FOUNDATIONS AND ADULT HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE

FOUNDATIONS AND ADULT HEALTH NURSING QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2027

Question 1.
Legal System

Correct Answer: Complex set of rules and regulations that has developed in
response to the needs of society


Question 2.
Laws

Correct Answer: The reference of a rule, principle, or regulation established and
made known by a government to protect or restrict the people affected to have
proper behavior in society


Question 3.
What are Criminal Laws?

Correct Answer: Involves the needs of the public


Question 4.
Criminal Laws

Correct Answer: Federal or State


Question 5.
Civil Laws

Correct Answer: Between individuals or agency


Question 6.
How are civil and Criminal laws established?

Correct Answer: Statutory Law- Specific legal questions Common Law- That
come before the court and usually follow previous rulings on an issue


Question 7.
What refers to the absence of due care?

Correct Answer: Negligence


Question 8.
What refers to Professional Negligence and has 4 key elements?

Correct Answer: Malpractice

,Question 9.
What are the 4 key elements of malpractice?

Correct Answer: 1. Duty- relationship between patient and nurse
2. Breach- failure to perform the duty in a reasonable manner
3. Harm- has occurred and does not have to be physical injury
4. Proximate Cause


Question 10.
What is known as the breach of duty?

Correct Answer: Proximate Cause


Question 11.
What is the occurrence of harm depended directly on occurrence of the breach?

Correct Answer: Proximate Cause


Question 12.
To practice within the rules and regulations, the standards of care and the employing
agencies' policies and procedures is the best way to avoid what?

Correct Answer: Being charged with malpractice


Question 13.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Correct Answer: HIPAA


Question 14.
What is informed consent?

Correct Answer: Full disclosure of the facts that the patient needs to make an
intelligent decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is performed


Question 15.
Keeping private

Correct Answer: Confidentiality


Question 16.
What's the best way to avoid a lawsuit?

Correct Answer: Promote a positive nurse patient relationship

, Question 17.
To speak in favor of

Correct Answer: Advocate


Question 18.
Maleficience

Correct Answer: Act of committing harm


Question 19.
Independence

Correct Answer: Autonomy


Question 20.
What is wrongful termination of providing patient care?

Correct Answer: Abandonment of care


Question 21.
What is Slander?

Correct Answer: Malicious or untrue spoken words about another person that
are brought to the attention of others


Question 22.
What is Libel?

Correct Answer: A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is
brought to the attention of others


Question 23.
What is spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may injure
the subjects reputation?

Correct Answer: Defamation


Question 24.
What is battery?

Correct Answer: Unlawful touching of another person without informed consent.


Question 25.
What are some examples of grounds for licensure proceedings?

Correct Answer: Falsifying records, Patient abuse, diverting or stealing
narcotics, documentation errors