PN4001 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is a grievous and irremediable medical condition? ANSW✅✅A serious illness or disability
causing enduring suffering that cannot be relieved under acceptable conditions.
What is the LPN's role? ANSW✅✅Providing emotional support and ensuring care plans align with
patient wishes.
Can an LPN witness a client's request for Maid? ANSW✅✅Yes, if they are not directly involved in
the care or decision-making process.
What if an LPN's beliefs or values conflict with Maid? ANSW✅✅They must notify their employer
and refer the patient to another provider.
What is the employer's role? ANSW✅✅Ensuring staff and patients have the resources to access
MAiD and supporting staff participation.
How is MAiD different from palliative care? ANSW✅✅MAiD involves actively ending life, whereas
palliative care focuses on comfort and symptom management without hastening death.
Accountability ANSW✅✅Being answerable for your actions, decisions, and their outcomes.
Responsibility ANSW✅✅The obligation to complete a task or fulfill a role effectively and ethically.
Advanced Directive ANSW✅✅A legal document that outlines a person's wishes regarding medical
treatment if they are unable to communicate.
Informed Consent ANSW✅✅When a patient agrees to a procedure after being fully informed of
the risks, benefits, and alternatives.
Ethical Dilemma ANSW✅✅A situation where there's a conflict between two moral principles or
values, making it difficult to decide the right course of action.
, False Imprisonment ANSW✅✅Restricting a person's freedom of movement without legal
justification.
Invasion of Privacy ANSW✅✅Breaching a person's confidentiality or disclosing their personal
information without permission.
Abandonment ANSW✅✅Leaving a patient without ensuring they have ongoing care or proper
handover to another healthcare professional.
Living Will ANSW✅✅A type of advanced directive that specifies a person's preferences for end-of-
life care.
Implied Consent ANSW✅✅Assumption of consent when a patient's actions suggest they agree to
treatment.
Triage ANSW✅✅The process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition to
provide appropriate care.
Prejudice ANSW✅✅Preconceived opinions or attitudes about someone or something that are not
based on reason or experience.
Stereotype ANSW✅✅Oversimplified and generalized beliefs about a group of people.
Ethnocentrism ANSW✅✅Believing one's own culture or beliefs are superior to others.
Discrimination ANSW✅✅Treating someone unfairly or unjustly based on characteristics such as
race, gender, or age.
Statutory Negligence ANSW✅✅Negligence that occurs when someone violates a law or regulation
meant to protect others.Example: A healthcare provider failing to follow infection control standards,
resulting in harm to a patient.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is a grievous and irremediable medical condition? ANSW✅✅A serious illness or disability
causing enduring suffering that cannot be relieved under acceptable conditions.
What is the LPN's role? ANSW✅✅Providing emotional support and ensuring care plans align with
patient wishes.
Can an LPN witness a client's request for Maid? ANSW✅✅Yes, if they are not directly involved in
the care or decision-making process.
What if an LPN's beliefs or values conflict with Maid? ANSW✅✅They must notify their employer
and refer the patient to another provider.
What is the employer's role? ANSW✅✅Ensuring staff and patients have the resources to access
MAiD and supporting staff participation.
How is MAiD different from palliative care? ANSW✅✅MAiD involves actively ending life, whereas
palliative care focuses on comfort and symptom management without hastening death.
Accountability ANSW✅✅Being answerable for your actions, decisions, and their outcomes.
Responsibility ANSW✅✅The obligation to complete a task or fulfill a role effectively and ethically.
Advanced Directive ANSW✅✅A legal document that outlines a person's wishes regarding medical
treatment if they are unable to communicate.
Informed Consent ANSW✅✅When a patient agrees to a procedure after being fully informed of
the risks, benefits, and alternatives.
Ethical Dilemma ANSW✅✅A situation where there's a conflict between two moral principles or
values, making it difficult to decide the right course of action.
, False Imprisonment ANSW✅✅Restricting a person's freedom of movement without legal
justification.
Invasion of Privacy ANSW✅✅Breaching a person's confidentiality or disclosing their personal
information without permission.
Abandonment ANSW✅✅Leaving a patient without ensuring they have ongoing care or proper
handover to another healthcare professional.
Living Will ANSW✅✅A type of advanced directive that specifies a person's preferences for end-of-
life care.
Implied Consent ANSW✅✅Assumption of consent when a patient's actions suggest they agree to
treatment.
Triage ANSW✅✅The process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition to
provide appropriate care.
Prejudice ANSW✅✅Preconceived opinions or attitudes about someone or something that are not
based on reason or experience.
Stereotype ANSW✅✅Oversimplified and generalized beliefs about a group of people.
Ethnocentrism ANSW✅✅Believing one's own culture or beliefs are superior to others.
Discrimination ANSW✅✅Treating someone unfairly or unjustly based on characteristics such as
race, gender, or age.
Statutory Negligence ANSW✅✅Negligence that occurs when someone violates a law or regulation
meant to protect others.Example: A healthcare provider failing to follow infection control standards,
resulting in harm to a patient.
