 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Which of the following does an ethics committee in a health care facility do?

a. Interviews all persons involved in a case
b. Illustrates circumstances that demonstrate malpractice
c. Serves as a resource in specific situations involving ethical dilemmas
d. Examines similar previous instances for comparison of outcome decisions

Question 2

The nurse may work with patients from many different cultural backgrounds. Nurses, unfortunately and inadvertently, may impose their own cultural beliefs on patients.

Which of the following is an example of a nurse imposing personal perspectives on a patient? a. Adapting the patient's room to accommodate extra family members who are visiting
b. Seeking information on gender-congruent care for an Egyptian patient
c. Directing an older Chinese patient to do rehabilitation exercises after she has refused to do them until her daughter arrives
d. Encouraging family members to assist with the patient's care when it is appropriate for them to do so

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

Answer to Question 1

C
Ethics committees serve as a resource to support the processing of ethical dilemmas. Ethics committees serve several purposes: education, policy recommendation, and case consultation or review.
Although an ethics committee may gather detailed information, they do not interview all persons involved in a case; rather, they offer consultations or case reviews.
Illustrating circumstances that demonstrate malpractice is not a purpose of an ethics committee.
Examining similar previous instances for comparison of outcome decisions may be part of data gathering to help process an ethical dilemma or for policy recommendation, but it is not the pur-pose of an ethics committee.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Adaptation of the patient's room to accommodate extra family members is not an example of cultural imposition on a patient but rather is meeting the patient's need by providing culturally congruent care.
B Seeking information on gender-congruent care for an Egyptian patient is an example of the desire to provide culturally congruent care.
C In collectivistic cultures that value group reliance and interdependence, such as traditional South Asians, caring behaviours are manifested by actively providing physical and psychological support for kin members. The nurse may perceive the patient's refusal of exercise as lack of motivation for self-care, and in this case the nurse is imposing her own belief system.
D Encouraging family members to assist with the patient's care is not an example of cultural imposition on a patient. Western culture tends to follow a pattern of caring that focuses on self-care and self-determination, whereas non-Western cultures typically have care provided by others.