HESI - MANAGEMENT OF
CARE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
,1. A nurse is reviewing ethical principles. Which example A
does the nurse understand relates to the concept of
fidelity?
a) Keeping a promise made to the client
b) Supporting the client's right to informed consent
c) Determining the order in which clients are cared for
d) Avoiding harm to the client in the performance of
nursing care
2. The nurse is demonstrating client advocacy in which of C,D,E
these situations? Select all that apply.
a) Helping a client bathe
b) Changing a client's abdominal dressing
c) Including the client in the formulation of a nursing
care plan
d) Ensuring that the client has been informed of the
treatment plan
e) Sharing the client's viewpoint regarding treatment
during an interdisciplinary health care conference
3. A nurse employed in a medical unit arrives at work D
and is told that the nurse will be floated to work in the
delivery room for the day because several nurses who
work there have called in sick with the flu. The nurse is
reluctant to float and has never worked in the delivery
room. The nurse takes which actions? Select all that
apply.
a) Reporting to the delivery room
b) Contacting the hospital legal department and re-
porting the situation
c) Refusing to go to the delivery room because has
never worked in that unit
, d) Informing the supervisor of the lack of experience in
caring for clients in the delivery room
e) Requesting to be allowed to go home because as
others, is also experiencing signs/symptoms of the flu
f) Reporting to the delivery room and asking to spend
the day reading the procedure manual for the unit
4. A nurse is preparing to work as a volunteer at a D
seafood festival, in the first aid tent. What does the
nurse understand about the work as a volunteer? Se-
lect all that apply.
a) That the nurse will not be provided legal immunity
under the state's Good Samaritan law
b) That the nurse must have professional liability insur-
ance, because the Good Samaritan law will not apply
c) That Good Samaritan laws vary by state, and the
nurse must be aware of the law in the state in which
one is volunteering
d) That the nurse will be covered by the Good Samar-
itan law as long as the nurse provides nursing care
within acceptable standards
e) That the nurse will not be covered by the Good
Samaritan law, because it applies only to accidents that
occur on highways
5. A nurse employed in the emergency department (ED) D
cares for a client who has sustained a gunshot wound,
but the client dies in the ED. The client, who was having
a romantic affair with a married person, was shot by
the the married person's spouse. The nurse tells a
neighbor about the incident and the affair and also
reports to the neighbor that the spouse was arrested
CARE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
,1. A nurse is reviewing ethical principles. Which example A
does the nurse understand relates to the concept of
fidelity?
a) Keeping a promise made to the client
b) Supporting the client's right to informed consent
c) Determining the order in which clients are cared for
d) Avoiding harm to the client in the performance of
nursing care
2. The nurse is demonstrating client advocacy in which of C,D,E
these situations? Select all that apply.
a) Helping a client bathe
b) Changing a client's abdominal dressing
c) Including the client in the formulation of a nursing
care plan
d) Ensuring that the client has been informed of the
treatment plan
e) Sharing the client's viewpoint regarding treatment
during an interdisciplinary health care conference
3. A nurse employed in a medical unit arrives at work D
and is told that the nurse will be floated to work in the
delivery room for the day because several nurses who
work there have called in sick with the flu. The nurse is
reluctant to float and has never worked in the delivery
room. The nurse takes which actions? Select all that
apply.
a) Reporting to the delivery room
b) Contacting the hospital legal department and re-
porting the situation
c) Refusing to go to the delivery room because has
never worked in that unit
, d) Informing the supervisor of the lack of experience in
caring for clients in the delivery room
e) Requesting to be allowed to go home because as
others, is also experiencing signs/symptoms of the flu
f) Reporting to the delivery room and asking to spend
the day reading the procedure manual for the unit
4. A nurse is preparing to work as a volunteer at a D
seafood festival, in the first aid tent. What does the
nurse understand about the work as a volunteer? Se-
lect all that apply.
a) That the nurse will not be provided legal immunity
under the state's Good Samaritan law
b) That the nurse must have professional liability insur-
ance, because the Good Samaritan law will not apply
c) That Good Samaritan laws vary by state, and the
nurse must be aware of the law in the state in which
one is volunteering
d) That the nurse will be covered by the Good Samar-
itan law as long as the nurse provides nursing care
within acceptable standards
e) That the nurse will not be covered by the Good
Samaritan law, because it applies only to accidents that
occur on highways
5. A nurse employed in the emergency department (ED) D
cares for a client who has sustained a gunshot wound,
but the client dies in the ED. The client, who was having
a romantic affair with a married person, was shot by
the the married person's spouse. The nurse tells a
neighbor about the incident and the affair and also
reports to the neighbor that the spouse was arrested
