NUR 303 - Law and Policy Questions With
Complete Solutions
A definition of health policy includes which of the
following elements?
a. Funding for public education
b. Appropriation of funds for roadwork
c. Selection of congressional members of
committees
d. Public policy made to support health-related
goals Correct Answers d.
A living will may be revoked if: Correct Answers -
there is evidence the patient was not competent
when the living will was executed
- the patient's condition is not terminal
- a state-imposed time for enforcement of the will
has expired, and a new living will must be
executed
- the patient's condition has changed substantially,
and the stipulations of the will no longer apply
Define assault. Correct Answers threat or attempt
to injure
Define battery. Correct Answers the unauthorized
or the actual harmful or offensive touching of a
person
,Define compact state. Correct Answers a term of
law; in the context of the nurse licensure compact,
a state that has established an agreement with
other states allowing nurses to practice within the
state without an additional license; the interstate
compacts are enacted by the state legislatures
Define constituent. Correct Answers a citizen who
has the opportunity to vote for candidates in
elections for representation at the local, state, and
federal levels
Define criminal negligence. Correct Answers
negligence that indicates "reckless and wanton"
disregard for the safety, well-being, or life of an
individual; behavior that demonstrates a complete
disregard for another, such that death is likely
Define defamation of character. Correct Answers
attacks on a person's reputation (ex. liberl,
slander)
Define disclosure. Correct Answers a process in
which the patient's primary provider (physician or
advanced practice nurse) gives the patient, and
when applicable, family members, complete
information about unanticipated adverse outcomes
of treatment and care
, Define durable power of attorney. Correct Answers
a legal document that authorizes the patient to
name the person (the health care proxy) who will
make the day-to-day and final end-of-life decisions
once he or she is decisionally incompetent
Define duty of care. Correct Answers the nurse's
primary commitment is to the recipient of nursing
and healthcare services; nurses are morally
obligated to care for all patients regardless of their
unique characteristics
Define duty to report. Correct Answers in most
states, nurses are considered mandated reporters
and are legally required to report abuse
Define felony. Correct Answers major offense;
often committed against the federal government;
results in time in prison and revocation of nursing
license (ex. drug trafficking offenses, fraud in
billing for services of Medicare patients, theft, rape,
and murder)
Define health policy. Correct Answers public
policies pertaining to health that are the result of
an authoritative public decision-making process
Define immunity. Correct Answers legal doctrine
by which a person is protected from a lawsuit for
Complete Solutions
A definition of health policy includes which of the
following elements?
a. Funding for public education
b. Appropriation of funds for roadwork
c. Selection of congressional members of
committees
d. Public policy made to support health-related
goals Correct Answers d.
A living will may be revoked if: Correct Answers -
there is evidence the patient was not competent
when the living will was executed
- the patient's condition is not terminal
- a state-imposed time for enforcement of the will
has expired, and a new living will must be
executed
- the patient's condition has changed substantially,
and the stipulations of the will no longer apply
Define assault. Correct Answers threat or attempt
to injure
Define battery. Correct Answers the unauthorized
or the actual harmful or offensive touching of a
person
,Define compact state. Correct Answers a term of
law; in the context of the nurse licensure compact,
a state that has established an agreement with
other states allowing nurses to practice within the
state without an additional license; the interstate
compacts are enacted by the state legislatures
Define constituent. Correct Answers a citizen who
has the opportunity to vote for candidates in
elections for representation at the local, state, and
federal levels
Define criminal negligence. Correct Answers
negligence that indicates "reckless and wanton"
disregard for the safety, well-being, or life of an
individual; behavior that demonstrates a complete
disregard for another, such that death is likely
Define defamation of character. Correct Answers
attacks on a person's reputation (ex. liberl,
slander)
Define disclosure. Correct Answers a process in
which the patient's primary provider (physician or
advanced practice nurse) gives the patient, and
when applicable, family members, complete
information about unanticipated adverse outcomes
of treatment and care
, Define durable power of attorney. Correct Answers
a legal document that authorizes the patient to
name the person (the health care proxy) who will
make the day-to-day and final end-of-life decisions
once he or she is decisionally incompetent
Define duty of care. Correct Answers the nurse's
primary commitment is to the recipient of nursing
and healthcare services; nurses are morally
obligated to care for all patients regardless of their
unique characteristics
Define duty to report. Correct Answers in most
states, nurses are considered mandated reporters
and are legally required to report abuse
Define felony. Correct Answers major offense;
often committed against the federal government;
results in time in prison and revocation of nursing
license (ex. drug trafficking offenses, fraud in
billing for services of Medicare patients, theft, rape,
and murder)
Define health policy. Correct Answers public
policies pertaining to health that are the result of
an authoritative public decision-making process
Define immunity. Correct Answers legal doctrine
by which a person is protected from a lawsuit for
