PRACTICAL VOCATIONAL NURSING
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉Durable medical power of attorney . Answer: Legal written
designation making another person responsible for one's medical
decisions
◉intentional tort . Answer: A wrongful act knowingly committed.
◉unintentional tort . Answer: negligence and malpractice
◉assault . Answer: unjustified attempt or threat to touch someone
◉battery . Answer: to cause physical harm to someone
◉libel . Answer: written defamation
◉slander . Answer: spoken defamation
, ◉LPNs responsibilities regarding HIPPA . Answer: protection of
privacy
◉ignorance of nursing law is . Answer: no excuse
◉negligence . Answer: careless neglect, often resulting in injury
◉malpractice . Answer: Failure by a health professional to meet
accepted standards
◉3 types of consent . Answer: Informed, Expressed, Implied
◉4 areas to prove negligence . Answer: duty, breach of duty,
damages, and proximate cause
◉DNR (do not resuscitate) . Answer: an order that tells medical
professionals not to perform CPR
◉physician-assisted suicide . Answer: the process of ending one's
own life with the help of a doctor rather than directly by the doctor's
hand
◉Euthanasia . Answer: The painless killing of someone dying from a
painful disease
CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉Durable medical power of attorney . Answer: Legal written
designation making another person responsible for one's medical
decisions
◉intentional tort . Answer: A wrongful act knowingly committed.
◉unintentional tort . Answer: negligence and malpractice
◉assault . Answer: unjustified attempt or threat to touch someone
◉battery . Answer: to cause physical harm to someone
◉libel . Answer: written defamation
◉slander . Answer: spoken defamation
, ◉LPNs responsibilities regarding HIPPA . Answer: protection of
privacy
◉ignorance of nursing law is . Answer: no excuse
◉negligence . Answer: careless neglect, often resulting in injury
◉malpractice . Answer: Failure by a health professional to meet
accepted standards
◉3 types of consent . Answer: Informed, Expressed, Implied
◉4 areas to prove negligence . Answer: duty, breach of duty,
damages, and proximate cause
◉DNR (do not resuscitate) . Answer: an order that tells medical
professionals not to perform CPR
◉physician-assisted suicide . Answer: the process of ending one's
own life with the help of a doctor rather than directly by the doctor's
hand
◉Euthanasia . Answer: The painless killing of someone dying from a
painful disease
