Test Bank – Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing
(Ginny Wacker Guido, 7th Edition) | 2025
Revised & Verified, Complete Chapters
,Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
Chapter 5: Standards of Care
Chapter 6: Tort Law
Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
Chapter 12: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles
Chapter 13: Corporate Liability Issues and Employment Laws
Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991
Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-Managers
Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatory and Managed Care Settings
Chapter 19: Public and Community Health Care
Chapter 20: Nursing in Long-Term Care Settings
, MCSA
A nurse would like to advocate for a modificatio is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this
statutory law. Whom should the nurse contact?
State board of nursing State governor State legislature State nursing association
3
: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse practice act but not
charged with writing the law.
: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involved in writing
nursing practice acts.
: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) and create state
boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement and enforce
those acts.
: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do so
independently.
Applying
Safe Effective Care Environment
Management of Care
Nursing Process: Implementation
1.1 Define the term law and describe four sources from which law is derived, including constitutional,
statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law.
MCSA
Guido, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 7th edition , Test Bank
, A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury
found for the hospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a
different decision?
No, because of the doctrine of res judicata Yes, stare decisis allows retrial Yes, because of the doctrine of preceden
No, this is a landmark decision
1
: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settled by ju been decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrin
prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit
from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
: Stare decisis means to “let the decision stand” and fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court
system.
: The doctrine of precedent means to “let th with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court
system. Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
Analyzing
Safe Effective Care Environment
Management of Care
Nursing Process: Assessment
1.2 Compare and contrast the doctrines of precedent (stare decisis) and res judicata.
MCSA
The circumstances of a lawsuit cause it to be under the jurisdiction of more than one court. In this case, the
nurse expects that which court will have the greatest personal jurisdiction?
Federal Supreme Court Federal district court State supreme court State trial court
Guido, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 7th edition , Test Bank
(Ginny Wacker Guido, 7th Edition) | 2025
Revised & Verified, Complete Chapters
,Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
Chapter 5: Standards of Care
Chapter 6: Tort Law
Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
Chapter 12: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles
Chapter 13: Corporate Liability Issues and Employment Laws
Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991
Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-Managers
Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatory and Managed Care Settings
Chapter 19: Public and Community Health Care
Chapter 20: Nursing in Long-Term Care Settings
, MCSA
A nurse would like to advocate for a modificatio is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this
statutory law. Whom should the nurse contact?
State board of nursing State governor State legislature State nursing association
3
: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse practice act but not
charged with writing the law.
: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involved in writing
nursing practice acts.
: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) and create state
boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement and enforce
those acts.
: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do so
independently.
Applying
Safe Effective Care Environment
Management of Care
Nursing Process: Implementation
1.1 Define the term law and describe four sources from which law is derived, including constitutional,
statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law.
MCSA
Guido, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 7th edition , Test Bank
, A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury
found for the hospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a
different decision?
No, because of the doctrine of res judicata Yes, stare decisis allows retrial Yes, because of the doctrine of preceden
No, this is a landmark decision
1
: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settled by ju been decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrin
prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit
from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
: Stare decisis means to “let the decision stand” and fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court
system.
: The doctrine of precedent means to “let th with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court
system. Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
Analyzing
Safe Effective Care Environment
Management of Care
Nursing Process: Assessment
1.2 Compare and contrast the doctrines of precedent (stare decisis) and res judicata.
MCSA
The circumstances of a lawsuit cause it to be under the jurisdiction of more than one court. In this case, the
nurse expects that which court will have the greatest personal jurisdiction?
Federal Supreme Court Federal district court State supreme court State trial court
Guido, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 7th edition , Test Bank
