NR446 Exam 1 – UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
NR446 Exam 1 – UPDATED Questions with 100%
Verified Answers
Chamberlain University-Georgia
NR 446
Section 1: Nurse, Client, Health (Q1–Q13)
Question & Answer
Q1 A nurse who is leading a team of nurse managers is planning to make a major
announcement. The nurse should use which of the following nonverbal communication
techniques to enhance the importance of the annoucement?
A Sit in front of the group for the meeting and then stand for the announcement
Q2 A nurse is working with a team of nursing personnel within a facility. Which of the
following are necessary task performance roles that members of the group or the leader
must perform? (SATA)
A Coordinator Evaluator Energizer
Q3 A nurse is rehearsing assertive communication approaches to use when declining
leadership of a nursing department committee. Which of the following statements
should the nurse make?
A "I decline the opportunity at this time"
Q4 A nurse leaves the unit an hour early without permission of notification of the charge
nurse. The clients in the nurse's care are stable. Which legal torts applies to this
situation?
A Negligence
Q5 A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse?
A Insert a tunneled venous catheter for a client
Q6 A nurse administers an incorrect medication for a client. Following an assessment of the
client, the nurse determines that the client has experienced no untoward effects as a
result of the medication. The nurse does not complete an incident report because no
harm came to the client. Which of the following ethical principles did the nurse violate?
A Veracity
Q7 A nurse is documenting information in a computerized health record. Which of the
following nursing actions jeopardizes client confidentialty?
A Sharing computer passwords with coworkers
Q8 A nurse is preparing an educational program for a group of newly licensed nurses about
client confidentiality. The nurse should explain that nurses may share a client's
protected health information with which of the following groups?
A Health care team members caring for the client
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Question & Answer
Q9 A nurse is giving a presentation about client confidentiality to a group of newly licensed
nurses. Which of the following actions is an example of a violation of confidentiality?
A Reporting laboratory findings to a member of the client's family
Q10 A nurse is reviewing information about HIPAA with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further instruction?
A Information about a client can be disclosed to family members at any time
Q11 A nurse is caring for a client with a health care proxy (durable power of attorney for
health care). The client requests clarification about this type of advance directive.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for clarification?
A I have to choose a family member as my health proxy
Q12 A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of dementia. The client is alert and
oriented to person, place, and time, and has advance directives. The client is scheduled
for a procedure that requires informed consent. Which of the following persons should
sign the informed consent?
A The client
Q13 A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should instruct the class that
administering a medication to a competent client after the client refuses it is an
example of which tort?
A Battery
Section 2: Nurse, Client, Manager (Q14–Q26)
Question & Answer
Q14 A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following
situations as an example of negligence?
A A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon
Q15 A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly licensed
nurses. Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is appropraite?
A If you render aid in an accident, do not leave the scene until another competent person can take
over
Q16 A nurse manager has received information from a facility's risk management
department that a former client is pursuing a lawsuit. The nurse manager should
anticipate a deposition will be required during which phase of the legal process?
A Discovery phase
Q17 While being assisted to the bathroom by a nurse, a client falls and fractures the right
femur. The client plans to sue the nurse. Which standard is used in legal proceedings to
determine if a nurse is negligent in providing care?
A Another staff nurse provides testimony about how a reasonable, prudent nurse would have handled
the situation
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NR446 Exam 1 – UPDATED Questions with 100%
Verified Answers
Chamberlain University-Georgia
NR 446
Section 1: Nurse, Client, Health (Q1–Q13)
Question & Answer
Q1 A nurse who is leading a team of nurse managers is planning to make a major
announcement. The nurse should use which of the following nonverbal communication
techniques to enhance the importance of the annoucement?
A Sit in front of the group for the meeting and then stand for the announcement
Q2 A nurse is working with a team of nursing personnel within a facility. Which of the
following are necessary task performance roles that members of the group or the leader
must perform? (SATA)
A Coordinator Evaluator Energizer
Q3 A nurse is rehearsing assertive communication approaches to use when declining
leadership of a nursing department committee. Which of the following statements
should the nurse make?
A "I decline the opportunity at this time"
Q4 A nurse leaves the unit an hour early without permission of notification of the charge
nurse. The clients in the nurse's care are stable. Which legal torts applies to this
situation?
A Negligence
Q5 A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse?
A Insert a tunneled venous catheter for a client
Q6 A nurse administers an incorrect medication for a client. Following an assessment of the
client, the nurse determines that the client has experienced no untoward effects as a
result of the medication. The nurse does not complete an incident report because no
harm came to the client. Which of the following ethical principles did the nurse violate?
A Veracity
Q7 A nurse is documenting information in a computerized health record. Which of the
following nursing actions jeopardizes client confidentialty?
A Sharing computer passwords with coworkers
Q8 A nurse is preparing an educational program for a group of newly licensed nurses about
client confidentiality. The nurse should explain that nurses may share a client's
protected health information with which of the following groups?
A Health care team members caring for the client
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Question & Answer
Q9 A nurse is giving a presentation about client confidentiality to a group of newly licensed
nurses. Which of the following actions is an example of a violation of confidentiality?
A Reporting laboratory findings to a member of the client's family
Q10 A nurse is reviewing information about HIPAA with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further instruction?
A Information about a client can be disclosed to family members at any time
Q11 A nurse is caring for a client with a health care proxy (durable power of attorney for
health care). The client requests clarification about this type of advance directive.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for clarification?
A I have to choose a family member as my health proxy
Q12 A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of dementia. The client is alert and
oriented to person, place, and time, and has advance directives. The client is scheduled
for a procedure that requires informed consent. Which of the following persons should
sign the informed consent?
A The client
Q13 A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should instruct the class that
administering a medication to a competent client after the client refuses it is an
example of which tort?
A Battery
Section 2: Nurse, Client, Manager (Q14–Q26)
Question & Answer
Q14 A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following
situations as an example of negligence?
A A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon
Q15 A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly licensed
nurses. Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is appropraite?
A If you render aid in an accident, do not leave the scene until another competent person can take
over
Q16 A nurse manager has received information from a facility's risk management
department that a former client is pursuing a lawsuit. The nurse manager should
anticipate a deposition will be required during which phase of the legal process?
A Discovery phase
Q17 While being assisted to the bathroom by a nurse, a client falls and fractures the right
femur. The client plans to sue the nurse. Which standard is used in legal proceedings to
determine if a nurse is negligent in providing care?
A Another staff nurse provides testimony about how a reasonable, prudent nurse would have handled
the situation
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