Chapter 15: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Nursing Practice - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The Supreme Court held that laws preventing physician assistance with dying interfered with the rights of persons under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because not having the liberty to freely make decisions as personal as whether or not to end intolerable suffering threatened their security.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Euthanasia is the putting to death, by painless method, of a terminally ill or severely disabled person who has requested assistance in withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedure or passive euthanasia, such as the withholding of intravenous or tube feedings, or commission of an act (active euthanasia), such as intentional administration of an excessive dose of barbiturates.

Correct Answer: B,D,F

Rationale: A grievous and irremediable medical condition is considered one in which decline cannot be reversed, there is unbearable physical or mental suffering, and natural death is reasonably foreseeable.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The moral principle of nonmaldefence refers to avoiding harm or doing no harm.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: It is important to include a full discussion of DNR orders because too broad or narrow interpretation of those orders could result in the application of basic or advanced life support in ways that may be inconsistent with the patient's and family's wishes.