NURSING JURISPRUDENCE EXAM 1
CERTIFICATION PREP ACTUAL TEST WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE.
It is acceptable to spend time outside of work hours with a
client..
Answer: FALSE
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE. Keeping secrets with the client and apart
from the health care team (for example, not documenting
relevant discussions with the client in the health record) is an
example of crossing an ethical boundary..
Answer: TRUE
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE. Your client never has any visitors and
discloses extreme loneliness, giving them your phone number so
that they can call you when they're feeling down is a good way
to boost their spirits..
Answer: FALSE.
,⩥ When an unregulated care provider abuses a client, the nurse
must ______________ to protect the client and notify the
employer..
Answer: intervene
⩥ _____________ can take many forms, including verbal and
emotional, physical, neglect, sexual and financial..
Answer: Abuse
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ sarcasm;
■ retaliation or revenge;
■ intimidation, including threatening gestures/ actions;
■ teasing or taunting;
■ insensitivity to the client's preferences;
■ swearing;
■ cultural/racial slurs; and
■ an inappropriate tone of voice, such as one
expressing impatience..
Answer: VERBAL AND EMOTIONAL
,⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ hitting;
■ pushing;
■ slapping;
■ shaking;
■ using force; and
■ handling a client in a rough manner..
Answer: PHYSICAL
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ non-therapeutic confining or isolation;
■ denying care;
■ non-therapeutic denying of privileges;
■ ignoring;
■ withholding clothing, food, fluid, needed aids or equipment,
medication, and/or communication..
Answer: NEGLECT
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ sexually demeaning, seductive, suggestive,
, exploitative, derogatory or humiliating behaviour,
comments or language toward a client;
■ touching of a sexual nature or touching that may
be perceived by the client or others to be sexual;
College of Nurses of Ontario Practice Standard: Therapeutic
Nurse-Client Relationship, Revised 2006
■ sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual contact with a
client;
■ sexual relationships with a client's significant other; and
■ non-physical sexual activity such as viewing pornographic
websites with a client..
Answer: SEXUAL
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ borrowing money or property from a client;
■ soliciting gifts from a client;
■ withholding finances through trickery or theft;
■ using influence, pressure or coercion to obtain the
client's money or property;
■ having financial trusteeship, power of attorney or
guardianship;
CERTIFICATION PREP ACTUAL TEST WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 100 PERCENT
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE.
It is acceptable to spend time outside of work hours with a
client..
Answer: FALSE
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE. Keeping secrets with the client and apart
from the health care team (for example, not documenting
relevant discussions with the client in the health record) is an
example of crossing an ethical boundary..
Answer: TRUE
⩥ TRUE OR FALSE. Your client never has any visitors and
discloses extreme loneliness, giving them your phone number so
that they can call you when they're feeling down is a good way
to boost their spirits..
Answer: FALSE.
,⩥ When an unregulated care provider abuses a client, the nurse
must ______________ to protect the client and notify the
employer..
Answer: intervene
⩥ _____________ can take many forms, including verbal and
emotional, physical, neglect, sexual and financial..
Answer: Abuse
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ sarcasm;
■ retaliation or revenge;
■ intimidation, including threatening gestures/ actions;
■ teasing or taunting;
■ insensitivity to the client's preferences;
■ swearing;
■ cultural/racial slurs; and
■ an inappropriate tone of voice, such as one
expressing impatience..
Answer: VERBAL AND EMOTIONAL
,⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ hitting;
■ pushing;
■ slapping;
■ shaking;
■ using force; and
■ handling a client in a rough manner..
Answer: PHYSICAL
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ non-therapeutic confining or isolation;
■ denying care;
■ non-therapeutic denying of privileges;
■ ignoring;
■ withholding clothing, food, fluid, needed aids or equipment,
medication, and/or communication..
Answer: NEGLECT
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ sexually demeaning, seductive, suggestive,
, exploitative, derogatory or humiliating behaviour,
comments or language toward a client;
■ touching of a sexual nature or touching that may
be perceived by the client or others to be sexual;
College of Nurses of Ontario Practice Standard: Therapeutic
Nurse-Client Relationship, Revised 2006
■ sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual contact with a
client;
■ sexual relationships with a client's significant other; and
■ non-physical sexual activity such as viewing pornographic
websites with a client..
Answer: SEXUAL
⩥ WHAT KIND OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR?
■ borrowing money or property from a client;
■ soliciting gifts from a client;
■ withholding finances through trickery or theft;
■ using influence, pressure or coercion to obtain the
client's money or property;
■ having financial trusteeship, power of attorney or
guardianship;
