Chapter 11: The ethical mental health nurse

1. What are ‘values’?

  1. The worth of something
  2. What is important to you and how you see the world.
  3. Morals
  4. Determined by your religious beliefs. 

Answer: B

2. What are ‘group morals’?

  1. Clusters of moral statements
  2. Terms of reference
  3. The morals/ethics of a group of people
  4. Beliefs of a religious group

Answer: C

3. Which document is a guide for nurses to enable them to make ethical decisions?

  1. NMC Code of Conduct
  2. The Bible
  3.  Your university’s academic regulations      
  4. Research Ethics Service Guidance

Answer: A

5. Ethicists who believe in obligation-based (OB)  theories hold that ___.

  1. Ethicists who believe in OB theories hold that living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of obligation
  2. Ethicists who believe in OB theories hold that living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of duty
  3. Living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of obligation and duty
  4. Ethicists who believe in OB theories hold that living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of submission to rules and obligations

Answer: C

5. The word Deontology is derived from a Greek word meaning duty. It is ___.

  1. Deus
  2. Deity
  3. Deon
  4. Dettol

Answer: C

6. Who said: ‘Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at 

  1. Aristotle
  2. Homer
  3. Benner
  4. Einstein

Answer: A

7. To be an ethical nurse you need to ___.

  1. Refer to your own value base when making a decision
  2. Include the service user in all decisions
  3. Work according to the NMC code of practice
  4. Follow Kantian ethics

Answer: C