Good morning!

Please answer the following five questions and formulate your own
rationalizations as you answer. Correct answers will be revealed on Saturday. Thank you!

PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTMENT, LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETHICS AND

RESEARCH

Situation: The willingness of the nurse to accept a set of professional and ethical principles
and apply it in their daily affairs is the hallmark of true professional.

6. A client is being positioned for radical mastectomy and a couple of clinical clerk wanted
to come in to watch the surgery. The circulating nurse advise them to enter the OR suite
later. Foremost, this decision of the nurse is directed towards.
a.respecting the patient’s right
b.preventing infection
c.minimizing a crowd in the room
d.preserving privacy

7.Nurse Kristine is to inject Demerol 75mg to a post TURP (Transurethral resection of the
prostate) client who is in pain. When she checked the narcotic cabinet she found a vial that
is almost empty. She was able to aspirate 60mg only. Nurse Kristine decided to inject it
instead of making the client wait until the vial Demerol is available. The action of the nurse
violates which of the following ethical principle?
a.justice
b.truth
c.beneficence
d.autonomy

8.Nurse Nora is assigned for PM shift for the month of June. She requested the head nurse
if she could be on night or morning instead to be able to tutor her 2 sons in the elementary.
The head nurse emphasized that it is her turn to be on PM duty. The head nurse
exemplifies which of the following:
a.authority
b.autonomy
c.fidelity
d.justice

9.A scrub nurse is assisting an emergency cesarean section on a 39y/o laundry lady. Before
closing he peritoneum, the surgeon asked “how old is the client?” holding the fallopian
tube, the surgeon asks for hemostat. The scrub nurse sensing that the surgeon is about to
ligate the tube said, “Doctor there is no signed consent for tubal ligation.” The nurse just
demonstrated which of the following?
a.insubordination
b.advocacy
c.abandonment of duty
d.malpractice
10.An officer in charge (OIC) signs a document for the chief nurse who went on leave. The
officer in charge signs her full name over the chief nurse. The proper way to sign for a chief
nurse who is on leave is:
a.sign your name over the printed name of the chief nurse
b.write “for” before the title of the chief nurse and then sign your name above it
c.erase the name of the chief nurse then write your name and sign
d.sign on separate sign as OIC