BCEN- Professional Issues in Nursing
A medical facility decides to treat a patient against the patients will, what legal claims could the
facility face? - ANS-False imprisonment
Assault
Battery
A natural disaster is an example of what type of crisis
A) Maturational
B) Adventitious
C) Situation
D) Equilibrium - ANS-Adventitious
A nurse is caring for two patients with identical injuries. One of the patients is a friend of her
family, and the other patient is unknown. Since the nurse knows the one patient, she spends m
ore time and care attending to their injuries while leaving the unknown patient unattended.
Which ethical principle is the nurse disregarding?
a) justice
b) paternalism
c) beneficence
d) autonomy - ANS-A) justice (to be fair to all people)
A nurse is splashed in the eye with the blood from a trauma patient who is HIV seropositive. The
nurse should
A).
B).
C).
D.) - ANS-
A nurse's PRIMARY goal in emergency department triage is? - ANS-the immediate and brief
assessment to:
DETERMINE ACUITY LEVEL
A patient reports sexual assault. According to the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), this would be assigned what acuity rating
on the five-tier Emergency Severity Index (ESI)?
a) level 1
B) level 2
c) level 3
d) level 4 - ANS-level 2
An essential requirement that needs to be proved in a medical negligence case is the presence
of
, A) incorrect action
B) failure to act
C) damages
D) intent to damage - ANS-C) Every negligence case must prove DAMAGES
An individual decides to handle an emergency situation in a manner that benefits most people?
a) Duty based
b) rights based
c) Utilitarianism
d) Intuitionist - ANS-Utilitarianism
An individual is demanding and angry, he is in which stage of crisis? - ANS-Disorganization
Define action stress coping? - ANS-by performing an action such as walking, cleaning, or
singing
Define applied resarch - ANS-research performed to solve a particular problem
Define cognitive coping - ANS-mechanism performed by reading about the issue, being
experienced, or by solving the problem
Define fidelity - ANS-the ethical principle that means a nurse has accepted his or her obligation
to be faithful to their responsibilities
Define malpractice - ANS-a legal charge that one professional would face if they did not perform
their professional duties adequately
Define Nonmaleficence - ANS-the ethical principle that means a nurse cannot intentionally or
non intentionally harm a patient
Define nursing research - ANS-performed in order to produce unbiased and accurate answers
to nursing practice questions
Define paternalism - ANS-providing help to patients to make decisions when they do not have
the experience or data needed
Define repression as a defense mechanism - ANS-Unconsciously forgetting painful felling's
Define scientific method research - ANS-solving problems by controlling their variables and
biases
Define the ethical principle beneficence - ANS-do no harm (only good)
Define the ethical principle of Autonomy - ANS-The ethical principle that requires a nurse to
allow a patient to make his or her own decisions about their care.
Define the ethical principle of justice - ANS-fair to all people
Define the interpersonal stress coping mechanism - ANS-performed by speaking with a support
person
Define veracity - ANS-The ethical principle to tell the truth and not deceive the patient
Describe the planning phase of teaching - ANS-the teacher will identify the content that should
be taught and examples that should be used
Do not use abbreviations are enforced by what agency - ANS-The Joint Commission
During quality review, the Quality Improvement Committee identifies a variance from the
standard of nursing care of two patients with chest pain. Which of the following is the MOST
appropriate recommendation by the Committee?
A)Schedule a nursing inservice on the standard of care for chest pain.
A medical facility decides to treat a patient against the patients will, what legal claims could the
facility face? - ANS-False imprisonment
Assault
Battery
A natural disaster is an example of what type of crisis
A) Maturational
B) Adventitious
C) Situation
D) Equilibrium - ANS-Adventitious
A nurse is caring for two patients with identical injuries. One of the patients is a friend of her
family, and the other patient is unknown. Since the nurse knows the one patient, she spends m
ore time and care attending to their injuries while leaving the unknown patient unattended.
Which ethical principle is the nurse disregarding?
a) justice
b) paternalism
c) beneficence
d) autonomy - ANS-A) justice (to be fair to all people)
A nurse is splashed in the eye with the blood from a trauma patient who is HIV seropositive. The
nurse should
A).
B).
C).
D.) - ANS-
A nurse's PRIMARY goal in emergency department triage is? - ANS-the immediate and brief
assessment to:
DETERMINE ACUITY LEVEL
A patient reports sexual assault. According to the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), this would be assigned what acuity rating
on the five-tier Emergency Severity Index (ESI)?
a) level 1
B) level 2
c) level 3
d) level 4 - ANS-level 2
An essential requirement that needs to be proved in a medical negligence case is the presence
of
, A) incorrect action
B) failure to act
C) damages
D) intent to damage - ANS-C) Every negligence case must prove DAMAGES
An individual decides to handle an emergency situation in a manner that benefits most people?
a) Duty based
b) rights based
c) Utilitarianism
d) Intuitionist - ANS-Utilitarianism
An individual is demanding and angry, he is in which stage of crisis? - ANS-Disorganization
Define action stress coping? - ANS-by performing an action such as walking, cleaning, or
singing
Define applied resarch - ANS-research performed to solve a particular problem
Define cognitive coping - ANS-mechanism performed by reading about the issue, being
experienced, or by solving the problem
Define fidelity - ANS-the ethical principle that means a nurse has accepted his or her obligation
to be faithful to their responsibilities
Define malpractice - ANS-a legal charge that one professional would face if they did not perform
their professional duties adequately
Define Nonmaleficence - ANS-the ethical principle that means a nurse cannot intentionally or
non intentionally harm a patient
Define nursing research - ANS-performed in order to produce unbiased and accurate answers
to nursing practice questions
Define paternalism - ANS-providing help to patients to make decisions when they do not have
the experience or data needed
Define repression as a defense mechanism - ANS-Unconsciously forgetting painful felling's
Define scientific method research - ANS-solving problems by controlling their variables and
biases
Define the ethical principle beneficence - ANS-do no harm (only good)
Define the ethical principle of Autonomy - ANS-The ethical principle that requires a nurse to
allow a patient to make his or her own decisions about their care.
Define the ethical principle of justice - ANS-fair to all people
Define the interpersonal stress coping mechanism - ANS-performed by speaking with a support
person
Define veracity - ANS-The ethical principle to tell the truth and not deceive the patient
Describe the planning phase of teaching - ANS-the teacher will identify the content that should
be taught and examples that should be used
Do not use abbreviations are enforced by what agency - ANS-The Joint Commission
During quality review, the Quality Improvement Committee identifies a variance from the
standard of nursing care of two patients with chest pain. Which of the following is the MOST
appropriate recommendation by the Committee?
A)Schedule a nursing inservice on the standard of care for chest pain.
