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RECALLS 1 EXAM (NP1 TOPRANK)
Across all settings in the practice of nursing, nurses are confronted with ethical and legal
issues related to client care, thus, the professional nurse has the responsibility to be aware of
the ethical principles, laws, and guidelines related to providing safe and quality care to clients.
1. It is the branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between right and wrong
based on a body of knowledge, not based only on opinions.
A. Morality
B. Ethics
C. Virtues
D. Values
2. The Code of Ethics serves as a guide for one’s actions. It aims to improve one’s
discretion. All but one of the following is embodied in the American Nurses
Association Code of Ethics.
A. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the client, whether an individual, family, group or
community
B. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
rights of clients only under her direct care.
C. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to
preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal
and professional growth
D. The profession of nursing, as represented by associations and their members, is
responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the
profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy.
3. Aside from direct client care, the nurse assumes several roles in and out the health care
setting and they often carry out these roles concurrently rather than exclusively of one
another. Which of the following roles encompasses the ability to influence others to
accomplice a specific goal?
A. Advocate
B. Leader
C. Communicator
D. Manager
4. Nurses pursue further education and fulfills expanded career roles. The nurse-midwife
may perform the following independently:
1. Prenatal Care
2. Postnatal Care
3. Manual evacuation of placenta
4. Manage deliveries in normal pregnancies
5. Pap Smears
6. Blood transfusion
7. Family planning
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8. Clinical breast exam
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
B. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
C. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
D. 1, 2, 4 and 7
5. Nurses are governed by civil and criminal law in roles as providers of services,
employees of institutions, and private citizens. A nurse who does not meet the
standards of care may be held liable and may be subjected to civil cases. What is a civil
law?
A. Concerned with the enforcement of agreements among private individuals
B. Concerned with relationships among persons and the protection of a person’s rights
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C. Concerned with relationships between individuals and government, and with
acts that threaten society and its order
D. Civil wrong
A 16 years old client is to undergo a Cesarean Section. Nurse Rudy Baldwin is aware of the
legal implication of an informed consent. Informed consent serves as the client’s permission
to perform surgery, perform a treatment or procedure, or give information to a third party.
6. The client needs to be a participant in decisions regarding health care. The following are
guidelines in signing the informed consent.
1. A consent must be signed freely by the client without threat or pressure
2. Must be witnessed by anyone
3. If a client is declared mentally or emotionally incompetent, the next of kin, any guardian, or
durable power of attorney has legal authority to give consent.
4. A client has the right to refuse information
5. The client has the right to waive the informed consent and undergo treatment
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1, 3, 4, 5
D. 1, 4, 5
7. In signing consents, the client should be mentally and emotionally competent. Who
among the following clients may sign the informed consent?
A. Declared incompetent
B. Under the influence of absinthe
C. Diagnosed with dysthymia
D. Unconscious
8. The mother of the client asks who should sign the consent. Nurse Rudy’s response
should be guided by which of the following principles?
A. The consent should be signed by anyone of legal age (18 years old)
B. A minor may give legal consent, but consent must be obtained from a parent or the legal
guardian
C. Parental or guardian consent should be obtained before treatment is initiated for minor
D. An emancipated minor is considered legally capable of signing an informed consent
9. All of the following is a violation and invasion of client privacy, except:
A. Taking photographs of the client for medical purposes while she is in general anesthesia,
and making sure to put a black bar over the eyes upon print out
B. Drawing out the curtains while performing a medical procedure.
C. Intrusion by the health care agency regarding the client’s affairs
D. Leaving a confused or agitated client sitting in the nursing unit hallway.
10. The client asks if she needs a durable power of attorney. Upon assessment, Nurse
Rudy concludes that the client has an incorrect perception of the topic. Nurse Theo
corrects this by stating that a durable power of attorney:
A. Is the client’s right to identify written directions about the care that they wish to
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receive
B. Lists the medical treatments that a client chooses to omit or refuse if the client
becomes unable to make decisions and is terminally ill
C. Appoints a health proxy to make health care decisions on his/her behalf when
the client can no longer make decisions
D. Is an order written by a physician when a client has indicated a desire to be allowed
to die.
