NUR 444 Practice Questions With Complete Solutions
4 issues related to clients rights
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intrusion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client they can not leave)
Things that NEED to be reported
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the client had risk for injury or injury, client falls, Med
errors, needlesticks, procedure related/ equipment related accidents, visitor injury
What are the different types of consent?
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
Define Prioritization
ranking problems in order of importance (what requires immediate attention and what can wait)
5 Rights of Delegation
-task, circumstances, person (the team member), direction/communication,
supervision/evaluation
What is a law?
Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal authorities and hold people
accountable for compliance
What are he types of laws?
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal legislative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to government agencies)
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights of individuals in disputed over legal rights or duties of
individuals in relation to one another
-Criminal: involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful behavior that
threatens society
What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?
-legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse Practice act?
The ANA and NCSBN
How is the state board of nursing authority limited?
-they can adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing
-Executive: authority to administer the nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a licensee or to deny an
application for licensure
, NUR 444 Practice Questions With Complete Solutions
Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction nurses with probation, suspension,
revocation?
yes
what is malpractice?
occurs when a professional fails to act as a reasonably prudent professional would have in the
same situation
What is the difference between commission and omission?
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
What are the requirements of malpractice action?
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
4 elements that leads to negligence suits
1. the professional (nurse) has assumed the duty of care (responsibility for the client)
2. The professional breached the duty of care by failing to meet the standard of the care
3. The failure of the processional to meet the standard of care was the proximate cause of the
injury
4. the injury was proved
What is the captian of the ship doctrine?
-the physician is ultimately in charge of all patient care and thus should be responsible
financially
What is Respondeat superior?
attributes the acts of employees to their employer
True or false: LPNs and LVNs can delegate
false, they do not have authority to delegate based on the state nurse practice act
what are the 3 conditions of informed consent?
- must be voluntarily
-must be given by an individual with the capacity and competence to understand
-the patient must be given enough information
role of the nurse with informed consent
-collaborate with primary provider
-the nurse is not responsible for evaluating weather the physician has truly explained the
significant risks, benefits, and alternative treatments
-may be a witness but does not explain it
-determine if the elements for valid consent are in place
what is confidentiality?
a legal and ethical concern, protection of private information gathered about a patient during care
What are exemptions to the obligation of confidentiality?
-discussing the care of the patient with others involved in their direct care, quality assurance
activities, legally mandated disclosure to public health
-if the safety of innocent parties is in question
What is NCSBN 2011?
a nurses guide to the use of social media
What are some issues with patient self-determination act (PSDA)?
4 issues related to clients rights
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intrusion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client they can not leave)
Things that NEED to be reported
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the client had risk for injury or injury, client falls, Med
errors, needlesticks, procedure related/ equipment related accidents, visitor injury
What are the different types of consent?
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
Define Prioritization
ranking problems in order of importance (what requires immediate attention and what can wait)
5 Rights of Delegation
-task, circumstances, person (the team member), direction/communication,
supervision/evaluation
What is a law?
Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal authorities and hold people
accountable for compliance
What are he types of laws?
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal legislative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to government agencies)
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights of individuals in disputed over legal rights or duties of
individuals in relation to one another
-Criminal: involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful behavior that
threatens society
What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?
-legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse Practice act?
The ANA and NCSBN
How is the state board of nursing authority limited?
-they can adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing
-Executive: authority to administer the nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a licensee or to deny an
application for licensure
, NUR 444 Practice Questions With Complete Solutions
Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction nurses with probation, suspension,
revocation?
yes
what is malpractice?
occurs when a professional fails to act as a reasonably prudent professional would have in the
same situation
What is the difference between commission and omission?
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
What are the requirements of malpractice action?
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
4 elements that leads to negligence suits
1. the professional (nurse) has assumed the duty of care (responsibility for the client)
2. The professional breached the duty of care by failing to meet the standard of the care
3. The failure of the processional to meet the standard of care was the proximate cause of the
injury
4. the injury was proved
What is the captian of the ship doctrine?
-the physician is ultimately in charge of all patient care and thus should be responsible
financially
What is Respondeat superior?
attributes the acts of employees to their employer
True or false: LPNs and LVNs can delegate
false, they do not have authority to delegate based on the state nurse practice act
what are the 3 conditions of informed consent?
- must be voluntarily
-must be given by an individual with the capacity and competence to understand
-the patient must be given enough information
role of the nurse with informed consent
-collaborate with primary provider
-the nurse is not responsible for evaluating weather the physician has truly explained the
significant risks, benefits, and alternative treatments
-may be a witness but does not explain it
-determine if the elements for valid consent are in place
what is confidentiality?
a legal and ethical concern, protection of private information gathered about a patient during care
What are exemptions to the obligation of confidentiality?
-discussing the care of the patient with others involved in their direct care, quality assurance
activities, legally mandated disclosure to public health
-if the safety of innocent parties is in question
What is NCSBN 2011?
a nurses guide to the use of social media
What are some issues with patient self-determination act (PSDA)?
