Author Question: A nurse in a long-term care facility is aware that a patient's death is imminent. The patient does ... (Read 124 times)

Tirant22 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

A nurse in a long-term care facility is aware that a patient's death is imminent. The patient does not have any family and there is no one with the patient.

They are short-staffed on the night shift and the nurse knows that the patient is frightened of dying alone. The patient is unconscious and appears comfortable when the nurse checks on him, but a short time later she realizes he has died alone. This is an example of __________. a. moral agency
b. moral distress
c. power imbalance
d. character flaw

Question 2

Emergency preparedness drills are standard practice in health care facilities. The purposes for these drills include (select all that apply):

a. Determining if changes need to be made to the plan.
b. Creating improvements to the plan.
c. Working closely with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency).
d. Testing terrorism response exercise.

ndhahbi · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

b

a. Incorrect: This is an example of moral distress. Moral agency is the capacity or power of a nurse to direct his/her motives and actions to some ethical end.
b. Correct: Moral distress occurs when one knows the right thing to do, but institutional constraints make it nearly impossible to pursue the right course of action.
c. Incorrect: Power imbalance is not a concept related to ethics in the workplace.
d. Incorrect: Character flaw is not a concept related to ethics in the workplace.

Answer to Question 2

A, B

Feedback
Correct The purposes of these committees are to plan ahead for possible emergen-cies and create new methods for dealing with the unexpected.
The purposes of these committees are to plan ahead for possible emergen-cies and create new methods for dealing with the unexpected.
Incorrect This is not an action to be taken as part of the emergency preparedness drills.
This is not an action to be taken as part of the emergency preparedness drills.