NRS 3026 Exam #3 Practice Questions with
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correct answers |\
During which phase of the cycle of violence does the batterer
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become contrite and remorseful?
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a. Battering
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b. Honeymoon
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c. Tension-building
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d. Increased drug taking
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b
The United States ranks poorly in terms of worldwide infant
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mortality rates. Which factor has the greatest impact on
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decreasing the mortality rate of infants?
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a. Providing more women's shelters
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b. Ensuring early and adequate prenatal care
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c. Resolving all language and cultural differences
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d. Enrolling pregnant women in the Medicaid program by their
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eighth month of pregnancy
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b
The nurse is planning a teaching session for staff on ethical
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theories. Which situation best reflects the Deontologic theory?
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a. Approving a physician-assisted suicide
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b. Supporting the transplantation of fetal tissue and organs
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c. Using experimental medications for the treatment of AIDS
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d. Initiating resuscitative measures on a 90-year-old patient with
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terminal cancer |\
,d
Which step of the nursing process is being used when the nurse
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decides whether an ethical dilemma exists?
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a. Analysis
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b. Planning
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c. Evaluation
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d. Assessment
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a
The nurse is interviewing a patient who is 6-weeks pregnant. The
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patient asks the nurse, "Why is elective abortion such an ethical
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issue?" Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
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a. Abortion requires third-party consent.
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b. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life begins at conception.
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c. Abortion law is unclear about a woman's constitutional rights
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d. There is a conflict between the rights of the woman and the
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rights of the fetus.
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d
At the present time, which agency governs surrogate parenting?
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a. State law
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b. Federal law
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c. Individual court decision
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d. Protective child services
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c
Which patient will most likely seek prenatal care?
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a. A 15-year-old who patient who tells her friends, "I just don't
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believe that I am pregnant."
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b. A 28-year-old who is in her second pregnancy and abuses
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,drugs and alcohol. |\ |\
c. A 20-year-old who is in her first pregnancy and has access to a
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free prenatal clinic.
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d. A 30-year-old who is in her fifth pregnancy and delivered her
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last infant at home with the help of her mother and sister.
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c
A medical-surgical nurse is asked to float to a women's health
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unit to care for patients who are scheduled for therapeutic
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abortions. The nurse refuses to accept this assignment and|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
expresses her personal beliefs as being incongruent with this
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medical practice The nursing supervisor states that the unit is
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short-staffed and the nurse is familiar with caring for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
postoperative patients. In consideration of legal and ethical |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
practices, can the nursing supervisor enforce this assignment?
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a. The staff nurse has the responsibility of accepting any
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assignment that is made while working for a health care unit, so |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the nursing supervisor is within his or her rights to enforce this
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assignment
b. Because the unit is short-staffed, the staff nurse should accept
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the assignment to provide care by benefit of her or his
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experience to patients who need care |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c. The staff nurse has expressed a legitimate concern based on
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his or her fee |\ |\ |\
c
With regard to an obstetric litigation case, a nurse working in
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labor and birth is found to be negligent. Which intervention
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performed by the nurse indicates that a breach of duty has |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
occurred?
a. The nurse did not document fetal heart tones (FHR) during the
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second stage of labor.
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b. The patient was only provided ice chips during the labor
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, period, which lasted 8 hours. |\ |\ |\ |\
c. The nurse allowed the patient to use bathroom rather than a
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bedpan during the first stage of labor. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
d. The nurse asked family members to leave the room when she
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prepared to do a pelvic exam on the patient. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a
A nurse is working with an active labor who is in preterm labor
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and has been designated as high risk. The patient is very
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apprehensive and asks the nurse, "Is everything going to be all |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
right?" Th nurse replies, "Yes, everything will be okay." Following
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
delivery via an emergency cesarean birth, the newborn
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
undergoes resuscitation and does not survive. The patient is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
distraught over the outcome nad blames the nurse for telling her |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that everything would be okay. Which ethical principle did the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nurse violate? |\
a. Autonomy
|\
b. Fidelity
|\
c. Beneficience
|\
d. Accountability
|\
b
A nurse is working in the area of labor and birth. Her assignment
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is to take care of a gravida 1 para 0 woman who presents in
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early labor at term. Vaginal exam reflects the following: 2 cm,
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cervix posterior, — 1 station, and vertex with membranes intact.
