NURSING ETHICS ACTUAL FINALS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔31. An LPN/LVN is asked by the RN to administer an IV chemotherapeutic agent to
a patient in the acute care setting. What law should this nurse refer to before initiating
this intervention?
A. Standard of care
B. Regulation of practice
C. American Nurses' association code
D. Nurse practice act - ✔✔D. Nurse practice act
It is the nurse's responsibility to know the nurse practice act in his or her state.
Standards of care, regulation of practice, and the American Nurses' code are not laws
that the nurse should refer to before initiating this treatment.
✔✔32. A nurse fails to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered, resulting in harm to the
patient. This nurse could be found guilty of:
A malpractice
B. Harm to the patient
C. Negligence
D. Failure to follow the nurse practice act - ✔✔A malpractice
The nurse can be held liable for malpractice for acts of omission. Failure to meet a legal
duty, thus causing harm to another, is malpractice. The nurse practice act has general
guidelines that can support the charge of malpractice.
✔✔33. Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To
protect these expectations, which of the following has become law?
A. American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
B. Self-Determination Act
C. American Hospital Association's Standards of Care
,D. The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities of patients - ✔✔A. American
Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
✔✔34. The nurse is preparing the patient for at Horace tesis. What must be completed
before the procedure may be performed?
A. Physical assessment
B. Interview
C. Informed consent
D. Surgical checklist - ✔✔C. Informed consent
✔✔35. When a nurse protects the information in a patient's record, what ethical
responsibility is the nurse fulfilling?
A. Privacy
B. Disclosure
C. Confidentiality
D. Absolute secrecy - ✔✔C. Confidentiality
✔✔36. An older adult is admitted to the hospital with numerous bodily bruises, and the
nurse suspects elder abuse. What is the best nursing action?
A. Cover the bruises with bandages
B. Take photographs of the bruises
C. Ask the patient if anyone has hit her
D. Report the bruises to the charge nurse - ✔✔D. Report the bruises to the charge
nurse
✔✔37. What is the best way for the nurse to avoid a lawsuit?
A. Carry malpractice insurance
B. Spend time with the patient
C. Provide compassionate, competent care
D. Answer all call lights quickly - ✔✔C. Provide compassionate, competent care
✔✔38. The nurse is caring for a patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Although
the nurse may disagree with this order, what is his or her legal obligation?
A. To question the health care provider
B. To seek advice from the family
C. To discuss it with the patient
D. To follow the order - ✔✔D. To follow the order
, ✔✔39. The nurse has strong moral convictions that abortions are wrong. When
assigned to assist with an abortion, what is the most appropriate action for the nurse to
take?
A. Ask for another assignment
B. Leave work
C. Transfer to another floor
D. Protest to the supervisor - ✔✔A. Ask for another assignment
✔✔40. The new LPN/LVN is concerned regarding what should or should not be done
for patients. What resource will be best provide this information?
A. Nurse practice act
B. Standards of care
C. Scope of nursing practice
D. Professional organization - ✔✔B. Standards of care
Standards of care define what should or should not be done for patients. The nurse
practice act, scope of nursing practice, and professional organizations do not provide
the best information as to what should or should not be done for patients
✔✔41. What role is the nurse who diligently works for the protection of patients'
interests playing?
A. Caregiver
B. Health care administrator
C. Advocate
D. Health care evaluator - ✔✔C. Advocate
A nurse accepts the role of advocate when, in addition to general care, the nurse
protects the patient's interests. Caregiver, health care administrator, and health care
evaluator are not terms for the nurse who diligently works for the protection of patients.
✔✔42. When asked to perform a procedure that the nurse has never done before, what
should the nurse do to legally protect himself or herself ?
A. Go ahead and do it
B. Refuse to perform it, citing lack of knowledge
C. Discuss it with the charge nurse, asking for direction
D. Ask another nurse who has performed the procedure - ✔✔C. Discuss it with the
charge nurse, asking for direction
The nurse cannot use ignorance as an excuse for nonperformance. The nurse should
ask for direction from the charge nurse, explaining she has never preformed the
procedure independently
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔31. An LPN/LVN is asked by the RN to administer an IV chemotherapeutic agent to
a patient in the acute care setting. What law should this nurse refer to before initiating
this intervention?
