EDAPT Exam – Ethics, Health Policy & Healthcare Law: Nurse
Leadership, Advocacy & Legal Responsibilities|Verified
Questions Provided with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated
2026
Which actions are the legal responsibility of a nurse leader? Select all that apply.
Create an environment of diversity and inclusion
Practice within the scope of state nurse practice act
Reduce risk of organizational liability
Promote client safety
During walking rounds with the charge nurse, a nurse manager notices a staff nurse preparing
medications for two clients at the same time. Which ethical principles should guide the nurse
manager's next actions? Select all that apply.
Fidelity
Nonmaleficence
Confidentiality
For each example, indicate if the situation represents a nurse advocating for clients or the
nursing profession.
Client:
Empowers others by increasing knowledge of self-practice
Volunteering at a clinic in an underserved area
Securing informed consent when needed
Nursing Profession:
Vote for state and national leaders who promote expanding nurse practice acts
Supporting whistleblowers
Sharing nursing's perspective on health care issues
The nurse leader has a significant impact on ethical __________ because leaders have the
power to __________ others and enforce the organization's norms, __________, and
viewpoints.
,Decision-making
Motivate
Policies
As part of their responsibilities, the nurse leader provides educational opportunities for
colleagues concerning treatment and care at the client's end-of-life and the importance of
safeguarding confidential client information. Which topics should the nurse leader cover? Select
all that apply.
Advance directives
Privacy rule
Match the category of labor law to the correct definition.
Equal employment law - Seeks to prevent discrimination in hiring practices.
Criminal laws - Prohibit certain conduct in the workplace.
Labor standards - Set minimum expectations for wages, workplace safety, and pay equity.
Labor relations - Regulate the relationship between unions and employers.
Two nursing leaders are discussing difficulties with client transfers between their departments.
Each manager has spoken with their staff and believes the concerns are valid and a solution can
be reached that is equitable to all staff and puts clients' safety at the highest priority. Which
step should the nursing leaders take next?
Arrange a meeting of key staff to identify key concerns.
The nurse leader is completing their annual self-evaluation. Which actions should the leader list
to provide examples of advocacy being a part of their nursing practice? Select all that apply.
Initiating an ethical consultation for a client whose family wanted to ignore a legal advance
directive for health care document.
Meeting with local elected officials to encourage funding for a free health clinic serving clients
at risk.
The night shift charge nurse has been informed that due to low staffing and high client acuity in
the intensive care unit (ICU), one of the nurses will be required to work in the ICU on the
upcoming shift. Specify if each factor should or should not be a priority consideration of the
charge nurse when determining which nurse should work in the ICU.
, Should Consider:
Nurses with ICU experience
Facility policies related to nurses working on other units
Length of time since each nurse was required to work on another unit
Each nurse's competence in caring for critically ill clients
Should Not Consider:
Preferences of the nurses
The nurse manager is counseling a registered nurse (RN) after a client who was confused was
discovered on the floor beside a bed. The bed was in the highest position with all side rails
lowered while in the care of the RN.
The manager should explain to the RN which professional duties were violated? Select all that
apply.
Legal
Ethical
A nurse manager is speaking with a health care provider and staff nurse after the nurse declined
to administer a newly prescribed medication to a client whose electronic health record (EHR)
clearly indicated an allergy to the medication. Which leadership/management traits is the nurse
manager demonstrating? Select all that apply.
Acting as an intermediary for colleagues
Creating a safe and professional environment
Drag the appropriate ethical principle the nurse is being asked to support in each example to
the correct box.
Autonomy - A client scheduled for a complex surgical procedure asks the nurse, "I don't want
anybody making decisions for me. And I don't want to prolong my life. What can I do to make
sure that happens?"
Justice - A provider is making rounds on several of the clients on a unit but runs out of time and
fails to visit the nurse's assigned client. The nurse approaches the provider and asks, "What
about rounding on my client?"
In which situations is it appropriate for a nurse leader to make decisions for employees using
the ethical principle of paternalism? Click appropriate or inappropriate for each situation.
