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A nurse ensures that a patient does not have questions regarding the upcoming surgical procedure and verifies that the signature on the consent form is the patient's signature. Which ethical principle is this nurse demonstrating?
 
  A.
  Autonomy
  B.
  Beneficence
  C.
  Fidelity
  D.
  Justice

Question 2

A 45-year-old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of chest pain and feeling anxious. She asks to have an electrocardiogram (EKG) but is told that heart disease is a man's disease and is given a prescription for lorazepam (Ativan).
 
  What can the nurse conclude?
  A.
  If the woman were older, she may have received an EKG.
  B.
  Sex hormones play a powerful role in determining heart disease.
  C.
  Stereotyping seriously impacted the care the woman received.
  D.
  Women under the age of 45 are at low risk of having heart disease.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Autonomy is the right to make decisions and to have the information necessary to make such decisions. Beneficence is doing good. Fidelity is keeping promises. Justice is treating everyone fairly.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
A stereotype is a mental image that portrays members of a specific group with the same attributes. Believing that heart disease is a man's disease is an example of a stereotype. Because the practitioner held this view, the woman's health care was compromised. The other statements cannot be justified from this example.





 

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