NR446 Exam 1 Review – Nursing Leadership, Communication,
Ethics, Law & HIPAA|Verified Questions Provided with A+
Graded Rationales Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026
A nurse who is leading a team of nurse managers is planning to make a major announcement.
The nurse should use which of the following nonverbal communication techniques to enhance
the importance of the annoucement?
Sit in front of the group for the meeting and then stand for the announcement
A nurse is working with a team of nursing personnel within a facility. Which of the following are
necessary task performance roles that members of the group or the leader must perform?
(SATA)
Coordinator
Evaluator
Energizer
A nurse is rehearsing assertive communication approaches to use when declining leadership of
a nursing department committee. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
"I decline the opportunity at this time"
A nurse leaves the unit an hour early without permission of notification of the charge nurse. The
clients in the nurse's care are stable. Which legal torts applies to this situation?
Negligence
A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse?
Insert a tunneled venous catheter for a client
A nurse administers an incorrect medication for a client. Following an assessment of the client,
the nurse determines that the client has experienced no untoward effects as a result of the
medication. The nurse does not complete an incident report because no harm came to the
client. Which of the following ethical principles did the nurse violate?
Veracity
A nurse is documenting information in a computerized health record. Which of the following
nursing actions jeopardizes client confidentialty?
Sharing computer passwords with coworkers
, A nurse is preparing an educational program for a group of newly licensed nurses about client
confidentiality. The nurse should explain that nurses may share a client's protected health
information with which of the following groups?
Health care team members caring for the client
A nurse is giving a presentation about client confidentiality to a group of newly licensed nurses.
Which of the following actions is an example of a violation of confidentiality?
Reporting laboratory findings to a member of the client's family
A nurse is reviewing information about HIPAA with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further instruction?
Information about a client can be disclosed to family members at any time
A nurse is caring for a client with a health care proxy (durable power of attorney for health
care). The client requests clarification about this type of advance directive. Which statement by
the client indicates a need for clarification?
I have to choose a family member as my health proxy
A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of dementia. The client is alert and oriented to
person, place, and time, and has advance directives. The client is scheduled for a procedure that
requires informed consent. Which of the following persons should sign the informed consent?
The client
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should instruct the class that administering a
medication to a competent client after the client refuses it is an example of which tort?
Battery
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following situations
as an example of negligence?
A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon
A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly licensed nurses.
Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is appropraite?
If you render aid in an accident, do not leave the scene until another competent person can take
over
Ethics, Law & HIPAA|Verified Questions Provided with A+
Graded Rationales Graded A+ Latest Updated 2026
A nurse who is leading a team of nurse managers is planning to make a major announcement.
The nurse should use which of the following nonverbal communication techniques to enhance
the importance of the annoucement?
Sit in front of the group for the meeting and then stand for the announcement
A nurse is working with a team of nursing personnel within a facility. Which of the following are
necessary task performance roles that members of the group or the leader must perform?
(SATA)
Coordinator
Evaluator
Energizer
A nurse is rehearsing assertive communication approaches to use when declining leadership of
a nursing department committee. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
"I decline the opportunity at this time"
A nurse leaves the unit an hour early without permission of notification of the charge nurse. The
clients in the nurse's care are stable. Which legal torts applies to this situation?
Negligence
A nurse is reviewing a provider's prescriptions for four clients. Which of the following
prescriptions is outside the legal scope of practice for the nurse?
Insert a tunneled venous catheter for a client
A nurse administers an incorrect medication for a client. Following an assessment of the client,
the nurse determines that the client has experienced no untoward effects as a result of the
medication. The nurse does not complete an incident report because no harm came to the
client. Which of the following ethical principles did the nurse violate?
Veracity
A nurse is documenting information in a computerized health record. Which of the following
nursing actions jeopardizes client confidentialty?
Sharing computer passwords with coworkers
, A nurse is preparing an educational program for a group of newly licensed nurses about client
confidentiality. The nurse should explain that nurses may share a client's protected health
information with which of the following groups?
Health care team members caring for the client
A nurse is giving a presentation about client confidentiality to a group of newly licensed nurses.
Which of the following actions is an example of a violation of confidentiality?
Reporting laboratory findings to a member of the client's family
A nurse is reviewing information about HIPAA with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates a need for further instruction?
Information about a client can be disclosed to family members at any time
A nurse is caring for a client with a health care proxy (durable power of attorney for health
care). The client requests clarification about this type of advance directive. Which statement by
the client indicates a need for clarification?
I have to choose a family member as my health proxy
A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of dementia. The client is alert and oriented to
person, place, and time, and has advance directives. The client is scheduled for a procedure that
requires informed consent. Which of the following persons should sign the informed consent?
The client
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should instruct the class that administering a
medication to a competent client after the client refuses it is an example of which tort?
Battery
A nurse is teaching a class on torts. The nurse should include which of the following situations
as an example of negligence?
A nurse identifies the absence of peripheral pulsation in a casted extremity in the early morning
and reports it to the provider in the early afternoon
A nurse manager is reviewing the Good Samaritan laws with a group of newly licensed nurses.
Which of the following statements by the nurse manager is appropraite?
If you render aid in an accident, do not leave the scene until another competent person can take
over