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The patient asks the nurse if she can break her water so that her
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
labor can go faster. The nurse's response, based on the ethical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
principle of malficience, is which of the following? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Tell the patient that she will have to wait until she has
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
progressed further on the vaginal exam and then she will |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
perform an amniotomy. |\ |\
b. Have the patient write down her request and then call the
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correct answers |\
During which phase of the cycle of violence does the batterer
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
become contrite and remorseful?
|\ |\ |\
a. Battering
|\
b. Honeymoon
|\
c. Tension-building
|\
d. Increased drug taking
|\ |\ |\
b
The United States ranks poorly in terms of worldwide infant
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
mortality rates. Which factor has the greatest impact on
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
decreasing the mortality rate of infants?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Providing more women's shelters
|\ |\ |\ |\
b. Ensuring early and adequate prenatal care
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c. Resolving all language and cultural differences
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
d. Enrolling pregnant women in the Medicaid program by their
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
eighth month of pregnancy
|\ |\ |\
b
The nurse is planning a teaching session for staff on ethical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
theories. Which situation best reflects the Deontologic theory?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Approving a physician-assisted suicide
|\ |\ |\ |\
b. Supporting the transplantation of fetal tissue and organs
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c. Using experimental medications for the treatment of AIDS
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
d. Initiating resuscitative measures on a 90-year-old patient with
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
terminal cancer |\
,d
Which step of the nursing process is being used when the nurse
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
decides whether an ethical dilemma exists?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Analysis
|\
b. Planning
|\
c. Evaluation
|\
d. Assessment
|\
a
The nurse is interviewing a patient who is 6-weeks pregnant. The
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
patient asks the nurse, "Why is elective abortion such an ethical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
issue?" Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Abortion requires third-party consent.
|\ |\ |\ |\
b. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that life begins at conception.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c. Abortion law is unclear about a woman's constitutional rights
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
d. There is a conflict between the rights of the woman and the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
rights of the fetus.
|\ |\ |\
d
At the present time, which agency governs surrogate parenting?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. State law
|\ |\
b. Federal law
|\ |\
c. Individual court decision
|\ |\ |\
d. Protective child services
|\ |\ |\
c
Which patient will most likely seek prenatal care?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. A 15-year-old who patient who tells her friends, "I just don't
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
believe that I am pregnant."
|\ |\ |\ |\
b. A 28-year-old who is in her second pregnancy and abuses
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,drugs and alcohol. |\ |\
c. A 20-year-old who is in her first pregnancy and has access to a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
free prenatal clinic.
|\ |\ |\
d. A 30-year-old who is in her fifth pregnancy and delivered her
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
last infant at home with the help of her mother and sister.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c
A medical-surgical nurse is asked to float to a women's health
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
unit to care for patients who are scheduled for therapeutic
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
abortions. The nurse refuses to accept this assignment and|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
expresses her personal beliefs as being incongruent with this
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
medical practice The nursing supervisor states that the unit is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
short-staffed and the nurse is familiar with caring for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
postoperative patients. In consideration of legal and ethical |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
practices, can the nursing supervisor enforce this assignment?
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. The staff nurse has the responsibility of accepting any
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assignment that is made while working for a health care unit, so |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the nursing supervisor is within his or her rights to enforce this
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
assignment
b. Because the unit is short-staffed, the staff nurse should accept
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the assignment to provide care by benefit of her or his
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
experience to patients who need care |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
c. The staff nurse has expressed a legitimate concern based on
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
his or her fee |\ |\ |\
c
With regard to an obstetric litigation case, a nurse working in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
labor and birth is found to be negligent. Which intervention
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
performed by the nurse indicates that a breach of duty has |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
occurred?
a. The nurse did not document fetal heart tones (FHR) during the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
second stage of labor.
|\ |\ |\ |\
b. The patient was only provided ice chips during the labor
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, period, which lasted 8 hours. |\ |\ |\ |\
c. The nurse allowed the patient to use bathroom rather than a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bedpan during the first stage of labor. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
d. The nurse asked family members to leave the room when she
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
prepared to do a pelvic exam on the patient. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a
A nurse is working with an active labor who is in preterm labor
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and has been designated as high risk. The patient is very
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
apprehensive and asks the nurse, "Is everything going to be all |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
right?" Th nurse replies, "Yes, everything will be okay." Following
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
delivery via an emergency cesarean birth, the newborn
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
undergoes resuscitation and does not survive. The patient is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
distraught over the outcome nad blames the nurse for telling her |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that everything would be okay. Which ethical principle did the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nurse violate? |\
a. Autonomy
|\
b. Fidelity
|\
c. Beneficience
|\
d. Accountability
|\
b
A nurse is working in the area of labor and birth. Her assignment
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
is to take care of a gravida 1 para 0 woman who presents in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
early labor at term. Vaginal exam reflects the following: 2 cm,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cervix posterior, — 1 station, and vertex with membranes intact.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The patient asks the nurse if she can break her water so that her
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
labor can go faster. The nurse's response, based on the ethical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
principle of malficience, is which of the following? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a. Tell the patient that she will have to wait until she has
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
progressed further on the vaginal exam and then she will |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
perform an amniotomy. |\ |\
b. Have the patient write down her request and then call the
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