Chapter 11: The ethical mental health nurse
1. What are ‘values’?
- The worth of something
- What is important to you and how you see the world.
- Morals
- Determined by your religious beliefs.
2. What are ‘group morals’?
- Clusters of moral statements
- Terms of reference
- The morals/ethics of a group of people
- Beliefs of a religious group
3. Which document is a guide for nurses to enable them to make ethical decisions?
- NMC Code of Conduct
- The Bible
- Your university’s academic regulations
- Research Ethics Service Guidance
5. Ethicists who believe in obligation-based (OB) theories hold that ___.
- Ethicists who believe in OB theories hold that living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of obligation
- Ethicists who believe in OB theories hold that living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of duty
- Living an ethical life is fundamentally concerned with abiding by a life of obligation and duty
- 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
5. The word Deontology is derived from a Greek word meaning duty. It is ___.
- Deus
- Deity
- Deon
- Dettol
6. Who said: ‘Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at
- Aristotle
- Homer
- Benner
- Einstein
7. To be an ethical nurse you need to ___.
- Refer to your own value base when making a decision
- Include the service user in all decisions
- Work according to the NMC code of practice
- Follow Kantian ethics