NUR 113: DISASTER NURSING SAS 4
EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are laws in nursing? - ANS Rules nurses must follow, often statutes.
What is civil liability? - ANS Being required to pay damages for failure to comply with legal
duties.
What is the Good Samaritan Law? - ANS Protects healthcare providers from liability during
emergencies.
What is ethics? - ANS Study of what it means to live a moral life.
What is morality? - ANS Norms used to decide right and wrong conduct.
What is the ANA Code of Ethics? - ANS Formal source of ethical obligations for nurses.
What ethical concern is raised in reporting outbreaks? - ANS Balancing public safety with
patient confidentiality.
Why must nurses be familiar with state reporting laws? - ANS To ensure legal compliance in
emergencies.
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, What is privacy in healthcare? - ANS A person's control over access to personal life details.
What is confidentiality? - ANS Keeping shared information private within trusted
relationships.
What violates patient privacy? - ANS Unauthorized access to medical records.
What violates patient confidentiality? - ANS Telling someone about private patient
information.
What is quarantine? - ANS Restriction of healthy but exposed individuals.
What is isolation? - ANS Separation of infected individuals.
What is civil commitment? - ANS Forcible confinement for mental illness treatment.
What did Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905) affirm? - ANS State power to mandate
vaccinations.
When can adults refuse treatment? - ANS Generally anytime, unless children are involved.
What is screening? - ANS Testing a population for possible disease.
What is testing? - ANS Determining if an individual has a disease.
What is professional licensing? - ANS Legal authority to practice nursing in a state.
What is the scope of practice? - ANS Duties legally allowed by a nurse's license.
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EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
What are laws in nursing? - ANS Rules nurses must follow, often statutes.
What is civil liability? - ANS Being required to pay damages for failure to comply with legal
duties.
What is the Good Samaritan Law? - ANS Protects healthcare providers from liability during
emergencies.
What is ethics? - ANS Study of what it means to live a moral life.
What is morality? - ANS Norms used to decide right and wrong conduct.
What is the ANA Code of Ethics? - ANS Formal source of ethical obligations for nurses.
What ethical concern is raised in reporting outbreaks? - ANS Balancing public safety with
patient confidentiality.
Why must nurses be familiar with state reporting laws? - ANS To ensure legal compliance in
emergencies.
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, What is privacy in healthcare? - ANS A person's control over access to personal life details.
What is confidentiality? - ANS Keeping shared information private within trusted
relationships.
What violates patient privacy? - ANS Unauthorized access to medical records.
What violates patient confidentiality? - ANS Telling someone about private patient
information.
What is quarantine? - ANS Restriction of healthy but exposed individuals.
What is isolation? - ANS Separation of infected individuals.
What is civil commitment? - ANS Forcible confinement for mental illness treatment.
What did Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905) affirm? - ANS State power to mandate
vaccinations.
When can adults refuse treatment? - ANS Generally anytime, unless children are involved.
What is screening? - ANS Testing a population for possible disease.
What is testing? - ANS Determining if an individual has a disease.
What is professional licensing? - ANS Legal authority to practice nursing in a state.
What is the scope of practice? - ANS Duties legally allowed by a nurse's license.
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