Key Terms
Ethical Theories
Principles
Nursing History
Theory Chapter 5
100

Philosophical ideals of what is right and what is wrong. 

What is ethics?

100

Actions are based on what is right and what is wrong. Examples include fidelity to promises, truthfulness & justice. 

What is deontology?


Bonus Points: Who was the founder of this philosophy?What time period was this philosophy developed?

100

This principle promotes good for others; it is a duty to others, weights good benefits to the risks of a treatment. 

What is beneficence?

100

Identifying key persons, issues and events in nursing over time.  

what is nursing history?

100

A mental formulation of objects or events or ideas that are organized and communicated. 

what is a concept?

200

A person is strongly influenced by their ethnic, religious, community and social relations. 

What are cultural values?

200

This theory is based on usefulness and the consequence of action.

What is utilitarianism?


bonus points: What is another word for this ethical theory?

Who was the founder of this theory and time period?


200

This principle: Develops a meaningful understanding of another person's experience; an open trusting relationship. 

What is engagement?


Bonus: Which theory does this belong to?

200

Nurses travel across geographic and national boundaries to bring nursing service and education to communities in need. 

What is globalization in nursing? 

200

An architect's plan for a house ... a mental representation of how things work. 

What is a theoretical model?


What is an example of a theoretical model in nursing? 

300

This principle recognizes a person's choice and his or her ability to make their own decisions. 

What is autonomy?


Bonus Points: What theory does this principle belong to? 

300

The context of the healthcare provider relationship with the patient & family. 

What is environment? 



300

Nursing organization was founded in 1899 born by a British suffragist.   

What is the International Council of Nurses? 

300

Person, health, nursing, environment 

What are the theoretical metaparadigm concepts in nursing? 

400

This theory is concerned about inequalities between people; attends to power dynamics, context & relationships.

What is feminist ethics?


Bonus Point: what theory supports feminist ethics? 


400

A guideline for responding to difficult challenges in practice?

What is code of ethics?

400

St. Catherine's hospital in Ontario is famous in nursing education. 

When was the first nursing hospital diploma school in Canada open?


What year?  

400

Nurse organizes information and makes a decision/judgement. 

what is the nursing diagnosis?

500

A nursing student accepts responsibility for giving the wrong medication. 

What is accountability?

500

This principle recognizes that a patient needs to heal both physically, spiritually, emotionally & cognitively. 

The principle of embodiment.


What theory does this belong to?

500

With the principle of advocacy, nurses often get a patient to sign a consent to agree to a medical treatment. 

What is informed consent?

500

Survey of Nursing Education in Canada. 

what is the Weir report in 1932? 

500

A complex phenomenon that can be defined as a process and as a set of skills. 

What is critical thinking?