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Q30.  The nurse is planning care for a young child who is admitted with sickle cell crisis. The parents are with the child, and neither has much information about the disease. When planning care the nurse will set which goal with this family?

According to Immanuel Kant, when I recognize some action as objectively necessary or required, I perform it from the motive of __________ .

Q31.  Nurses working with patients in pain need to recognize and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain. In regard to the pain experience, which of the following is correct.

(A) Identify the author(s) of the work in which the text appears by FIRST and LAST name (if the author has both) and (B) briefly explain the relevance of the passage in the context of the work from which it is drawn: From the fact that one has a moral right (or a moral permission) to do something “nothing follows from this supposition about the morality of abortion, according to virtue theory, once it is noted… that in exercising a moral right I can do something cruel, or callous, or selfish, light-minded, self-righteous, stupid, inconsiderate, disloyal, dishonest – that is, act viciously.” 

According to Just War Theory, the conditions necessary for jus in bellum, or justice in the conduct of war, include:

According to Immanuel Kant, a rational being acts on a subjective principle of choice or action that expresses her reasons for what she does, otherwise known as her: 

Q11.  Which information will the nurse include when teaching a patient with peptic ulcer disease about the effect of famotidine (Pepcid)?

Aristotle, in contrast to modern philosophers, inherits a view of the world where all living things have a final end, understood as a naturally-given end state toward which they strive. For example, the oak is the telos of the acorn –it is of the nature of an acorn to become an oak. This ancient world view is called:

According to Aristotle, the criteria the highest good must meet include:

According to Aristotle, the highest good at which human life should aim, is: