RNSG 2231 - Extra Credit HESI Module 5. Questions with Answers. Rationales Provided. A+ Guide.
Extra Credit HESI Module 5
1. Questions
1. 1.ID:
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A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The
healthcare team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other
possible treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the
client. Which principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing?
A. Justice
B. Fidelity
C. Autonomy
D. Nonmaleficence Correct
Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of hurt or harm. Remember that in
healthcare ethics, ethical practice involves not only the will to do good but also
the equal commitment to do no harm. Healthcare professionals try to balance
the risks and benefits of a plan of care while striving to do the least possible
harm. Justice refers to fairness and equity and ensuring fair allocation of
resources, such as nursing care for all clients. Fidelity is the keeping of
promises made to clients, families, and other healthcare professionals.
Autonomy refers to a person’s independence and represents an agreement to
respect another’s right to determine his or her course of action.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject - the ethical principle being utilized.
Recall the definition of each item in the options. Note the relationship of the
words “least possible harm” in the question and the definition of
nonmaleficence. Review: principles of healthcare ethics.
Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p.
314). St. Louis: Mosby.
Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Celluar Regulation, Ethics
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Cellular Regulation
Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points.
2. 2.ID: 9477024200
Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence?
A. The nurse upholds a client’s decision to refuse chemotherapy
for lung cancer.
B. The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a
client with cancer.
C. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though
it may cause discomfort. Correct
Extra Credit HESI Module 5
D. The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned
clients on the basis of illness acuity.
Rationale: Beneficence is taking action to help others. Although administration
of a child’s immunization might cause discomfort, the benefits of protection
from disease outweigh the temporary discomfort. Fidelity is keeping promises
made to clients, families, and other healthcare professionals. Autonomy is a
person’s independence. Respecting another’s autonomy means that you are
agreeing to respect that person’s right to determine his or her course of action.
Justice refers to fairness and equity, including fair allocation of resources, such
as nursing care for all clients.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, beneficence. Recalling that
beneficence refers to taking action to help others will direct you to the correct
option. Review: the principles of healthcare ethics .
Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p.
314). St. Louis: Mosby.
Cognitive Ability: Applying
Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation
Content Area: Ethical/Legal
Giddens Concepts: Ethics, Immunity
HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Immunity
Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points.
3. 3.ID: 9477029451
The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false
imprisonment. Which situation reflects a violation of this client right?
A. Performing a procedure without consent
B. Telling the client that he or she may not leave the
hospital Correct
C. Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will
D. Observing the provision of care to the client without the client’s
permission
Rationale: Telling a client that he or she may not leave the hospital constitutes
false imprisonment. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of
battery. Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will is
assault. Invasion of privacy takes place with unreasonable intrusion into an
individual’s private affairs. Observing the provision of care to a client without
the client’s permission is an example of invasion of privacy.
Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, an example of false
imprisonment. Note the relationship of the subject and the words in the correct
option. Review: the concept of false imprisonment.
References: Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. (2008). Contemporary nursing issues [Show Less]