,NU 180 Nursing and Healthcare II Exam
Prep — Comprehensive Review +
Practice MCQs — Galen College of
Nursing 2025/2026
1. A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses a prescribed blood transfusion due to religious beliefs. The nurse
respects the patient's decision and ensures the provider is notified. Which ethical principle is the nurse
demonstrating?
A. Beneficence
B. Autonomy
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Justice
Correct Answer: B. Autonomy
Rationale: Autonomy is the ethical principle that recognizes the patient's right to make decisions about their
own healthcare, including the right to refuse treatment based on personal or religious beliefs. The nurse is
honoring the patient's self-determination.
2. A nurse threatens to restrain a confused patient if the patient does not stay in bed. The patient becomes
fearful and attempts to climb out of bed. Which intentional tort has the nurse committed?
A. Battery
B. False imprisonment
C. Assault
,D. Defamation
Correct Answer: C. Assault
Rationale: Assault is the threat of touching a person without consent that causes the person to fear bodily
harm. The nurse's threat created fear in the patient. Battery would involve actual harmful or offensive
touching.
3. A nurse administers the wrong medication to a patient, resulting in harm. Which legal term best describes
this action?
A. Slander
B. Malpractice
C. Libel
D. False imprisonment
Correct Answer: B. Malpractice
Rationale: Malpractice (professional negligence) occurs when a nurse fails to meet the standard of care,
resulting in patient harm. Administering the wrong medication is a deviation from the standard of care.
4. The Nurse Practice Act of each state is an example of which type of law?
A. Common law
B. Statutory law
C. Civil law
, D. Case law
Correct Answer: B. Statutory law
Rationale: Statutory law is written law enacted by a legislative body. The Nurse Practice Act is legislation
passed by each state legislature to regulate nursing practice.
5. A nurse tells a colleague that a patient is "a drug seeker who is faking pain." The patient overhears this
statement. Which legal action could the patient pursue?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Slander
D. False imprisonment
Correct Answer: C. Slander
Rationale: Slander is spoken defamation that damages a person's reputation. The nurse made false spoken
statements about the patient that could harm the patient's reputation.
6. Which action by the nurse best demonstrates the role of patient safety advocate?
A. Administering medication without verifying the patient's identity
B. Questioning a provider's order that appears incorrect
C. Delegating a complex assessment to unlicensed assistive personnel
D. Documenting care at the end of the shift instead of in real time
Prep — Comprehensive Review +
Practice MCQs — Galen College of
Nursing 2025/2026
1. A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses a prescribed blood transfusion due to religious beliefs. The nurse
respects the patient's decision and ensures the provider is notified. Which ethical principle is the nurse
demonstrating?
A. Beneficence
B. Autonomy
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Justice
Correct Answer: B. Autonomy
Rationale: Autonomy is the ethical principle that recognizes the patient's right to make decisions about their
own healthcare, including the right to refuse treatment based on personal or religious beliefs. The nurse is
honoring the patient's self-determination.
2. A nurse threatens to restrain a confused patient if the patient does not stay in bed. The patient becomes
fearful and attempts to climb out of bed. Which intentional tort has the nurse committed?
A. Battery
B. False imprisonment
C. Assault
,D. Defamation
Correct Answer: C. Assault
Rationale: Assault is the threat of touching a person without consent that causes the person to fear bodily
harm. The nurse's threat created fear in the patient. Battery would involve actual harmful or offensive
touching.
3. A nurse administers the wrong medication to a patient, resulting in harm. Which legal term best describes
this action?
A. Slander
B. Malpractice
C. Libel
D. False imprisonment
Correct Answer: B. Malpractice
Rationale: Malpractice (professional negligence) occurs when a nurse fails to meet the standard of care,
resulting in patient harm. Administering the wrong medication is a deviation from the standard of care.
4. The Nurse Practice Act of each state is an example of which type of law?
A. Common law
B. Statutory law
C. Civil law
, D. Case law
Correct Answer: B. Statutory law
Rationale: Statutory law is written law enacted by a legislative body. The Nurse Practice Act is legislation
passed by each state legislature to regulate nursing practice.
5. A nurse tells a colleague that a patient is "a drug seeker who is faking pain." The patient overhears this
statement. Which legal action could the patient pursue?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Slander
D. False imprisonment
Correct Answer: C. Slander
Rationale: Slander is spoken defamation that damages a person's reputation. The nurse made false spoken
statements about the patient that could harm the patient's reputation.
6. Which action by the nurse best demonstrates the role of patient safety advocate?
A. Administering medication without verifying the patient's identity
B. Questioning a provider's order that appears incorrect
C. Delegating a complex assessment to unlicensed assistive personnel
D. Documenting care at the end of the shift instead of in real time
