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Chapter 2- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing questions
and correct answers rated for grade A+
1. The newly licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) has reviewed the nurse practice act (NPA) of
the state of licensure. What is the purpose of this documentation?
A. Determine the quality of nursing care
B. Enforce the standards of nursing care
C. Define the scope of nursing practice
D. Set the nurse's educational requirements - ------------correct answer----------C. Define the scope of
nursing practice
1. What are the four elements required for a claim of malpractice?
a. Duty, causation, damages, defense
b. Liability, negligence, duty, damages
c. Breach of duty, duty, liability, negligence
d. Duty, breach of duty, causation, damages. - ------------correct answer----------Duty, breach of duty,
causation, damages
1. Which of the following is not a strategy used to decrease a nurse's chance of being involved in a
malpractice case?
a. Generosity
b. Documentation
c. Improved communication
d. Assess and monitor the patient - ------------correct answer----------
1. Which of the four elements of malpractice occurs when the jury or judge decides the punishment?
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, a. Duty
b. Breach of duty
c. Causation
d. Damages - ------------correct answer----------d. Damages
10. The LPN/LVN is reviewing the patient's medical record. The nurse notes the presence of an advance
directive. The nurse recognizes that the purpose of this documentation is to:
A. Help every person exercise the right to die with dignity
B. Encourage a person to determine how he or she will die
C. Allow a patient to exercise the right of autonomy
D. Provide a means to prevent medical treatment - ------------correct answer----------B. Encourage a
person to determine how he or she will die
11. The nurse knows that all patients have the right to nursing interventions regardless of their race,
religion, or gender. The ethical principle that best describes this concept is:
A. Nonmaleficence
B. Justice
C. Autonomy
D. Beneficence - ------------correct answer----------B. Justice
12. An alert adult patient has refused an intramuscular injection. The nurse waits until the patient is
asleep and gives the injection anyway. The nurse could be charged with:
A. Civil battery
B. Malicious homicide
C. Criminal assault
D. Invasion of privacy - ------------correct answer----------A. Civil battery
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13. The nurse loves photography and brings his camera to work at the nursing home. He takes a picture
of one of his coworkers walking a patient. What best describes the actions take by the nurse?
A. He violated the patient's right to privacy
B. He failed to get proper medical clearance
C. He performed an act of nursing malpractice
D. He legally obtained a realistic picture - ------------correct answer----------A. He violated the patient's
right to privacy
14. The nurse gets a report, puts his patient assignment notebook in his pocket, and goes on break. His
notebook has vary specific information about his patients and is missing from his pocket when he
returns to the unit. The book is found later on the floor in the cafeteria by a visitor and is returned to the
information desk. The nurse:
A. May have breached the patient -self determination
B. Is guilty of criminal misconduct
C. Could be fired for malpractice
D. Has violated the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPPA) - ------------correct
answer----------D. Has violated the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPPA)
15. The newly licensed nurse is assigned a patient who needs catheterization. The nurse has not
performed the procedure before. What would be the best action for the nurse?
A. Contact the nursing supervisor and explain the the procedure will need to be done by another nurse
B.. Review the agency procedure for catheterization in the unit's resource area and see the assistance of
another experienced nurse for help during the procedure
C. Immediately advise the charge that someone else will need to assume care of this patient
D. Promptly notify the staff development office that an instructor needs to do this procedure. - ------------
correct answer----------B.. Review the agency procedure for catheterization in the unit's resource area
and see the assistance of another experienced nurse for help during the procedure
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Chapter 2- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing questions
and correct answers rated for grade A+
1. The newly licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) has reviewed the nurse practice act (NPA) of
the state of licensure. What is the purpose of this documentation?
A. Determine the quality of nursing care
B. Enforce the standards of nursing care
C. Define the scope of nursing practice
D. Set the nurse's educational requirements - ------------correct answer----------C. Define the scope of
nursing practice
1. What are the four elements required for a claim of malpractice?
a. Duty, causation, damages, defense
b. Liability, negligence, duty, damages
c. Breach of duty, duty, liability, negligence
d. Duty, breach of duty, causation, damages. - ------------correct answer----------Duty, breach of duty,
causation, damages
1. Which of the following is not a strategy used to decrease a nurse's chance of being involved in a
malpractice case?
a. Generosity
b. Documentation
c. Improved communication
d. Assess and monitor the patient - ------------correct answer----------
1. Which of the four elements of malpractice occurs when the jury or judge decides the punishment?
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, a. Duty
b. Breach of duty
c. Causation
d. Damages - ------------correct answer----------d. Damages
10. The LPN/LVN is reviewing the patient's medical record. The nurse notes the presence of an advance
directive. The nurse recognizes that the purpose of this documentation is to:
A. Help every person exercise the right to die with dignity
B. Encourage a person to determine how he or she will die
C. Allow a patient to exercise the right of autonomy
D. Provide a means to prevent medical treatment - ------------correct answer----------B. Encourage a
person to determine how he or she will die
11. The nurse knows that all patients have the right to nursing interventions regardless of their race,
religion, or gender. The ethical principle that best describes this concept is:
A. Nonmaleficence
B. Justice
C. Autonomy
D. Beneficence - ------------correct answer----------B. Justice
12. An alert adult patient has refused an intramuscular injection. The nurse waits until the patient is
asleep and gives the injection anyway. The nurse could be charged with:
A. Civil battery
B. Malicious homicide
C. Criminal assault
D. Invasion of privacy - ------------correct answer----------A. Civil battery
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13. The nurse loves photography and brings his camera to work at the nursing home. He takes a picture
of one of his coworkers walking a patient. What best describes the actions take by the nurse?
A. He violated the patient's right to privacy
B. He failed to get proper medical clearance
C. He performed an act of nursing malpractice
D. He legally obtained a realistic picture - ------------correct answer----------A. He violated the patient's
right to privacy
14. The nurse gets a report, puts his patient assignment notebook in his pocket, and goes on break. His
notebook has vary specific information about his patients and is missing from his pocket when he
returns to the unit. The book is found later on the floor in the cafeteria by a visitor and is returned to the
information desk. The nurse:
A. May have breached the patient -self determination
B. Is guilty of criminal misconduct
C. Could be fired for malpractice
D. Has violated the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPPA) - ------------correct
answer----------D. Has violated the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPPA)
15. The newly licensed nurse is assigned a patient who needs catheterization. The nurse has not
performed the procedure before. What would be the best action for the nurse?
A. Contact the nursing supervisor and explain the the procedure will need to be done by another nurse
B.. Review the agency procedure for catheterization in the unit's resource area and see the assistance of
another experienced nurse for help during the procedure
C. Immediately advise the charge that someone else will need to assume care of this patient
D. Promptly notify the staff development office that an instructor needs to do this procedure. - ------------
correct answer----------B.. Review the agency procedure for catheterization in the unit's resource area
and see the assistance of another experienced nurse for help during the procedure
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