NSG 444 exam 2 Questions with Correct solutions
4 issues related to clients rights
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intrusion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client they can not leave)
Things that NEED to be reported
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the client had risk for injury or injury, client falls, Med
errors, needlesticks, procedure related/ equipment related accidents, visitor injury
What are the different types of consent?
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
Define Prioritization
ranking problems in order of importance (what requires immediate attention and what can wait)
5 Rights of Delegation
-task, circumstances, person (the team member), direction/communication,
supervision/evaluation
,What is a law?
Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal authorities and hold people
accountable for compliance
What are he types of laws?
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal legislative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to government agencies)
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights of individuals in disputed over legal rights or duties of
individuals in relation to one another
-Criminal: involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful behavior that
threatens society
What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?
-legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse Practice act?
The ANA and NCSBN
How is the state board of nursing authority limited?
, -they can adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing
-Executive: authority to administer the nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a licensee or to deny an
application for licensure
Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction nurses with probation,
suspension, revocation?
yes
what is malpractice?
occurs when a professional fails to act as a reasonably prudent professional would have in the
same situation
What is the difference between commission and omission?
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
What are the requirements of malpractice action?
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
4 issues related to clients rights
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intrusion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client they can not leave)
Things that NEED to be reported
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the client had risk for injury or injury, client falls, Med
errors, needlesticks, procedure related/ equipment related accidents, visitor injury
What are the different types of consent?
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
Define Prioritization
ranking problems in order of importance (what requires immediate attention and what can wait)
5 Rights of Delegation
-task, circumstances, person (the team member), direction/communication,
supervision/evaluation
,What is a law?
Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal authorities and hold people
accountable for compliance
What are he types of laws?
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal legislative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to government agencies)
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights of individuals in disputed over legal rights or duties of
individuals in relation to one another
-Criminal: involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful behavior that
threatens society
What is the statutory Authority of state nursing Practice acts?
-legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing practice
-delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest language for the state Nurse Practice act?
The ANA and NCSBN
How is the state board of nursing authority limited?
, -they can adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
-they do not have the power to enlarge the law
Describe the 3 functions of state board of nursing
-Executive: authority to administer the nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to discipline a licensee or to deny an
application for licensure
Does the state board of nursing have the power to sanction nurses with probation,
suspension, revocation?
yes
what is malpractice?
occurs when a professional fails to act as a reasonably prudent professional would have in the
same situation
What is the difference between commission and omission?
Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
What are the requirements of malpractice action?
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-causes the client (plaintiff) injury though the practice of those skills
