Nursing 102 Exam 2 Questions With
Correct Answers
A nurse reports a medication error and monitors the patient, who
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suffers no ill effects. Which element is lacking to prove nursing
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malpractice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Injury | | |
Since there is no injury, then malpractice cannot be proven
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The patient has a central venous line. The registered nurse (RN)
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delegates changing the sterile dressing over the line to a nursing
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assistant. The nursing assistant does not understand sterile technique
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and contaminates the dressing. An infection develops in the patient. The
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nurse manager discusses the action of the RN. Which statement is
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correct regarding the nurse's action? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse
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is responsible for the acts delegated
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The registered nurse is responsible for delegating appropriately. It is not
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appropriate to delegate a skill requiring sterile technique and
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assessment of a central line site to a nursing assistant. It is not within
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the nursing assistant's scope of practice to perform central line dressing
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changes.
,The registered nurse, employed by the risk management department of
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a hospital is giving an inservice class on social media to nursing
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employees. Which one of these statements should be included in this
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class? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse should not refer to a patient,
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even by nickname or room number.
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The nurse should never refer to a patient on social media, even by
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nickname or room number. Social media posts are not considered
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private and are not always accessible only to the intended recipient.
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Even deleted content is accessible at times on social media. Disclosing
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any patient information is a harmful act, even if it is disclosed only to
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the intended recipient.
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The registered nurse (RN), who is supervising a group of nurses at a
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health clinic, overhears a nurse telling a patient, "If you do not stop
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shouting, I am going to give you an injection." The RN immediately
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intervenes and tells the nurse this action can lead to which accusation? -
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|CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assault |
Assault is a threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another
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person without that person's consent. Breach of confidentiality is
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revealing health care information to those not involved with the care of
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the patient. Delegation involves giving someone else authority to act for
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another. Respondeat superior attributes the acts of the employees to
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their employer. |
, A recent graduate of a nursing program has accepted a position in a long
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term care unit. The nurse can use which strategy to reduce the risk of
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malpractice suits? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Maintain good relationships
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with patients and families
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Maintaining good relationships with patients and families does reduce
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the risk of malpractice suits. Carrying malpractice insurance does not
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reduce the risk of a malpractice suit. Requesting supervision for all care
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provided is not feasible in many situations and does not reduce the risk
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of malpractice suits. Not signing patient records can actually increase
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the risk of lawsuits, as failure to document is considered a category of
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negligence that results in malpractice lawsuits. | | | | |
Key safeguard against inadvertent overstepping of limits of practice
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while understanding the full set of responsibilities required - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Nurse Practice Act in the state practiced | | | | | |
Lays out in concise language the most current definition of nursing; the
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knowledge base for nursing, including specialization and advanced
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practice roles; and the regulation of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Nursing's Social Policy Statement | | |
Defines and delimits clinical practice and its safe implementation -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
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Correct Answers
A nurse reports a medication error and monitors the patient, who
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suffers no ill effects. Which element is lacking to prove nursing
| | | | | | | | | | |
malpractice? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Injury | | |
Since there is no injury, then malpractice cannot be proven
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The patient has a central venous line. The registered nurse (RN)
| | | | | | | | | | |
delegates changing the sterile dressing over the line to a nursing
| | | | | | | | | | |
assistant. The nursing assistant does not understand sterile technique
| | | | | | | | |
and contaminates the dressing. An infection develops in the patient. The
| | | | | | | | | |
nurse manager discusses the action of the RN. Which statement is
| | | | | | | | | | | |
correct regarding the nurse's action? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse
| | | | | | | |
is responsible for the acts delegated
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The registered nurse is responsible for delegating appropriately. It is not
| | | | | | | | | | |
appropriate to delegate a skill requiring sterile technique and
| | | | | | | | |
assessment of a central line site to a nursing assistant. It is not within
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the nursing assistant's scope of practice to perform central line dressing
| | | | | | | | | | |
changes.
,The registered nurse, employed by the risk management department of
| | | | | | | | | |
a hospital is giving an inservice class on social media to nursing
| | | | | | | | | | | |
employees. Which one of these statements should be included in this
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class? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The nurse should not refer to a patient,
| | | | | | | | | | |
even by nickname or room number.
| | | | |
The nurse should never refer to a patient on social media, even by
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
nickname or room number. Social media posts are not considered
| | | | | | | | | |
private and are not always accessible only to the intended recipient.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Even deleted content is accessible at times on social media. Disclosing
| | | | | | | | | | |
any patient information is a harmful act, even if it is disclosed only to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the intended recipient.
| |
The registered nurse (RN), who is supervising a group of nurses at a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
health clinic, overhears a nurse telling a patient, "If you do not stop
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
shouting, I am going to give you an injection." The RN immediately
| | | | | | | | | | | |
intervenes and tells the nurse this action can lead to which accusation? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Assault |
Assault is a threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
person without that person's consent. Breach of confidentiality is
| | | | | | | | |
revealing health care information to those not involved with the care of
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the patient. Delegation involves giving someone else authority to act for
| | | | | | | | | |
another. Respondeat superior attributes the acts of the employees to
| | | | | | | | | | |
their employer. |
, A recent graduate of a nursing program has accepted a position in a long
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
term care unit. The nurse can use which strategy to reduce the risk of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
malpractice suits? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Maintain good relationships
| | | | | | |
with patients and families
| | |
Maintaining good relationships with patients and families does reduce
| | | | | | | | |
the risk of malpractice suits. Carrying malpractice insurance does not
| | | | | | | | | |
reduce the risk of a malpractice suit. Requesting supervision for all care
| | | | | | | | | | | |
provided is not feasible in many situations and does not reduce the risk
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of malpractice suits. Not signing patient records can actually increase
| | | | | | | | | |
the risk of lawsuits, as failure to document is considered a category of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
negligence that results in malpractice lawsuits. | | | | |
Key safeguard against inadvertent overstepping of limits of practice
| | | | | | | | |
while understanding the full set of responsibilities required - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Nurse Practice Act in the state practiced | | | | | |
Lays out in concise language the most current definition of nursing; the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
knowledge base for nursing, including specialization and advanced
| | | | | | | |
practice roles; and the regulation of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Nursing's Social Policy Statement | | |
Defines and delimits clinical practice and its safe implementation -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
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