EXAM 4: NUR 204/ NUR204
Leadership and Management
2026-2028 Testing Cycle | Newly Released
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Q1: A nurse is caring for a patient who is competent and refuses a recommended chemotherapy
treatment. The patient understands the risks of refusal. The nurse supports the patient's decision.
Which ethical principle is the nurse demonstrating?
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Justice
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Correct because autonomy respects the patient's right to self-determination and to
make decisions about their own healthcare, even if the choice is to refuse treatment.
Q2: A nurse fails to document a patient's changing condition, and the patient subsequently
suffers a respiratory arrest. The patient's family sues for malpractice. Which element must be
proven to establish a direct link between the nurse's omission and the patient's harm?
A. Duty
B. Breach of duty
C. Injury
D. Proximate cause
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Correct because proximate cause, or causation, establishes the direct link between the
nurse's breach of duty and the patient's injury.
, Q3: A nurse tells a patient, "If you don't take this medication, I will have to restrain you." The
patient becomes fearful. This action constitutes which intentional tort?
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. False imprisonment
D. Negligence
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Correct because assault is the threat of harm or unwanted touching that creates fear in
the patient, even without physical contact.
Q4: A nurse applies a wrist restraint to a competent patient who is trying to leave the hospital
against medical advice. The patient is not posing a danger to self or others. This action
constitutes which intentional tort?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Defamation
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Correct because false imprisonment is the unlawful restraint or confinement of a
competent patient who wishes to leave, including physical restraint.
Q5: A nurse is asked by a physician to perform a procedure that is outside the nurse's legal scope
of practice. The nurse should:
A. Perform the procedure because the physician ordered it
B. Refuse to perform the procedure and explain the scope of practice limitation
C. Ask a colleague to perform the procedure instead
D. Document the refusal and perform the procedure anyway
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Correct because nurses must practice within their legal scope; performing an out-of-
scope procedure is a violation of the Nurse Practice Act.
Leadership and Management
2026-2028 Testing Cycle | Newly Released
50 Q & A| Grade A+ | Guaranteed Pass
100% Correct Verified Solutions - Fortis
Q1: A nurse is caring for a patient who is competent and refuses a recommended chemotherapy
treatment. The patient understands the risks of refusal. The nurse supports the patient's decision.
Which ethical principle is the nurse demonstrating?
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Justice
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Correct because autonomy respects the patient's right to self-determination and to
make decisions about their own healthcare, even if the choice is to refuse treatment.
Q2: A nurse fails to document a patient's changing condition, and the patient subsequently
suffers a respiratory arrest. The patient's family sues for malpractice. Which element must be
proven to establish a direct link between the nurse's omission and the patient's harm?
A. Duty
B. Breach of duty
C. Injury
D. Proximate cause
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Correct because proximate cause, or causation, establishes the direct link between the
nurse's breach of duty and the patient's injury.
, Q3: A nurse tells a patient, "If you don't take this medication, I will have to restrain you." The
patient becomes fearful. This action constitutes which intentional tort?
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. False imprisonment
D. Negligence
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Correct because assault is the threat of harm or unwanted touching that creates fear in
the patient, even without physical contact.
Q4: A nurse applies a wrist restraint to a competent patient who is trying to leave the hospital
against medical advice. The patient is not posing a danger to self or others. This action
constitutes which intentional tort?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Defamation
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Correct because false imprisonment is the unlawful restraint or confinement of a
competent patient who wishes to leave, including physical restraint.
Q5: A nurse is asked by a physician to perform a procedure that is outside the nurse's legal scope
of practice. The nurse should:
A. Perform the procedure because the physician ordered it
B. Refuse to perform the procedure and explain the scope of practice limitation
C. Ask a colleague to perform the procedure instead
D. Document the refusal and perform the procedure anyway
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Correct because nurses must practice within their legal scope; performing an out-of-
scope procedure is a violation of the Nurse Practice Act.
