A panel of nursing deans and faculty has met to discuss ...

[amal]

A panel of nursing deans and faculty has met to discuss increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in a mostly rural state. What collaborative project could the panel design that would be best for meeting this goal?
 
  a. A summer-intensive program where students live and study at the university during the summer
  b. A weekend college program offered every other weekend at the university for working RNs
  c. An on-campus accelerated-track BSN program designed for the student who has a degree in another area
  d. An online program with outlying clinical sites that are run jointly between the university and community colleges

Question 2

The practicing nurse best understands the concept of ethics to mean
 
  a. acting on what is right in a situation.
  b. always doing what patients want.
  c. being of good moral character.
  d. following strict guidelines for action.

[akemokai]

Answer to Question 1

D
An online program would greatly enhance accessibility. More nurses are educated in associate degree programs from junior or community colleges than in either diploma or BSN programs. The coursework would be directed and taught by faculty with appropriate credentials for teaching at the BSN level, and clinical experiences could be managed locally by community college faculty with supervision by the parent university faculty.
In a mostly rural state, creating a summer-intensive program where students would still have to live and study outside their hometowns does not increase accessibility.
The weekend college idea would still require students from the rural areas to travel perhaps long distances to attend school.
Programs designed to capture non-nursing majors who wish to enter nursing are growing in popularity, but this does not improve accessibility for the rural population.

Answer to Question 2

A
The nurse who practices ethically can analyze ethical conflicts in light of situational variables to determine what is right and wrong and then act on what is right.
Patients do have the right to make their own decisions, even when they could cause harm, but being ethical does not mean a blanket approval for the patient to do what he or she wants in every situation. The patient may not understand the facts of a situation, may be impaired by drugs or alcohol, or may have cognitive disabilities that preclude full understanding.
Being of good moral character certainly does play into ethical practice, but ethical practice goes well beyond just a characteristic and requires action.
No strict guidelines exist for ethical behavior, but standards can be used to guide ethical decision making and action. No one set of guidelines will apply to every situation.

[amal]

Excellent

[kthug]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it