RECALLS 1 EXAM (NP1 TOPRANK)
Across all settings in the practice of nursing, nurses are confronted with ethical and legal
issues related to client care, thus, the professional nurse has the responsibility to be aware of
the ethical principles, laws, and guidelines related to providing safe and quality care to clients.
1. It is the branch of philosophy concerned with the distinction between right and wrong
based on a body of knowledge, not based only on opinions.
A. Morality
B. Ethics
C. Virtues
D. Values
2. The Code of Ethics serves as a guide for one’s actions. It aims to improve one’s
discretion. All but one of the following is embodied in the American Nurses
Association Code of Ethics.
A. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the client, whether an individual, family, group or
community
B. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
rights of clients only under her direct care.
C. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to
preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal
and professional growth
D. The profession of nursing, as represented by associations and their members, is
responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the
profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy.
3. Aside from direct client care, the nurse assumes several roles in and out the health care
setting and they often carry out these roles concurrently rather than exclusively of one
another. Which of the following roles encompasses the ability to influence others to
accomplice a specific goal?
A. Advocate
B. Leader
C. Communicator
D. Manager
4. Nurses pursue further education and fulfills expanded career roles. The nurse-midwife
may perform the following independently:
1. Prenatal Care
2. Postnatal Care
3. Manual evacuation of placenta
4. Manage deliveries in normal pregnancies
5. Pap Smears
6. Blood transfusion
7. Family planning
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8. Clinical breast exam
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
B. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
C. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
D. 1, 2, 4 and 7
5. Nurses are governed by civil and criminal law in roles as providers of services,
employees of institutions, and private citizens. A nurse who does not meet the
standards of care may be held liable and may be subjected to civil cases. What is a civil
law?
A. Concerned with the enforcement of agreements among private individuals
B. Concerned with relationships among persons and the protection of a person’s rights
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C. Concerned with relationships between individuals and government, and with
acts that threaten society and its order
D. Civil wrong
A 16 years old client is to undergo a Cesarean Section. Nurse Rudy Baldwin is aware of the
legal implication of an informed consent. Informed consent serves as the client’s permission
to perform surgery, perform a treatment or procedure, or give information to a third party.
6. The client needs to be a participant in decisions regarding health care. The following are
guidelines in signing the informed consent.
1. A consent must be signed freely by the client without threat or pressure
2. Must be witnessed by anyone
3. If a client is declared mentally or emotionally incompetent, the next of kin, any guardian, or
durable power of attorney has legal authority to give consent.
4. A client has the right to refuse information
5. The client has the right to waive the informed consent and undergo treatment
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1, 3, 4, 5
D. 1, 4, 5
7. In signing consents, the client should be mentally and emotionally competent. Who
among the following clients may sign the informed consent?
A. Declared incompetent
B. Under the influence of absinthe
C. Diagnosed with dysthymia
D. Unconscious
8. The mother of the client asks who should sign the consent. Nurse Rudy’s response
should be guided by which of the following principles?
A. The consent should be signed by anyone of legal age (18 years old)
B. A minor may give legal consent, but consent must be obtained from a parent or the legal
guardian
C. Parental or guardian consent should be obtained before treatment is initiated for minor
D. An emancipated minor is considered legally capable of signing an informed consent
9. All of the following is a violation and invasion of client privacy, except:
A. Taking photographs of the client for medical purposes while she is in general anesthesia,
and making sure to put a black bar over the eyes upon print out
B. Drawing out the curtains while performing a medical procedure.
C. Intrusion by the health care agency regarding the client’s affairs
D. Leaving a confused or agitated client sitting in the nursing unit hallway.
10. The client asks if she needs a durable power of attorney. Upon assessment, Nurse
Rudy concludes that the client has an incorrect perception of the topic. Nurse Theo
corrects this by stating that a durable power of attorney:
A. Is the client’s right to identify written directions about the care that they wish to
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receive
B. Lists the medical treatments that a client chooses to omit or refuse if the client
becomes unable to make decisions and is terminally ill
C. Appoints a health proxy to make health care decisions on his/her behalf when
the client can no longer make decisions
D. Is an order written by a physician when a client has indicated a desire to be allowed
to die.
