Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing- Chapter 4
TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS.
________ is another type of written document that can be useful for terminally ill adults who have no
other person to name as their agent for making healthcare decisions. apoints the physician as the
primary decision maker and the physician must agree as well in writing to accept the this responsibility -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Directives to physicians
_________ was adopted by the AHA (american hospital association) which is the rights of hospitalized
individuals - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Patients Bill of Rights
___________ contact may required if the client is mentally ill, intoxicated, or endagering the safety of
self or others - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔nonconsensual physical
_____________________establishes specific guidelines for psychiatric care, this specifies an individuals
wishes concerning intrusive mental health treatment (such as electroconvulsive therapy and special
types of medications called neuroleptics), must have a specific court order - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔mental health advance decleration
____________are laws that define the title of nursing and regulate the many aspects of the field of
nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Nurse Practice Acts
____________are not liccensed personnel because they do not function under nurse practice
legislations - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Certified Nurses Aides
____________is a written document a client names another person to make healthcare decisions for
him or her should the client become unable to do so, this person doesnt have to be a family memeber -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Durable Power of attorney
,____________must speak for themselves. another person can not decide to withhold treatment as long
as the client is able to make decisions. if client can not talk other means of communication must be
used. such information must be _______. if the adult is legally incompetent then the ___________will
make decisions about care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Competent adult
documented signed and witnessed
court
___________is a ehtical issue at what point does the healthcare team decided that a person should
recieve treatment or not? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Quality of Life
___________is a law effective in most states which protects you from liability if you give emergency
care within the limits of first aid and if you act in a reasonable manner - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Good
Samaritan Act
___________is a lefal term that implies that healthcare professional has prematurely stopped caring for
a client - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Abandonment of care
___________laws very from state to state in many respects. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Licensing
___________means that a client has the right to expect that his or her property will be left alone. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔right to privacy
__________are defined by the states nurse practice act, written agency policys and procedures,
documented standards of care such as a nursing care plan and testimony of expert witnesses - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔Standards of Practice
__________is a wrong committed against a person or property or public good - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔Crime
__________is an act harms a persons reputations and good name - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Defamation
, __________is imposing your beliefs and value system onto others - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Prejudice in
nursing
__________is training required generally by all healthcare facilities - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔CPR
__________issue a patients bill of rights similar to that of the AHA - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔NAHC-
National association for homehealth care
_________are a culmination of heritage culture and ones family of orgin combined with life experiences,
they evolve as life situations change, they may change when faced with illness, injury and possible death
- CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔values
_________is a crime that is considered not as serious as a felony, may be cause to revoke license,
examples would be possesion of controlled substance - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Misdemenor
_________is a legal document in which a person ieither states choices for medical treatments or names
someone to make treatment choices if he or she loses decision-making ability - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔advance directive
_________is the permanent cessation of all vital functions including those of the heart lungs and brain -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Death
________is a serious crime, examples would be falsification of medical records, insurance fraud, theft of
narcotics or practicing without a license - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Felony
________is a writeen and legally witnessed document (but can be executed with out and attorney) that
requests no extraordinary measures to be taken to save a person's life in the even of terminal illness -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Living will
________is death due to natural causes - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Biological Death
TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS.
________ is another type of written document that can be useful for terminally ill adults who have no
other person to name as their agent for making healthcare decisions. apoints the physician as the
primary decision maker and the physician must agree as well in writing to accept the this responsibility -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Directives to physicians
_________ was adopted by the AHA (american hospital association) which is the rights of hospitalized
individuals - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Patients Bill of Rights
___________ contact may required if the client is mentally ill, intoxicated, or endagering the safety of
self or others - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔nonconsensual physical
_____________________establishes specific guidelines for psychiatric care, this specifies an individuals
wishes concerning intrusive mental health treatment (such as electroconvulsive therapy and special
types of medications called neuroleptics), must have a specific court order - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔mental health advance decleration
____________are laws that define the title of nursing and regulate the many aspects of the field of
nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Nurse Practice Acts
____________are not liccensed personnel because they do not function under nurse practice
legislations - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Certified Nurses Aides
____________is a written document a client names another person to make healthcare decisions for
him or her should the client become unable to do so, this person doesnt have to be a family memeber -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Durable Power of attorney
,____________must speak for themselves. another person can not decide to withhold treatment as long
as the client is able to make decisions. if client can not talk other means of communication must be
used. such information must be _______. if the adult is legally incompetent then the ___________will
make decisions about care - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Competent adult
documented signed and witnessed
court
___________is a ehtical issue at what point does the healthcare team decided that a person should
recieve treatment or not? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Quality of Life
___________is a law effective in most states which protects you from liability if you give emergency
care within the limits of first aid and if you act in a reasonable manner - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Good
Samaritan Act
___________is a lefal term that implies that healthcare professional has prematurely stopped caring for
a client - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Abandonment of care
___________laws very from state to state in many respects. - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Licensing
___________means that a client has the right to expect that his or her property will be left alone. -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔right to privacy
__________are defined by the states nurse practice act, written agency policys and procedures,
documented standards of care such as a nursing care plan and testimony of expert witnesses - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔Standards of Practice
__________is a wrong committed against a person or property or public good - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔Crime
__________is an act harms a persons reputations and good name - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Defamation
, __________is imposing your beliefs and value system onto others - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Prejudice in
nursing
__________is training required generally by all healthcare facilities - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔CPR
__________issue a patients bill of rights similar to that of the AHA - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔NAHC-
National association for homehealth care
_________are a culmination of heritage culture and ones family of orgin combined with life experiences,
they evolve as life situations change, they may change when faced with illness, injury and possible death
- CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔values
_________is a crime that is considered not as serious as a felony, may be cause to revoke license,
examples would be possesion of controlled substance - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Misdemenor
_________is a legal document in which a person ieither states choices for medical treatments or names
someone to make treatment choices if he or she loses decision-making ability - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔✔advance directive
_________is the permanent cessation of all vital functions including those of the heart lungs and brain -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Death
________is a serious crime, examples would be falsification of medical records, insurance fraud, theft of
narcotics or practicing without a license - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Felony
________is a writeen and legally witnessed document (but can be executed with out and attorney) that
requests no extraordinary measures to be taken to save a person's life in the even of terminal illness -
CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Living will
________is death due to natural causes - CORRECT ANSWERS✔✔Biological Death
