ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
end-of-life issues - ANSWERS-legal right to refuse life-
prolonging treatment, legal right to refuse life-prolonging
treatment, euthanasia, assisted suicide, MAID
advance directives and health care surrogates - ANSWERS-
Advance directive: a mechanism enabling a mentally
competent person to plan for a time when mental capacity
is lost
- Living will
- Instructional directive
- Proxy directive
- Psychiatric advance directive
- Nurses required to follow the wishes of a validly appointed
proxy
,organ donation - ANSWERS-Legally competent people are
free to donate their bodies or organs for medical use
Legislation varies between provinces.
Legislation for both inter vivos (live donor) and postmortem
(cadaveric) donations
mental health issues - ANSWERS-- a patient can be admitted
to a psychiatric unit involuntarily or on a voluntary basis
(not legally able to keep them if it is determined they don't
have mental capacity)
- patients admitted on a voluntary basis have the right to
refuse treatment and the right to discharge themselves from
hospital
- if the patient may cause harm to self or others,
provincial/territorial mental health legislation permits
police officers to bring the person for examination and
treatment without the person's consent
public health. issues - ANSWERS-- public health acts assist in
the prevention, treatment, and suppression of
communicable diseases
- nurses have the legal responsibility to follow the laws
enacted to protect the public health:
reporting suspected abuse and neglect,
, reporting communicable diseases,
reporting other health-related issues to protect the public's
health.
- Some provinces/territories have legislation regarding
mandatory immunizations
What is the role of the nurse in teaching and learning -
ANSWERS-- create an environment to facilitate learning
- uses a patient-centered approach
- assesses the learning needs of the patient
- uses the most appropriate educational strategy
What does it mean to be taught - ANSWERS-information
needed by one patient and the family to make informed
decisions regarding their care
What does it mean to use teaching as communication -
ANSWERS-- teaching closely parallels the communication
process
- effective teaching depends on effective communication
What are the 3 domains of learning - ANSWERS-cognitive,
affective, psychomotor