NUR2058 EXAM 2 Questions AND Correct Answers
A 16-year-old boy brought to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the
head is declared brain dead. His driver's license identifies him as an organ
donor, but the hospital staff is unable to locate his family for permission to take
his organs. Another client in the same hospital will die within 24 hours without
a heart transplant. The tissues of both clients match sufficiently for a transplant.
What is the ethical course of action in this case? - ✔✔Continue to try and locate
family, prepare for donation
A 9-month-old baby who is developmentally delayed is tested for genetic
abnormalities. After the results are back from the laboratory, a representative
from the client's medical insurance company calls the nurses' station on the
phone and asks for the results of the tests. How can the nurse best respond to
this request? - ✔✔Do not give info over the phone
A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to
apply the nursing process, what would the nurse do next? - ✔✔Assess the hip
and ask the client about their pain
A client complains of pain to the nurse. The nurse medicates the client as
prescribed, but then fails to follow up and make sure the patient is no longer in
pain. Which of the following ethical principles has the nurse failed to
demonstrate? - ✔✔fidelity
A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed.
Which of the following could this represent? - ✔✔Battery
, A client is in a coma and unable to make health-care decisions. Who should sign
the informed consent for a non-emergent, scheduled surgery? - ✔✔Designated
POA
A client suffered a ruptured appendix and had to have an open appendectomy.
She is post-op day 1. She is able to perform many of her activities of daily living
independently, such as wash her face, brush her teeth, feed herself, and
reposition. However, she requires assistance to care for her indwelling urinary
catheter, Jackson-Pratt drain, and change her dressing. Which of the following
describes the level of care the nurse provides according to Orem's self-care
model? - ✔✔Partially compensated care
A nurse is providing a back rub to a client just after administering a pain
medication to help decrease the client's pain. Which phase of the nursing
process is this nurse demonstrating? - ✔✔Implementation
advanced beginner - ✔✔new graduate
An 18 -month-old infant is brought into the emergency room with several recent
cigarette burns on his chest and legs. What is the nurse's legal responsibility in
this case? - ✔✔Notify the attending physician or the emergency room
supervisor.
another term that can be used for professional negligence - ✔✔Malpractice
appropriate order in Benner's stages of knowledge? - ✔✔Novice, advanced
beginner, competent, proficient, and expert
A 16-year-old boy brought to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the
head is declared brain dead. His driver's license identifies him as an organ
donor, but the hospital staff is unable to locate his family for permission to take
his organs. Another client in the same hospital will die within 24 hours without
a heart transplant. The tissues of both clients match sufficiently for a transplant.
What is the ethical course of action in this case? - ✔✔Continue to try and locate
family, prepare for donation
A 9-month-old baby who is developmentally delayed is tested for genetic
abnormalities. After the results are back from the laboratory, a representative
from the client's medical insurance company calls the nurses' station on the
phone and asks for the results of the tests. How can the nurse best respond to
this request? - ✔✔Do not give info over the phone
A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to
apply the nursing process, what would the nurse do next? - ✔✔Assess the hip
and ask the client about their pain
A client complains of pain to the nurse. The nurse medicates the client as
prescribed, but then fails to follow up and make sure the patient is no longer in
pain. Which of the following ethical principles has the nurse failed to
demonstrate? - ✔✔fidelity
A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed.
Which of the following could this represent? - ✔✔Battery
, A client is in a coma and unable to make health-care decisions. Who should sign
the informed consent for a non-emergent, scheduled surgery? - ✔✔Designated
POA
A client suffered a ruptured appendix and had to have an open appendectomy.
She is post-op day 1. She is able to perform many of her activities of daily living
independently, such as wash her face, brush her teeth, feed herself, and
reposition. However, she requires assistance to care for her indwelling urinary
catheter, Jackson-Pratt drain, and change her dressing. Which of the following
describes the level of care the nurse provides according to Orem's self-care
model? - ✔✔Partially compensated care
A nurse is providing a back rub to a client just after administering a pain
medication to help decrease the client's pain. Which phase of the nursing
process is this nurse demonstrating? - ✔✔Implementation
advanced beginner - ✔✔new graduate
An 18 -month-old infant is brought into the emergency room with several recent
cigarette burns on his chest and legs. What is the nurse's legal responsibility in
this case? - ✔✔Notify the attending physician or the emergency room
supervisor.
another term that can be used for professional negligence - ✔✔Malpractice
appropriate order in Benner's stages of knowledge? - ✔✔Novice, advanced
beginner, competent, proficient, and expert
