Review Qs Chapter 23: Legal Implications in Nursing
Practice
A nurse is planning care for a patient going to surgery. Who is responsible for informing the patient
about the surgery along with possible risks, complications, and benefits?
1. Family member
2. Surgeon
3. Nurse
4. Nurse manager
2. Surgeon
A woman has severe injuries, unresponsive, and hemorrhaging after a car accident. The hcp ordered 2
units of packed RBCs to treat for anemia. The woman's husband refuses the blood for religious reasons.
What is the nurse's responsibility?
1. Obtain a court order to give the blood.
2. Convince the husband to allow the procedure.
3. Call security and have the husband removed.
4. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney.
4. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney.
A nurse sends a text message to the oncoming nurse that states, "Mr. Kodro in room 3348-1 refused to
take his sertraline hydrochloride as ordered this morning because he said he was feeling better." What
should the oncoming nurse do?
1. Add this information to the board hanging at the patient's bedside.
2. Tell the nurse who sent the text that the text is a HIPAA violation.
3. Inform the nursing supervisor.
4. Forward the text to the charge nurse.
5. Thank the nurse for sending the informa
Practice
A nurse is planning care for a patient going to surgery. Who is responsible for informing the patient
about the surgery along with possible risks, complications, and benefits?
1. Family member
2. Surgeon
3. Nurse
4. Nurse manager
2. Surgeon
A woman has severe injuries, unresponsive, and hemorrhaging after a car accident. The hcp ordered 2
units of packed RBCs to treat for anemia. The woman's husband refuses the blood for religious reasons.
What is the nurse's responsibility?
1. Obtain a court order to give the blood.
2. Convince the husband to allow the procedure.
3. Call security and have the husband removed.
4. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney.
4. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney.
A nurse sends a text message to the oncoming nurse that states, "Mr. Kodro in room 3348-1 refused to
take his sertraline hydrochloride as ordered this morning because he said he was feeling better." What
should the oncoming nurse do?
1. Add this information to the board hanging at the patient's bedside.
2. Tell the nurse who sent the text that the text is a HIPAA violation.
3. Inform the nursing supervisor.
4. Forward the text to the charge nurse.
5. Thank the nurse for sending the informa
