CH 6 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025.
Which of the following is an example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case Correct Answer: D
The nurse practice act of a state defines the scope and
responsibilities of nursing practice in that state. Which of the
following is true regarding nurse practice acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing
Correct Answer: A
Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state
board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of extreme shortage Correct Answer: A
The most common reason that nurses are disciplined by the state
board of nursing is
A. Making memdication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients. Correct Answer: C
What is the primary function of the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
, B. Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
C. Administering the NCLEX examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement Correct
Answer: B
Which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the patient's room.
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/L
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency Correct Answer: c
The nurse forgets to give the patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in
the shift, the patient goes into cardiac arrest and dies. What
element is lacking to support malpractice?
A.Duty of care
B.Breach of duty
C.Specific injury
D.Proximate cause Correct Answer: d
Analysis of cases of reported negligence from 1995 to 2001
demonstrated that the majority of cases occurred in which patient
care setting?
A.Acute care
B.Psychiatric
C.Nursing homes and long-term care facilities
D.Home health Correct Answer: a
A competent resident in a long-term care facility refuses an
ordered antidepressant medication. The nurse believes the
patient needs the medication because he is clearly showing signs
of depression and dissolves the medication in juice without telling
the patient. This illustrates negligence by failure to
A.follow the standard of care.
B.assess and monitor a patient.
Which of the following is an example of civil law?
A. Possession of marijuana
B. Assault and battery
C. Giving alcohol to a minor
D. Child custody case Correct Answer: D
The nurse practice act of a state defines the scope and
responsibilities of nursing practice in that state. Which of the
following is true regarding nurse practice acts?
A. They determine the educational requirements for licensure
B. They describe the process for gaining membership to a
professional organization.
C. They regulate how many professional nursing organizations
may be formed.
D. They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing
Correct Answer: A
Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state
board of nursing?
A. Approving or reject applications for new nursing education
programs
B. Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C. Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D. Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses
(rns) in times of extreme shortage Correct Answer: A
The most common reason that nurses are disciplined by the state
board of nursing is
A. Making memdication errors.
B. Following unsafe nursing practice.
C. Practicing while impaired.
D. Abandoning patients. Correct Answer: C
What is the primary function of the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
A. Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
, B. Developing the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN licensing
examinations
C. Administering the NCLEX examination at testing centers
D. Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement Correct
Answer: B
Which of the following actions by the nurse constitutes
professional malpractice?
A. Administering a preoperative sedative in the patient holding
area instead of in the patient's room.
B. Failing to notify the physician of a potassium level of 4 meq/L
C. Placing the head of the bed flat when a patient is receiving a
tube feeding, causing the patient to aspirate the mixture
D. Administering a routine medication 10 minutes late because of
a unit emergency Correct Answer: c
The nurse forgets to give the patient a dose of antibiotic. Later in
the shift, the patient goes into cardiac arrest and dies. What
element is lacking to support malpractice?
A.Duty of care
B.Breach of duty
C.Specific injury
D.Proximate cause Correct Answer: d
Analysis of cases of reported negligence from 1995 to 2001
demonstrated that the majority of cases occurred in which patient
care setting?
A.Acute care
B.Psychiatric
C.Nursing homes and long-term care facilities
D.Home health Correct Answer: a
A competent resident in a long-term care facility refuses an
ordered antidepressant medication. The nurse believes the
patient needs the medication because he is clearly showing signs
of depression and dissolves the medication in juice without telling
the patient. This illustrates negligence by failure to
A.follow the standard of care.
B.assess and monitor a patient.
