Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing 6th Edition by Ginny Wacker Guido Test Bank Updated Latest 2026–2027 Nursing Law Ethics Professional Practice Patient Safety Healthcare Regulations Exam Questions with Verified Answers for BSN RN ADN LPN Nursing Student

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,Test Bank Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing, 6th edition byGinny Wacker Guido
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Table of contents
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Part1: Introductionto the Lawand theJudicialProcess
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Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
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Chapter 2: Anatomyof a Lawsuit
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Part2: Ethics
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Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
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Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in NursingPractice Settings
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Part3: LiabilityIssues
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Chapter 5: Standards of Care
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Chapter 6: Tort LawY Y Y




Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
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Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
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Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
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Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
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Part4: Impactof theLawon the Professional Practiceof Nursing
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Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
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Chapter 12: Advanced NursingPractice Roles
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Chapter 13: Corporate LiabilityIssues and Employment Laws
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Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
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Rights Act of 1991
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Chapter 15: NursingManagement and the Nurse-Managers
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Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
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Part5: Impact ofthe Law on Nursing in Selected PracticeSettings
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Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
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Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatoryand Managed Care Settings
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Chapter 19: Public and CommunityHealth Care
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Chapter 20: Nursing in Long-TermCare Settings
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Question 1 Y Y




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A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state’s nursing practice act and believes the best strategy is
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to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom should the nurse contact?
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1. State board of nursing FYY FY Y FY Y




2. State governor FY Y




3. State legislature FY Y




4. State nursing association FY Y FYY




Correct Answer: 3 FYY FYY




Rationale 1: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse practice act
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but not charged with writing the law.
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Rationale 2: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involved in
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writing nursing practice acts. FY Y FY Y FY Y




Rationale 3: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) and
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create state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement and
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enforce those acts. FY Y FY Y




Rationale 4: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do so
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independently.

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Cognitive Level: Applying FYY FY Y




Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care
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Nursing Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation
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Learning Outcome: 1.1 Define the term law and describe four sources from which law is derived, including
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constitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law. FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y




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, A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury found
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for the hospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a different
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decision?

1. No, because of the doctrine of res judicata
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2. Yes, stare decisis allows retrial FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y




3. Yes, because of the doctrine of precedent
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4. No, this is a landmark decision FYY FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y




Correct Answer: 1 FYY FYY




Rationale 1: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settled by judgment” and applies when a legal dispute has
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been decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit
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from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
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Rationale 2: Stare decisis means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in cases with similar
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fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system.
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Rationale 3: The doctrine of precedent means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in cases
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with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system. Landmark decisions signify that
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precedent is changed by the current court decision. FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y FY Y




Rationale 4: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
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Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care FY Y FYY FYY FY Y FY Y




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Learning Outcome: 1.2 Compare and contrast the doctrines of precedent (stare decisis) and res judicata.
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The circumstances of a lawsuit cause it to be under the jurisdiction of more than one court. In this case, the nurse
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expects that which court will have the greatest personal jurisdiction?
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1. Federal Supreme Court FYY FY Y




2. Federal district court FY Y FYY




3. State supreme court FYY FY Y




4. State trial court FYY FY Y




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