NRSG 3302 Women and Families Exam 1
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Standards of care: why are they important? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Standards of care
are important because it allows for continuity across nurses, hospitals, facilities,
etc.
Institutional policies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Are individualized. Every hospital and clinic
is different and have varying policies.
What is scope of practice? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defined by the state's Nurse Practice
Act. Identifies the parameters within which nurses may practice. A state sets the
parameters by which a nurse can practice and then an institution can further
limit the nurses abilities - they can never expand
What is informed consent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurses witness and make sure
patients understand medical treatment
Define negligence. How many elements are there and what are they? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔4 elements.
Duty to provide care
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,The duty was breached
Injury occurred
Th breach of duty caused the injury
Negligence leads to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Malpractice and then a lawsuit
Errors of (blank) can be considered negligent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Omission
What is a potential fifth element of negligence? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Was the injury
foreseeable?
To prove negligence what has to be proven about the nurse? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It
has to be proven that the nurses failure caused the injury
Case: nurse admitted a pregnant patient at 32 weeks who was reporting severe
upper abdominal pain, nausea, and a headache. Her BP was 165/100 and
repeated at 145/90. Her record indicated hx of elevated BP's and excess protein
in her urine. Nurse notified the MD 20 min after the second BP reading and
reported that the patient presented w/ abdominal pain and nausea, stated the
patient's BP was 145/90 and that the patient was unable to void at this time.
MD concluded that the patient had gastric disturbance from the flu.
Later patient had a grand mal seizure. Why would the nurse be considered
negligent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurse was not reporting all of the information to the
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,MD. There were clear signs of preeclampsia. Further negligence by not knowing
the sx of preeclampsia in a newborn maternal setting.
3 Main Points of Informed Consent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) must be understandable
to the patient. No jargon, age appropriate speech, correct language. Include
risks and benefits, success rates, and alternatives.
2) must include consequences of not receiving treatment or procedure
3) patient must be told of their right to refuse and that refusing does not result
in the withdrawal of support or care
What is the role of the nurse concerning informed consent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔We
are the legal witness to the patients signature (legal). We are also the patients
advocate and need to make sure they understand (moral/ethical).
What is mandatory reporting? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mandatory reporting is a legal
requirement, in state statute or regulation, for nurses to report an occurrence
or individual, including another nurse, when the public is at risk.
How many type of mandatory reporting are there and what are they? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Three types of mandatory reporting.
Child abuse (written report within 48 hours. Must file if you suspect abuse. You
may call but then need to file a written report)
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, Elder abuse (elders are 60+ y/o. Can be emotion, verbal, physical, financial etc.)
Intimate partner violence (state laws vary regarding the duty of health
professionals to report IPV)
Who are some mandated reporters? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurses, doctors, teachers,
police officers, etc
What are the 7 ethical principles? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Autonomy
Justice
Fidelity
Veracity
Beneficence
Nonmalficience
Paternalism
What is autonomy? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Freedom to choose/decide to submit to
treatment offered. Free of influence and the provider should not judge the
patients choice
What is justice? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Obligation to be fair, to treat the patient w/o
malice, bias, or prejudice. Distribute burdens and benefits equitably.
What is fidelity? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Keeping promises
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Standards of care: why are they important? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Standards of care
are important because it allows for continuity across nurses, hospitals, facilities,
etc.
Institutional policies - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Are individualized. Every hospital and clinic
is different and have varying policies.
What is scope of practice? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Defined by the state's Nurse Practice
Act. Identifies the parameters within which nurses may practice. A state sets the
parameters by which a nurse can practice and then an institution can further
limit the nurses abilities - they can never expand
What is informed consent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurses witness and make sure
patients understand medical treatment
Define negligence. How many elements are there and what are they? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔4 elements.
Duty to provide care
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,The duty was breached
Injury occurred
Th breach of duty caused the injury
Negligence leads to - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Malpractice and then a lawsuit
Errors of (blank) can be considered negligent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Omission
What is a potential fifth element of negligence? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Was the injury
foreseeable?
To prove negligence what has to be proven about the nurse? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It
has to be proven that the nurses failure caused the injury
Case: nurse admitted a pregnant patient at 32 weeks who was reporting severe
upper abdominal pain, nausea, and a headache. Her BP was 165/100 and
repeated at 145/90. Her record indicated hx of elevated BP's and excess protein
in her urine. Nurse notified the MD 20 min after the second BP reading and
reported that the patient presented w/ abdominal pain and nausea, stated the
patient's BP was 145/90 and that the patient was unable to void at this time.
MD concluded that the patient had gastric disturbance from the flu.
Later patient had a grand mal seizure. Why would the nurse be considered
negligent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurse was not reporting all of the information to the
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,MD. There were clear signs of preeclampsia. Further negligence by not knowing
the sx of preeclampsia in a newborn maternal setting.
3 Main Points of Informed Consent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1) must be understandable
to the patient. No jargon, age appropriate speech, correct language. Include
risks and benefits, success rates, and alternatives.
2) must include consequences of not receiving treatment or procedure
3) patient must be told of their right to refuse and that refusing does not result
in the withdrawal of support or care
What is the role of the nurse concerning informed consent? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔We
are the legal witness to the patients signature (legal). We are also the patients
advocate and need to make sure they understand (moral/ethical).
What is mandatory reporting? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Mandatory reporting is a legal
requirement, in state statute or regulation, for nurses to report an occurrence
or individual, including another nurse, when the public is at risk.
How many type of mandatory reporting are there and what are they? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Three types of mandatory reporting.
Child abuse (written report within 48 hours. Must file if you suspect abuse. You
may call but then need to file a written report)
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, Elder abuse (elders are 60+ y/o. Can be emotion, verbal, physical, financial etc.)
Intimate partner violence (state laws vary regarding the duty of health
professionals to report IPV)
Who are some mandated reporters? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Nurses, doctors, teachers,
police officers, etc
What are the 7 ethical principles? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Autonomy
Justice
Fidelity
Veracity
Beneficence
Nonmalficience
Paternalism
What is autonomy? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Freedom to choose/decide to submit to
treatment offered. Free of influence and the provider should not judge the
patients choice
What is justice? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Obligation to be fair, to treat the patient w/o
malice, bias, or prejudice. Distribute burdens and benefits equitably.
What is fidelity? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Keeping promises
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