Fundamentals Patient Care: Edapt: Legal Aspect of Providing Care NR
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Question:
The nurse notes that a living will is in the client's medical
record. Which statement represents the best description of
guidelines a nurse would follow in this case?
Answer:
A living will is invoked only when the client has a terminal
condition or is in a persistent vegetative state.
Question:
Match the definition below with the type of law it describes:
1. Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and the state
legislatures is civil or criminal.
2. Protects the rights of individuals by settling disputes
between citizens.
3. Defines nursing standards that must be met within
individual states.
4. Defines offenses and punishments for those who threaten,
harm, or endanger society.
5. Decisions are made based on previous court cases.
Answer:
1. Statutory law
2. Civil law
3. Nurse Practice Acts
4. Criminal law
5. Case law
Question:
Ordinarily, minors may not consent to medical treatment for
themselves. The nurse understands that this does not apply to
emancipated minors and unemancipated minors in certain
, situations. For each situation listed, indicate if consent can be
provided by an emancipated or unemancipated minor.
1. Pregnancy
2. Minor parent for their child
3. Elective surgery
4. Sexually transmitted infection treatment
5. Substance use treatment
6. Organ donation
7. Outpatient mental health treatment
8. Sports related physical examination
Answer:
1. Both
2. Both
3. Consent by Emancipated Minors
4. Both
5. Both
6. Consent by Emancipated Minors
7. Both
8. Consent by Emancipated Minors
Question:
Although the client refused the procedure, the nurse insisted
and inserted a nasogastric tube in the right nostril. This is an
example of ___(1)___ which is ___(2)___ ___(3)____ .
Answer:
1. Battery
2. an intentional
3. tort
Question:
Drag and drop an appropriate word or phrase into each box to
fill in the statement below. Note: Not all the words are correct
for the statement. Informed consent is an agreement from the
283 Chamberlain University-Illinois | UPDATED Questions with 100%
Verified Answers
Question:
The nurse notes that a living will is in the client's medical
record. Which statement represents the best description of
guidelines a nurse would follow in this case?
Answer:
A living will is invoked only when the client has a terminal
condition or is in a persistent vegetative state.
Question:
Match the definition below with the type of law it describes:
1. Legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and the state
legislatures is civil or criminal.
2. Protects the rights of individuals by settling disputes
between citizens.
3. Defines nursing standards that must be met within
individual states.
4. Defines offenses and punishments for those who threaten,
harm, or endanger society.
5. Decisions are made based on previous court cases.
Answer:
1. Statutory law
2. Civil law
3. Nurse Practice Acts
4. Criminal law
5. Case law
Question:
Ordinarily, minors may not consent to medical treatment for
themselves. The nurse understands that this does not apply to
emancipated minors and unemancipated minors in certain
, situations. For each situation listed, indicate if consent can be
provided by an emancipated or unemancipated minor.
1. Pregnancy
2. Minor parent for their child
3. Elective surgery
4. Sexually transmitted infection treatment
5. Substance use treatment
6. Organ donation
7. Outpatient mental health treatment
8. Sports related physical examination
Answer:
1. Both
2. Both
3. Consent by Emancipated Minors
4. Both
5. Both
6. Consent by Emancipated Minors
7. Both
8. Consent by Emancipated Minors
Question:
Although the client refused the procedure, the nurse insisted
and inserted a nasogastric tube in the right nostril. This is an
example of ___(1)___ which is ___(2)___ ___(3)____ .
Answer:
1. Battery
2. an intentional
3. tort
Question:
Drag and drop an appropriate word or phrase into each box to
fill in the statement below. Note: Not all the words are correct
for the statement. Informed consent is an agreement from the
