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tuffie · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A 32-year-old construction worker smokes a pack of cigarettes per day. This is an example of which of the following?

A. Health belief
B. Health promotion
C. Negative health behavior
D. Basic human need

Question 2

A registered nurse has recently been reassigned to the gynecology unit at her hospital. She is a devout Catholic and is strongly against abortion.

She contacts the nursing supervisor regarding her assignment because the unit cares for women who are undergoing abortions. With which of the following is she having a conflict? A. Morals
B. Values
C. Beneficence
D. Fidelity

mcarey591 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Negative health behaviors include activities that are harmful to health, including smoking.

Answer to Question 2

B
A value is a personal belief about the worth of an idea, a custom, or an object. The values a person holds reflect cultural and social influences. Systems of ethics usually grow from shared values that are negotiated and discussed over time by groups of people such as religious groups.