NUR 208 Quiz 4 (Legal) – Study Guide, Practice Questions &
Nursing Review
A primary care provider's orders indicate that a surgical consent form needs to be signed. Since
the nurse was not present when the primary care provider discussed the surgical procedure,
which statement best illustrates the nurse fulfilling the client advocate role? - ANS ✔✔"What
were you told about the procedure you are going to have?"
Although the client refused the procedure, the nurse insisted and inserted a nasogastric tube in
the right nostril. The administrator of the hospital decides to settle the lawsuit because the
nurse is most likely to be found guilty of which of the following? - ANS ✔✔Battery
A nursing student is employed and working as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) on a busy
surgical unit. The nurses know that the UAP is enrolled in a nursing program and will be
graduating soon. A nurse asks the UAP if he has performed a urinary catheterization on clients
while in the nursing program. When the UAP says "Yes," the nurse asks him to help her out by
doing a urinary catheterization on a postsurgical client. What is the best response by the UAP? -
ANS ✔✔I cant do it, is there something else I can help you with
The nurse's partner/spouse undergoes exploratory surgery at the hospital where the nurse is
employed. Which of the following practices is most appropriate? - ANS ✔✔Access to the chart
requires a signed release form
Which of the following nursing actions could result in malpractice? - ANS ✔✔forgets to
complete the assessment of a client
The most common situation involving malpractice claims is: - ANS ✔✔med errors
if an outcome is unacceptable what is filed - ANS ✔✔- grievance
,what influences grievance claims - ANS ✔✔- severity of paint (determines IF claims arises)
- poor communication and rapport and unrealistic expectations
how is quality of healthcare assessed - ANS ✔✔- through outcome of services provided
primary concern of healthcare - ANS ✔✔- to do patients no harm
nurse practice Act: dependent and independent - ANS ✔✔- dependent: implements a
professionals orders
- independent: actions resulting from the collaborative relationship with other health care
provides. Autonomous nursing actions (interventions found in the nursing care plan)
op patient with high temp immediately after surgery nursing action: - ANS ✔✔- pt w/ high temp
due to pulmonary stasis
- assess the pt for lung crackles
- move the patient (turn and reposition or encourage ambulation)
Nurse Practice Act - ANS ✔✔- most imp law affecting practice
- RN expected to care for pt within defined practice limits
- practicing beyond those limits is ILLEGAL
- ignorance is NO excuse
- quid pro quo
- detailed guidleins that represent predicted care in specific situations
standards of care as evidence - ANS ✔✔- in the envent of malpractice an imp issue is where or
not the nurse followed the expected standard of care
, You are the nurse in the college heath clinic. A strapping 19 year old comes in for a TD
immunization needed for football. You ask him to sit while you administer the IM injection. He
says he would rather stand. He faints and falls to the floor hitting his head. What can you be
guilty of? Why? - ANS ✔✔- malpractice
- the RN needs control of the injection site, the pt needs to sit
- RN needs to communicate and educate the nurse
reasonably prudent nurse - ANS ✔✔- standards of care are used to measure nursing conduct
and to determine whether the nurse acted as a reasonably prudent nurse would act under
same or similar circumstances
when is a break of a nursing standard of care proven - ANS ✔✔- in the tort of nursing
negligence/malpractice
fiduciaru relationship - ANS ✔✔- between the RN and the client
- the RN provides services that cause the patient to trust the sepcialized knowledge, integrity
and fidelity of the professional
accreditation - ANS ✔✔- process an educational program is measured
licensure - ANS ✔✔- minimal requirement of a state to grant a license to practice
-measures entry level competence
certicifaction - ANS ✔✔- granting recognition in a specified are of practice
- validates special knowledge and exprience
Federal laws
- ADA
Nursing Review
A primary care provider's orders indicate that a surgical consent form needs to be signed. Since
the nurse was not present when the primary care provider discussed the surgical procedure,
which statement best illustrates the nurse fulfilling the client advocate role? - ANS ✔✔"What
were you told about the procedure you are going to have?"
Although the client refused the procedure, the nurse insisted and inserted a nasogastric tube in
the right nostril. The administrator of the hospital decides to settle the lawsuit because the
nurse is most likely to be found guilty of which of the following? - ANS ✔✔Battery
A nursing student is employed and working as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) on a busy
surgical unit. The nurses know that the UAP is enrolled in a nursing program and will be
graduating soon. A nurse asks the UAP if he has performed a urinary catheterization on clients
while in the nursing program. When the UAP says "Yes," the nurse asks him to help her out by
doing a urinary catheterization on a postsurgical client. What is the best response by the UAP? -
ANS ✔✔I cant do it, is there something else I can help you with
The nurse's partner/spouse undergoes exploratory surgery at the hospital where the nurse is
employed. Which of the following practices is most appropriate? - ANS ✔✔Access to the chart
requires a signed release form
Which of the following nursing actions could result in malpractice? - ANS ✔✔forgets to
complete the assessment of a client
The most common situation involving malpractice claims is: - ANS ✔✔med errors
if an outcome is unacceptable what is filed - ANS ✔✔- grievance
,what influences grievance claims - ANS ✔✔- severity of paint (determines IF claims arises)
- poor communication and rapport and unrealistic expectations
how is quality of healthcare assessed - ANS ✔✔- through outcome of services provided
primary concern of healthcare - ANS ✔✔- to do patients no harm
nurse practice Act: dependent and independent - ANS ✔✔- dependent: implements a
professionals orders
- independent: actions resulting from the collaborative relationship with other health care
provides. Autonomous nursing actions (interventions found in the nursing care plan)
op patient with high temp immediately after surgery nursing action: - ANS ✔✔- pt w/ high temp
due to pulmonary stasis
- assess the pt for lung crackles
- move the patient (turn and reposition or encourage ambulation)
Nurse Practice Act - ANS ✔✔- most imp law affecting practice
- RN expected to care for pt within defined practice limits
- practicing beyond those limits is ILLEGAL
- ignorance is NO excuse
- quid pro quo
- detailed guidleins that represent predicted care in specific situations
standards of care as evidence - ANS ✔✔- in the envent of malpractice an imp issue is where or
not the nurse followed the expected standard of care
, You are the nurse in the college heath clinic. A strapping 19 year old comes in for a TD
immunization needed for football. You ask him to sit while you administer the IM injection. He
says he would rather stand. He faints and falls to the floor hitting his head. What can you be
guilty of? Why? - ANS ✔✔- malpractice
- the RN needs control of the injection site, the pt needs to sit
- RN needs to communicate and educate the nurse
reasonably prudent nurse - ANS ✔✔- standards of care are used to measure nursing conduct
and to determine whether the nurse acted as a reasonably prudent nurse would act under
same or similar circumstances
when is a break of a nursing standard of care proven - ANS ✔✔- in the tort of nursing
negligence/malpractice
fiduciaru relationship - ANS ✔✔- between the RN and the client
- the RN provides services that cause the patient to trust the sepcialized knowledge, integrity
and fidelity of the professional
accreditation - ANS ✔✔- process an educational program is measured
licensure - ANS ✔✔- minimal requirement of a state to grant a license to practice
-measures entry level competence
certicifaction - ANS ✔✔- granting recognition in a specified are of practice
- validates special knowledge and exprience
Federal laws
- ADA