A. Standard of care
B. Regulation of practice
C. American Nurses' association code
D. Nurse practice act - ✔✔D. Nurse practice act
It is the nurse's responsibility to know the nurse practice act in his or her state.
Standards of care, regulation of practice, and the American Nurses' code are not laws
that the nurse should refer to before initiating this treatment.
✔✔32. A nurse fails to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered, resulting in harm to the
patient. This nurse could be found guilty of:
A malpractice
B. Harm to the patient
C. Negligence
D. Failure to follow the nurse practice act - ✔✔A malpractice
The nurse can be held liable for malpractice for acts of omission. Failure to meet a legal
duty, thus causing harm to another, is malpractice. The nurse practice act has general
guidelines that can support the charge of malpractice.
✔✔33. Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To
protect these expectations, which of the following has become law?
A. American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
B. Self-Determination Act
C. American Hospital Association's Standards of Care
,D. The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities of patients - ✔✔A. American
Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
✔✔34. The nurse is preparing the patient for at Horace tesis. What must be completed
before the procedure may be performed?
A. Physical assessment
B. Interview
C. Informed consent
D. Surgical checklist - ✔✔C. Informed consent
✔✔35. When a nurse protects the information in a patient's record, what ethical
responsibility is the nurse fulfilling?
A. Privacy
B. Disclosure
C. Confidentiality
D. Absolute secrecy - ✔✔C. Confidentiality
✔✔36. An older adult is admitted to the hospital with numerous bodily bruises, and the
nurse suspects elder abuse. What is the best nursing action?
A. Cover the bruises with bandages
B. Take photographs of the bruises
C. Ask the patient if anyone has hit her
D. Report the bruises to the charge nurse - ✔✔D. Report the bruises to the charge
nurse
✔✔37. What is the best way for the nurse to avoid a lawsuit?
A. Carry malpractice insurance
B. Spend time with the patient
C. Provide compassionate, competent care
D. Answer all call lights quickly - ✔✔C. Provide compassionate, competent care
✔✔38. The nurse is caring for a patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Although
the nurse may disagree with this order, what is his or her legal obligation?
A. To question the health care provider
B. To seek advice from the family
C. To discuss it with the patient
D. To follow the order - ✔✔D. To follow the order
, ✔✔39. The nurse has strong moral convictions that abortions are wrong. When
assigned to assist with an abortion, what is the most appropriate action for the nurse to
take?
A. Ask for another assignment
B. Leave work
C. Transfer to another floor
D. Protest to the supervisor - ✔✔A. Ask for another assignment
✔✔40. The new LPN/LVN is concerned regarding what should or should not be done
for patients. What resource will be best provide this information?
A. Nurse practice act
B. Standards of care
C. Scope of nursing practice
D. Professional organization - ✔✔B. Standards of care
Standards of care define what should or should not be done for patients. The nurse
practice act, scope of nursing practice, and professional organizations do not provide
the best information as to what should or should not be done for patients
✔✔41. What role is the nurse who diligently works for the protection of patients'
interests playing?
A. Caregiver
B. Health care administrator
C. Advocate
D. Health care evaluator - ✔✔C. Advocate
A nurse accepts the role of advocate when, in addition to general care, the nurse
protects the patient's interests. Caregiver, health care administrator, and health care
evaluator are not terms for the nurse who diligently works for the protection of patients.
✔✔42. When asked to perform a procedure that the nurse has never done before, what
should the nurse do to legally protect himself or herself ?
A. Go ahead and do it
B. Refuse to perform it, citing lack of knowledge
C. Discuss it with the charge nurse, asking for direction
D. Ask another nurse who has performed the procedure - ✔✔C. Discuss it with the
charge nurse, asking for direction
The nurse cannot use ignorance as an excuse for nonperformance. The nurse should
ask for direction from the charge nurse, explaining she has never preformed the
procedure independently
