A material safety data sheet (MSDS) is provided by the manufacturer at purchase of hazardous materials. Which items are included in those data sheets? Select all that apply.
a. Ingredients
b. Efficacy of product
c. First aid measures
d. Exposure controls
e. Cost comparison of product
Question 2A nurse looking for a good interfacing approach with an Internet-positive patient would choose which of the following approaches?
a. Read Internet information promptly c. React in a positive manner
b. Refuse Internet material d. React in a derogatory manner
Question 3You are passing medications on a mental health unit. One of the patients refuses to take her morning medications stating, That medicine makes me feel weird..
You see the patient's breakfast tray and question the charge nurse on whether it would be wrong for you to crush the medication and mix it into the patient's applesauce without the patient's knowledge. Which ethical principle would you be violating? a. Autonomy c. Fidelity
b. Beneficence d. Veracity
Question 4In a health care setting, the issue of informed consent for patients participating in a study post-surgery is considered to be a matter of __________.
a. organizational ethics
b. clinical ethics
c. bioethics
d. research ethics
Question 5Nurses must understand that during an emergency, such as a tornado, sometimes the presiding decision maker may have to make decisions based on the principle of the most good for the most people.
What would be an appropriate action based on that principle? (Select all that all apply. a. Moving only the ambulatory patients to safety
b. Potentially sacrificing staff to remain with the ventilated patients
c. Allowing staff members with families to leave
d. Asking visitors to move into the stairways
e. Refusing to allow any staff members to leave
Question 6A patient approaches you as you are about to leave to attend a mandatory. The patient asks if you would be able to answer some questions about his medication.
You politely tell the patient that you have to attend a mandatory meeting and promise to talk with him when you return in an hour. Once you return from the meeting, you complete your assigned nursing care, chart on the patients, and leave for home. While watching your favorite TV program that evening, you remember that you never returned to discuss the medications with the patient who had approached you that morning. Which ethical principle have you violated? a. Autonomy c. Veracity
b. Fidelity d. Justice