You Work in an Intermediate Care Unit and Have Asked

question 18

Multiple Choice

You work in an intermediate care unit and have asked to be involved in developing new guidelines to prevent pressure ulcers in your patient population.The nurse manager tells you that you do not yet have enough experience to be on the prevention task force and that your ideas will be rejected by others.This situation is an example of

• A) a barrier to handoff communication.
• B) a work environment that is unhealthy.
• C) ineffective decision making.
• D) nursing practice that is not evidence-based.

Learn the steps involved in Utilitarian decision analysis, starting with the identification of relevant alternatives or outcomes.

Differentiate between the two basic forms of consequentialist theory.

Acknowledge Mill's approach to ethical questions through empirical investigation.

Understand the ethical significance of assessing the effects of actions in determining their moral worth.