MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM
Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 8th Edition
Chapter 01: Legal and Ethical Issues..........................................................................................................3
a.is sensitive to your culture?”................................................................................................................40
b.wants to learn more about you?”.........................................................................................................40
c.has been hurt and wants to hurt others?”............................................................................................40
d.is stereotyping you without thinking?”................................................................................................40
b.Implements leader’s policy unquestioned...........................................................................................59
e.Do nothing; assume the nurse was correct..........................................................................................63
a.Expert, coercive, and referent..............................................................................................................65
b.Reward, connection, and information..................................................................................................66
c.Referent, expert, and information........................................................................................................66
d.Reward, referent, and information......................................................................................................66
a.primary care, specialized......................................................................................................................81
b.tertiary care, long-term........................................................................................................................81
c.acute care, specialized..........................................................................................................................81
d.public care, specialized.........................................................................................................................81
c.managers who prefer a “telling” style................................................................................................100
d.independence in the nursing manager’s role.....................................................................................136
,
,Chapter 01: Legal and Ethical Issues
1.The manager in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical
consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee’s
good qualities and give positive direction for professional growth. What
ethical principle does this represent?
a.Justice
b.Fidelity
c.Beneficence
d.Nonmaleficence
ANS: D
Nonmaleficence refers to “doing no harm.” For a nurse manager
following this principle, performance evaluation should emphasize an
employee’s good qualities and give positive direction for growth.
Destroying the employee’s self-esteem and self-worth would be
considered doing harm under this principle.
TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
2.A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient’s
best interest. What two
ethical principles are in conflict in this situation?
a.Fidelity and justice
b.Veracity and fidelity
c.Autonomy and beneficence
d.Paternalism and respect for others
ANS: C
Autonomy refers to the freedom to make a choice (e.g., refuse a
procedure), and beneficence to doing good (performing a procedure that
will benefit the patient).
TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
3.An individual in a wheelchair is applying for the position of receptionist
in an outpatient clinic. What does the nurse manager understand based on
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requirements for
employers?
, a.Make reasonable accommodations for persons who are disabled.
b.Allow modified job expectations for persons recovering from
alcoholism.
c.Hire disabled individuals before hiring other qualified, non-disabled
persons.
d.Treat, for purposes of employment, homosexuals and bisexuals as
disabled.
ANS: A
The purposes of the ADA are to eliminate discrimination against persons
with disabilities and to provide consistent, enforceable standards to
address discrimination in the workplace.
TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
4.A staff nurse, who was fired for reporting patient abuse to the
appropriate state agency, files a whistleblower lawsuit against the former
employer. What reason would the court provide to uphold a valid
whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by the nurse?
a.Previously reported the complaint, in writing, to hospital
administration.
b.Threatened to give full details of the patient abuse to local media
sources.
c.Was discharged after three unsuccessful attempts at progressive
discipline had failed.
d.Had organized, before filing the complaint, a work stoppage action by
fellow employees.
ANS: A
An employer is unable to fire an employee who, in good faith, reports
what is believed to be a violation of a law, rule, or staNteUoRr
SfeIdeNraGl TlaBw.. COM
TOP: AONE competency: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
5.In keeping with standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the nurse
manager organizes an orientation for new staff members. As part of the
orientation, the nurse manager reviews the employee handbook. What is
the basis that binds employers to statements in the employee handbook?
a.Under the doctrine of apparent agency
b.Under the doctrine of respondent agency
c.Based on the employee’s or the employer’s expectations
d.Based on the theory that the handbook creates an explicit contract
ANS: C
Yoder-Wise: Leading and Managing in Nursing, 8th Edition
Chapter 01: Legal and Ethical Issues..........................................................................................................3
a.is sensitive to your culture?”................................................................................................................40
b.wants to learn more about you?”.........................................................................................................40
c.has been hurt and wants to hurt others?”............................................................................................40
d.is stereotyping you without thinking?”................................................................................................40
b.Implements leader’s policy unquestioned...........................................................................................59
e.Do nothing; assume the nurse was correct..........................................................................................63
a.Expert, coercive, and referent..............................................................................................................65
b.Reward, connection, and information..................................................................................................66
c.Referent, expert, and information........................................................................................................66
d.Reward, referent, and information......................................................................................................66
a.primary care, specialized......................................................................................................................81
b.tertiary care, long-term........................................................................................................................81
c.acute care, specialized..........................................................................................................................81
d.public care, specialized.........................................................................................................................81
c.managers who prefer a “telling” style................................................................................................100
d.independence in the nursing manager’s role.....................................................................................136
,
,Chapter 01: Legal and Ethical Issues
1.The manager in the coronary care unit believes an important ethical
consideration in performance evaluations is to include the employee’s
good qualities and give positive direction for professional growth. What
ethical principle does this represent?
a.Justice
b.Fidelity
c.Beneficence
d.Nonmaleficence
ANS: D
Nonmaleficence refers to “doing no harm.” For a nurse manager
following this principle, performance evaluation should emphasize an
employee’s good qualities and give positive direction for growth.
Destroying the employee’s self-esteem and self-worth would be
considered doing harm under this principle.
TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
2.A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient’s
best interest. What two
ethical principles are in conflict in this situation?
a.Fidelity and justice
b.Veracity and fidelity
c.Autonomy and beneficence
d.Paternalism and respect for others
ANS: C
Autonomy refers to the freedom to make a choice (e.g., refuse a
procedure), and beneficence to doing good (performing a procedure that
will benefit the patient).
TOP: AONE competency: Professionalism
3.An individual in a wheelchair is applying for the position of receptionist
in an outpatient clinic. What does the nurse manager understand based on
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requirements for
employers?
, a.Make reasonable accommodations for persons who are disabled.
b.Allow modified job expectations for persons recovering from
alcoholism.
c.Hire disabled individuals before hiring other qualified, non-disabled
persons.
d.Treat, for purposes of employment, homosexuals and bisexuals as
disabled.
ANS: A
The purposes of the ADA are to eliminate discrimination against persons
with disabilities and to provide consistent, enforceable standards to
address discrimination in the workplace.
TOP: AONE competency: Business Skills
4.A staff nurse, who was fired for reporting patient abuse to the
appropriate state agency, files a whistleblower lawsuit against the former
employer. What reason would the court provide to uphold a valid
whistleblower suit claiming retaliation by the nurse?
a.Previously reported the complaint, in writing, to hospital
administration.
b.Threatened to give full details of the patient abuse to local media
sources.
c.Was discharged after three unsuccessful attempts at progressive
discipline had failed.
d.Had organized, before filing the complaint, a work stoppage action by
fellow employees.
ANS: A
An employer is unable to fire an employee who, in good faith, reports
what is believed to be a violation of a law, rule, or staNteUoRr
SfeIdeNraGl TlaBw.. COM
TOP: AONE competency: Knowledge of the Health Care Environment
5.In keeping with standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the nurse
manager organizes an orientation for new staff members. As part of the
orientation, the nurse manager reviews the employee handbook. What is
the basis that binds employers to statements in the employee handbook?
a.Under the doctrine of apparent agency
b.Under the doctrine of respondent agency
c.Based on the employee’s or the employer’s expectations
d.Based on the theory that the handbook creates an explicit contract
ANS: C
