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Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition 2025
Midterm Questions and approved answers
What is your legal responsibility in caring for a patient who has a DNR, even
if you disagree with the order? - ✔✔✔When a DNR order is written in the
chart, the nurse has the duty to follow the order. (P37)
A nurse has strong moral convictions that abortions are wrong, and is
assigned a patient who wants one. What is the most appropriate action for
the nurse to take? - ✔✔✔The nurse needs to keep their beliefs out of their
work. They can transfer the patient to another nurse if possible but they are
responsible for making sure that there is no liability on their hands. (P33)
What are the standards of care? - ✔✔✔the universal guidelines that define
appropriate measures for nursing care.
What is a patient advocate? - ✔✔✔Someone who defends or pleads a cause
or issue on behalf of another A nurse advocate has a legal and ethical
obligation to safeguard the patient's interests. (P25)
What is HIPAA? - ✔✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Protects online patient records. Protects personal information such as names,
geographic locations smaller than a state, dates, phone numbers, fax
numbers, electronic mail addresses social security numbers, medical record
numbers, health plan beneficiary, account numbers, certificate/license
numbers, vehicle identifiers, device identifiers and serial numbers, URL's,
internet protocol (IP) addresses biometric identifiers, full face
What is civil battery? - ✔✔✔Failure to secure informed consent may result in
civil liability for battery. Civil battery is the unlawful touching of a person; an
intent to harm is not necessary. (P27)
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What is malpractice? - ✔✔✔Malpractice refers to professional negligence.
Nursing responsibilities include actions taken and those omitted. The
concept of malpractice must contain four key elements. Each must be
present for liability to be established. The four are duty, breach of duty,
harm, and the cause of harm to be the breach of duty. (P24)
What is your responsibility regarding the nurse practice act? - ✔✔✔It is a
nurse’s responsibility to know the nurse practice act that is in effect for the
geographic region.
What is ethnic stereotyping? - ✔✔✔an ethnic stereotype is a fixed concept of
how all members of an ethnic group act or think. Stereotypes sometimes do
and sometimes do not have any relationship to reality. (P96)
What is transcultural nursing? - ✔✔✔Because of the many variations in
cultural and subcultural practices, culturally appropriate nursing care is a
challenge in the 21rst century. Understanding these variables and
integrating an understanding into all aspects of nursing care is referred to as
transcultural nursing. (P96)
What is ethnocentrism? - ✔✔✔Most people look at the world from their own
cultural viewpoint. They often believe that the beliefs and practices of their
particular culture are best. This belief is called ethnocentrism. (P96)
What is a matriarchal culture? - ✔✔✔Women, more specifically mothers, are
the leaders of the household in these cultures.
What is culture? - ✔✔✔Culture is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs,
and practices that are shared by a group and are passed from one
generation to another. Because of the influx of diverse cultures, the United
States rapidly is becoming multicultural and multilingual. (P95)
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Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 9th Edition 2025
Midterm Questions and approved answers
What is your legal responsibility in caring for a patient who has a DNR, even
if you disagree with the order? - ✔✔✔When a DNR order is written in the
chart, the nurse has the duty to follow the order. (P37)
A nurse has strong moral convictions that abortions are wrong, and is
assigned a patient who wants one. What is the most appropriate action for
the nurse to take? - ✔✔✔The nurse needs to keep their beliefs out of their
work. They can transfer the patient to another nurse if possible but they are
responsible for making sure that there is no liability on their hands. (P33)
What are the standards of care? - ✔✔✔the universal guidelines that define
appropriate measures for nursing care.
What is a patient advocate? - ✔✔✔Someone who defends or pleads a cause
or issue on behalf of another A nurse advocate has a legal and ethical
obligation to safeguard the patient's interests. (P25)
What is HIPAA? - ✔✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Protects online patient records. Protects personal information such as names,
geographic locations smaller than a state, dates, phone numbers, fax
numbers, electronic mail addresses social security numbers, medical record
numbers, health plan beneficiary, account numbers, certificate/license
numbers, vehicle identifiers, device identifiers and serial numbers, URL's,
internet protocol (IP) addresses biometric identifiers, full face
What is civil battery? - ✔✔✔Failure to secure informed consent may result in
civil liability for battery. Civil battery is the unlawful touching of a person; an
intent to harm is not necessary. (P27)
@ pg. 1
, 2025 foundation and adult health nursing
What is malpractice? - ✔✔✔Malpractice refers to professional negligence.
Nursing responsibilities include actions taken and those omitted. The
concept of malpractice must contain four key elements. Each must be
present for liability to be established. The four are duty, breach of duty,
harm, and the cause of harm to be the breach of duty. (P24)
What is your responsibility regarding the nurse practice act? - ✔✔✔It is a
nurse’s responsibility to know the nurse practice act that is in effect for the
geographic region.
What is ethnic stereotyping? - ✔✔✔an ethnic stereotype is a fixed concept of
how all members of an ethnic group act or think. Stereotypes sometimes do
and sometimes do not have any relationship to reality. (P96)
What is transcultural nursing? - ✔✔✔Because of the many variations in
cultural and subcultural practices, culturally appropriate nursing care is a
challenge in the 21rst century. Understanding these variables and
integrating an understanding into all aspects of nursing care is referred to as
transcultural nursing. (P96)
What is ethnocentrism? - ✔✔✔Most people look at the world from their own
cultural viewpoint. They often believe that the beliefs and practices of their
particular culture are best. This belief is called ethnocentrism. (P96)
What is a matriarchal culture? - ✔✔✔Women, more specifically mothers, are
the leaders of the household in these cultures.
What is culture? - ✔✔✔Culture is a set of learned values, beliefs, customs,
and practices that are shared by a group and are passed from one
generation to another. Because of the influx of diverse cultures, the United
States rapidly is becoming multicultural and multilingual. (P95)
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