Professional Ethics Post-Assessment

This evaluation is designed to assess what content learners have taken away from the Professional Ethics module and how it can be improved as an educational tool.

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* 1. Institutions may contact Provide for a "site code" that allows them to access their own assessment results. If you have been given a site and student code, please enter them here; otherwise, please enter the name of your institution.

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* 2. Which components of the module did you complete? (check all that apply)

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* 3. Professional nursing organizations provide guidance on how nurses should approach ethical issues of care.

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* 4. Conscientious objection language is defined by: (Check all that apply)

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* 5. The ANA Code of Ethics states that if a patient’s life is in danger, nurses must provide care regardless of their moral and ethical beliefs.

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* 6. Although respect for conscience is important, conscientious refusals should be limited if: (check all that apply).

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* 7. All health care providers have the duty to refer patients in a timely manner to other care providers if they do not feel that they can, in conscience, provide the care that patients’ request.

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* 8. According to Magelsson, conscientious objection can not be used if caring for the patient with a particular condition is an essential part of the nurse’s job. For example, if the nurse takes a position in a clinic that provides a full range of reproductive health services, including abortion services, it is expected the nurse will care for any woman who chooses abortion as an option.

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* 9. Could a nurse invoke a conscience clause to refuse to care for certain populations of patients, e.g. a lesbian patient or a HIV-positive patient?

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* 10. When conscience prevents a nurse from providing reproductive care to a patient, the nurse should identify this to nursing management at the time of employment in order for patient care to occur uninterrupted.

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* 11. Harris makes the argument that current bioethical frameworks do not address ethics with respect to positive acts of conscience. An example of a positive act of conscience is:

The following questions pertain to the the larger curriculum of which this module is a part: Unintended Pregnancy Prevention and Care (UPPC) in Nursing.

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* 12. Approximately what percentage of pregnancies in America are unintended?

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* 13. Which outcomes, if any, are associated with unintended or closely spaced pregnancies? (Check all that apply)

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* 14. To what extent do you agree with the following statements?

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When caring for a patient with an unintended pregnancy, I would be able to discuss all options (parenting, adoption, or abortion).
I feel clinically competent to provide options counseling.
I feel that I am knowledgeable about pregnancy related resources.
I feel that I could make a referral to community resources for prenatal services, abortion services or adoption services.
I feel that discussing all pregnancy options without judgment or bias is consistent with professional nursing practice.
If I could not discuss all pregnancy options without judgment or bias, I would ask a colleague to provide the care the woman is requesting.

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* 15. How satisfied were you with this module?

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* 16. What did you learn from this module that will be most useful in your future practice?

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