Leadership, Advocacy & Legal Responsibilities|Verified
Questions Provided with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated
2026
Which actions are the legal responsibility of a nurse leader? Select all that apply.
Create an environment of diversity and inclusion
Practice within the scope of state nurse practice act
Reduce risk of organizational liability
Promote client safety
During walking rounds with the charge nurse, a nurse manager notices a staff nurse preparing
medications for two clients at the same time. Which ethical principles should guide the nurse
manager's next actions? Select all that apply.
Fidelity
Nonmaleficence
Confidentiality
For each example, indicate if the situation represents a nurse advocating for clients or the
nursing profession.
Client:
Empowers others by increasing knowledge of self-practice
Volunteering at a clinic in an underserved area
Securing informed consent when needed
Nursing Profession:
Vote for state and national leaders who promote expanding nurse practice acts
Supporting whistleblowers
Sharing nursing's perspective on health care issues
The nurse leader has a significant impact on ethical __________ because leaders have the
power to __________ others and enforce the organization's norms, __________, and
viewpoints.
,Decision-making
Motivate
Policies
As part of their responsibilities, the nurse leader provides educational opportunities for
colleagues concerning treatment and care at the client's end-of-life and the importance of
safeguarding confidential client information. Which topics should the nurse leader cover? Select
all that apply.
Advance directives
Privacy rule
Match the category of labor law to the correct definition.
Equal employment law - Seeks to prevent discrimination in hiring practices.
Criminal laws - Prohibit certain conduct in the workplace.
Labor standards - Set minimum expectations for wages, workplace safety, and pay equity.
Labor relations - Regulate the relationship between unions and employers.
Two nursing leaders are discussing difficulties with client transfers between their departments.
Each manager has spoken with their staff and believes the concerns are valid and a solution can
be reached that is equitable to all staff and puts clients' safety at the highest priority. Which
step should the nursing leaders take next?
Arrange a meeting of key staff to identify key concerns.
The nurse leader is completing their annual self-evaluation. Which actions should the leader list
to provide examples of advocacy being a part of their nursing practice? Select all that apply.
Initiating an ethical consultation for a client whose family wanted to ignore a legal advance
directive for health care document.
Meeting with local elected officials to encourage funding for a free health clinic serving clients
at risk.
The night shift charge nurse has been informed that due to low staffing and high client acuity in
the intensive care unit (ICU), one of the nurses will be required to work in the ICU on the
upcoming shift. Specify if each factor should or should not be a priority consideration of the
charge nurse when determining which nurse should work in the ICU.
, Should Consider:
Nurses with ICU experience
Facility policies related to nurses working on other units
Length of time since each nurse was required to work on another unit
Each nurse's competence in caring for critically ill clients
Should Not Consider:
Preferences of the nurses
The nurse manager is counseling a registered nurse (RN) after a client who was confused was
discovered on the floor beside a bed. The bed was in the highest position with all side rails
lowered while in the care of the RN.
The manager should explain to the RN which professional duties were violated? Select all that
apply.
Legal
Ethical
A nurse manager is speaking with a health care provider and staff nurse after the nurse declined
to administer a newly prescribed medication to a client whose electronic health record (EHR)
clearly indicated an allergy to the medication. Which leadership/management traits is the nurse
manager demonstrating? Select all that apply.
Acting as an intermediary for colleagues
Creating a safe and professional environment
Drag the appropriate ethical principle the nurse is being asked to support in each example to
the correct box.
Autonomy - A client scheduled for a complex surgical procedure asks the nurse, "I don't want
anybody making decisions for me. And I don't want to prolong my life. What can I do to make
sure that happens?"
Justice - A provider is making rounds on several of the clients on a unit but runs out of time and
fails to visit the nurse's assigned client. The nurse approaches the provider and asks, "What
about rounding on my client?"
In which situations is it appropriate for a nurse leader to make decisions for employees using
the ethical principle of paternalism? Click appropriate or inappropriate for each situation.
