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PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Who is Florence Nightingale? what are her principles (7)? - ✔✔-she is the founder of modern nursing
-Principles:
-1. Care to emphasize health maintenance and restoration?
2. improved sanitization
3. improved nutrition
4. therapeutic environment
5. empathetic care
6. confidential care
7. care through vital assessment
What is informed consent? what is the purpose of a nurse witness? What about implied consent? -
✔✔informed consent: written for high risk or invasive procedures, verbal for less invasive
Nurse witness: make sure the consent is voluntary, alert and able to make the choice, ethically make sure
pt. understands procedure
Implied consent: nonverbal behaviors or actions implies consent
What is the purpose of delegation?
What are three things to consider before delegating?
What do you NOT delegate? - ✔✔purpose: to make delivery of care more efficient
Things: patient condition, experience of CNA, giving clear directions
What are the five rights of delegation? - ✔✔1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
3. Right person
4. Right direction or communication
5. Right supervision
Libel? Slander? - ✔✔libel: written defamation (Crazy patient)
slander: spoken defamation (idiot doctor)
Malpractice? - ✔✔Act of negligence as applied to a professional person
Legal term for administering tylenol and you fail to notify MD? - ✔✔Gross negligence
Assault vs battery? - ✔✔Assault: threat to make bodily contact without permission
Battery: assault carried out
negligence: - ✔✔performing an act a prudent person wouldn't do in the same situation, or not doing
something a prudent person would do
altruism? - ✔✔concern for wellbeing and welfare of others
, Autonomy? - ✔✔doing something by yourself without a doctor's order (just not medicine)
human dignity? - ✔✔respect for inherent worth and uniqueness of person or population
integrity? - ✔✔act in accordance to code of ethics
Social justice? - ✔✔treat everyone equally no matter what
Beneficience? - ✔✔doing best for patient
Malfecience? - ✔✔do no harm
justice? - ✔✔give each his or her due (act fairly)
fidelity? - ✔✔keep promises
Veracity? - ✔✔tell truth
accountability vs responsibility? - ✔✔responsible for care; and held accountable to care
Laissez-faire - ✔✔no interference
tort? - ✔✔wrong committed by a person to person or their property
What is the patient determination act? - ✔✔Health care worker gives patient
-advance directives (specify care)
-living will
-power of attorney
-(Right to refuse?)
-(DNR?)
Hippa? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that means you can give out PHI
(patient health information)
-demographic info,
-past, present, future health condition)
-treatment
- financial info
What is the purpose of accreditation? - ✔✔voluntary process to see if providing acceptable practice
(The Joint Commission)
What is critical thinking in Nursing? what does it in include? - ✔✔- values all available options
- Includes:
-looks act situation objectively
-determine pertinent info
-recognize problem or needs
-prioritize needs
PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/2027
Who is Florence Nightingale? what are her principles (7)? - ✔✔-she is the founder of modern nursing
-Principles:
-1. Care to emphasize health maintenance and restoration?
2. improved sanitization
3. improved nutrition
4. therapeutic environment
5. empathetic care
6. confidential care
7. care through vital assessment
What is informed consent? what is the purpose of a nurse witness? What about implied consent? -
✔✔informed consent: written for high risk or invasive procedures, verbal for less invasive
Nurse witness: make sure the consent is voluntary, alert and able to make the choice, ethically make sure
pt. understands procedure
Implied consent: nonverbal behaviors or actions implies consent
What is the purpose of delegation?
What are three things to consider before delegating?
What do you NOT delegate? - ✔✔purpose: to make delivery of care more efficient
Things: patient condition, experience of CNA, giving clear directions
What are the five rights of delegation? - ✔✔1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
3. Right person
4. Right direction or communication
5. Right supervision
Libel? Slander? - ✔✔libel: written defamation (Crazy patient)
slander: spoken defamation (idiot doctor)
Malpractice? - ✔✔Act of negligence as applied to a professional person
Legal term for administering tylenol and you fail to notify MD? - ✔✔Gross negligence
Assault vs battery? - ✔✔Assault: threat to make bodily contact without permission
Battery: assault carried out
negligence: - ✔✔performing an act a prudent person wouldn't do in the same situation, or not doing
something a prudent person would do
altruism? - ✔✔concern for wellbeing and welfare of others
, Autonomy? - ✔✔doing something by yourself without a doctor's order (just not medicine)
human dignity? - ✔✔respect for inherent worth and uniqueness of person or population
integrity? - ✔✔act in accordance to code of ethics
Social justice? - ✔✔treat everyone equally no matter what
Beneficience? - ✔✔doing best for patient
Malfecience? - ✔✔do no harm
justice? - ✔✔give each his or her due (act fairly)
fidelity? - ✔✔keep promises
Veracity? - ✔✔tell truth
accountability vs responsibility? - ✔✔responsible for care; and held accountable to care
Laissez-faire - ✔✔no interference
tort? - ✔✔wrong committed by a person to person or their property
What is the patient determination act? - ✔✔Health care worker gives patient
-advance directives (specify care)
-living will
-power of attorney
-(Right to refuse?)
-(DNR?)
Hippa? - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that means you can give out PHI
(patient health information)
-demographic info,
-past, present, future health condition)
-treatment
- financial info
What is the purpose of accreditation? - ✔✔voluntary process to see if providing acceptable practice
(The Joint Commission)
What is critical thinking in Nursing? what does it in include? - ✔✔- values all available options
- Includes:
-looks act situation objectively
-determine pertinent info
-recognize problem or needs
-prioritize needs
