NURSE 115 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
______establishes regulations for the use and disclosure of protected health
information, including information about the health status, provision of health
care, or payment for health care that can be linked to a person or a part of a
person's medical record. correct answer The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
"Common law" is created when: correct answer a court makes a judicial decision
in a course case.
A core set of principles known as the Georgetown Mantra includes ethical
principles used for ethical decision-making. These ethical principles are: correct
answer autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
A definition of ethics is: correct answer the reflection of values in how one
conducts himself or herself.
A nurse comments on a friend's Facebook page, telling her, "You should get a
second opinion because the health-care provider you posted that you're going to
go to is really not the best." For which of the following is the nurse committing a
quasi-intentional tort? correct answer Slander
A nurse manager is clearly concerned about the number of nurses who quit within
6 months of hire. She wonders if a longer, more effective period of orientation to
the unit would decrease the turnover rate of her staff. In this study, the use of "a
longer, more effective period of orientation" describes the: correct answer
Intervention
, A nurse manager is explaining the Magnet Recognition Program. Which
explanation is most relevant? correct answer It involves the entire hospital with a
focus on nursing care and satisfaction
A nurse manager is interested in quality improvement and wants to improve care
on his unit. Sources of data he may need to examine include: correct answer
patient's medical records.
patient satisfaction surveys.
employee reports of satisfaction.
A nurse researcher questions whether or not nurses' and physicians' attitudes
about collaborating together are influenced, positively or negatively, after the
unit adopts the practice of conducting daily nurse-physician patient discussion,
i.e. collaborative "rounds." For this PICOT question, the "O" stands for: correct
answer attitudes about collaborating
A nursing license is issued by which of the following? correct answer State Board
of Nursing
A pregnant woman comes for her first visit in the clinic. She does not speak
English, yet she has her 13-year-old son with her who speaks a little English. The
nurse is taking the obstetrical history should: correct answer obtain a medical
translator from the hospital list of translators
A state's Nurse Practice Act is an example of: correct answer Statutory Law
According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, European Americans are the largest
group and comprises approximately what percentage of the population? correct
answer 77%
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
______establishes regulations for the use and disclosure of protected health
information, including information about the health status, provision of health
care, or payment for health care that can be linked to a person or a part of a
person's medical record. correct answer The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
"Common law" is created when: correct answer a court makes a judicial decision
in a course case.
A core set of principles known as the Georgetown Mantra includes ethical
principles used for ethical decision-making. These ethical principles are: correct
answer autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
A definition of ethics is: correct answer the reflection of values in how one
conducts himself or herself.
A nurse comments on a friend's Facebook page, telling her, "You should get a
second opinion because the health-care provider you posted that you're going to
go to is really not the best." For which of the following is the nurse committing a
quasi-intentional tort? correct answer Slander
A nurse manager is clearly concerned about the number of nurses who quit within
6 months of hire. She wonders if a longer, more effective period of orientation to
the unit would decrease the turnover rate of her staff. In this study, the use of "a
longer, more effective period of orientation" describes the: correct answer
Intervention
, A nurse manager is explaining the Magnet Recognition Program. Which
explanation is most relevant? correct answer It involves the entire hospital with a
focus on nursing care and satisfaction
A nurse manager is interested in quality improvement and wants to improve care
on his unit. Sources of data he may need to examine include: correct answer
patient's medical records.
patient satisfaction surveys.
employee reports of satisfaction.
A nurse researcher questions whether or not nurses' and physicians' attitudes
about collaborating together are influenced, positively or negatively, after the
unit adopts the practice of conducting daily nurse-physician patient discussion,
i.e. collaborative "rounds." For this PICOT question, the "O" stands for: correct
answer attitudes about collaborating
A nursing license is issued by which of the following? correct answer State Board
of Nursing
A pregnant woman comes for her first visit in the clinic. She does not speak
English, yet she has her 13-year-old son with her who speaks a little English. The
nurse is taking the obstetrical history should: correct answer obtain a medical
translator from the hospital list of translators
A state's Nurse Practice Act is an example of: correct answer Statutory Law
According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, European Americans are the largest
group and comprises approximately what percentage of the population? correct
answer 77%
