GERO....Chapter 5- Legal, Ethical, And Financial Considerations
Regarding Older Adults Exam With Complete Solutions
Which situation could cause an ethical/legal issue?
1) Allowing a resident to refuse care
2) Deciding whether to pass pills first or do a dressing change
3) Deciding whether to include the resident in planning care
4) Reporting a nursing assistant for not answering a resident's call light - answer 1)
Allowing a resident to refuse care
Which situation could be a legal dilemma for nurses caring for older adults?
1) The resident requests not to be bathed.
2) The nurse passes the medications to all of the residents on time.
3) The resident signs out of the nursing facility and does not tell the staff where he or
she is going.
4) The nurse gives the resident only half of the ordered dose of a medication because of
side effects that the resident is experiencing. - answer 4) The nurse gives the resident
only half of the ordered dose of a medication because of side effects that the resident is
experiencing.
Which best describes ethics?
1) Legal aspects of health
2) Consequence evaluation
3) Values and moral concepts
4) Right and wrong behaviors - answer 3) Values and moral concepts
Which is true about ethical decision making?
1) It is governed by the law.
2) It is beyond the legal scope of the practical nurse.
3) It is the use of personal values and beliefs to solve problems.
4) It is unnecessary if there are comprehensive physician orders. - answer 3) It is the
, use of personal values and beliefs to solve problems.
What is the Patient Care Partnership designed to do?
1) Protect the nurse from unfounded lawsuits.
2) Identify the individual's ability to make decisions.
3) Support the choices of an individual who is able to read and write.
4) Protect the individual's right to make informed choices relating to his or her health
care. - answer 4) Protect the individual's right to make informed choices relating to his
or her health care.
Which is true regarding laws governing health care and health-care delivery?
1) They are consistent with values systems.
2) They are fair and benefit most of the population.
3) They are man-made and capable of being changed.
4) They are developed with the rights of residents as the central theme. - answer 3) They
are man-made and capable of being changed.
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) finds a resident unresponsive, calls for help, and
instructs the staff to call 911 and bring emergency supplies while she sets up oxygen for
the resident. What is this nurse guilty of doing?
1) The LPN should have called 911.
2) The LPN did not document the event.
3) The LPN functioned within the scope of practice.
4) The LPN should have requested a physician's order for the oxygen. - answer 3) The
LPN functioned within the scope of practice.
A non-intravenous (IV) certified LPN starts an IV infusion in a resident during an
emergency situation. What is this nurse guilty of doing?
1) Doing someone else's job
2) Adhering to the Nurse Practice Act
3) Being negligent because of not being IV-certified
4) Skipping resident consent for the IV insertion - answer 3) Being negligent because of
not being IV-certified
If a non-IV certified LPN starts an IV infusion what should the judge determine if this
situation is reviewed in court?
Regarding Older Adults Exam With Complete Solutions
Which situation could cause an ethical/legal issue?
1) Allowing a resident to refuse care
2) Deciding whether to pass pills first or do a dressing change
3) Deciding whether to include the resident in planning care
4) Reporting a nursing assistant for not answering a resident's call light - answer 1)
Allowing a resident to refuse care
Which situation could be a legal dilemma for nurses caring for older adults?
1) The resident requests not to be bathed.
2) The nurse passes the medications to all of the residents on time.
3) The resident signs out of the nursing facility and does not tell the staff where he or
she is going.
4) The nurse gives the resident only half of the ordered dose of a medication because of
side effects that the resident is experiencing. - answer 4) The nurse gives the resident
only half of the ordered dose of a medication because of side effects that the resident is
experiencing.
Which best describes ethics?
1) Legal aspects of health
2) Consequence evaluation
3) Values and moral concepts
4) Right and wrong behaviors - answer 3) Values and moral concepts
Which is true about ethical decision making?
1) It is governed by the law.
2) It is beyond the legal scope of the practical nurse.
3) It is the use of personal values and beliefs to solve problems.
4) It is unnecessary if there are comprehensive physician orders. - answer 3) It is the
, use of personal values and beliefs to solve problems.
What is the Patient Care Partnership designed to do?
1) Protect the nurse from unfounded lawsuits.
2) Identify the individual's ability to make decisions.
3) Support the choices of an individual who is able to read and write.
4) Protect the individual's right to make informed choices relating to his or her health
care. - answer 4) Protect the individual's right to make informed choices relating to his
or her health care.
Which is true regarding laws governing health care and health-care delivery?
1) They are consistent with values systems.
2) They are fair and benefit most of the population.
3) They are man-made and capable of being changed.
4) They are developed with the rights of residents as the central theme. - answer 3) They
are man-made and capable of being changed.
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) finds a resident unresponsive, calls for help, and
instructs the staff to call 911 and bring emergency supplies while she sets up oxygen for
the resident. What is this nurse guilty of doing?
1) The LPN should have called 911.
2) The LPN did not document the event.
3) The LPN functioned within the scope of practice.
4) The LPN should have requested a physician's order for the oxygen. - answer 3) The
LPN functioned within the scope of practice.
A non-intravenous (IV) certified LPN starts an IV infusion in a resident during an
emergency situation. What is this nurse guilty of doing?
1) Doing someone else's job
2) Adhering to the Nurse Practice Act
3) Being negligent because of not being IV-certified
4) Skipping resident consent for the IV insertion - answer 3) Being negligent because of
not being IV-certified
If a non-IV certified LPN starts an IV infusion what should the judge determine if this
situation is reviewed in court?
