UPDATED 59 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Purpose of an Individualized Plan of Care. Answer: Outlines the
individual needs of the patient and the approach of the health care team
to meet those needs.
⩥ Document that identifies the roles and responsibilities of the
LVN/LPN. Answer: Nurse Practice Acts
⩥ Patient's Bill of Rights. Answer: Ensure the patients fundamental
rights for treatment with dignity and compassion were protected.
⩥ Purpose of licensing laws. Answer: To protect the public from
unqualified practitioners in most fields and professions.
⩥ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Answer: Individual behavior is formed
needs which he identified as physiologic, safety and security , love and
belongingness, and esteem and self actualization.
⩥ Legally binding situation between nurse and patient. Answer: nurse-
patient relationship
,⩥ Standard of Care. Answer: Define acts whose performance is required,
permitted or prohibited
⩥ Malpractice. Answer: Failure by a health professional to meet
accepted standards
⩥ Negligence. Answer: The absence of due care
⩥ Informed Consent. Answer: Full disclosure of the facts the patient
needs to make an intelligent (informed) decision before any invasive
treatment/procedure
⩥ Best Way to avoid a lawsuit. Answer: Practice within the rules and
regulations, standard of care and the employing agencies policies and
procedures
⩥ HIPPA. Answer: Laws set rules and limits on who has permission to
look at and receive health info, and assigns penalties for wrongful
disclosure
⩥ Assault. Answer: An intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another
⩥ Battery. Answer: Unlawful touching of another person without
informed consent
, ⩥ Subjective Data. Answer: information provided by the affected
individual
⩥ Objective Data. Answer: observations or measurements of a patient's
health status
⩥ OBRA. Answer: Regulate any institution that receives federal funding
⩥ Documentation and how to correct an error. Answer: Draw a single
line through the error, write initials, and record as correct
⩥ Therapeutic Communication. Answer: Its an exchange of info that
facilitates the formation of a positive nurse/patient relationship and
actively involves patient in all areas of care.
⩥ Communicating with Nonverbal Patient. Answer: Using a White
Board, Asking closed-ended questions such as blink once for yes, twice
for no.
⩥ nonverbal communication. Answer: methods transmitted without use
of words, tone, rate of voice, eye contact and physical appearance.