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A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The
healthcare team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other possible
treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the client. Which
principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing?
Justice
Fidelity
Autonomy
Nonmaleficence - ✔✔Nonmaleficence
Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence?
The nurse upholds a client's decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung cancer.
The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with cancer.
The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may cause discomfort.
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,The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the basis of illness
acuity. - ✔✔The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may
cause discomfort.
The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false imprisonment. Which
situation reflects a violation of this client right?
Performing a procedure without consent
Telling the client that he or she may not leave the hospital
Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will
Observing the provision of care to the client without the client's permission - ✔✔Telling
the client that he or she may not leave the hospital
The nurse and an assistive personnel (AP) enter a client's room to provide care and find
the client lying on the floor. Which action should the nurse take first?
Ask the nursing assistant to complete an incident report
Check the client's level of consciousness and vital signs
Ask the nursing assistant to assist in getting the client back to bed
Contact the unit secretary on the intercom and ask that the client's primary health care
provider be called - ✔✔Check the client's level of consciousness and vital signs
Which action exemplifies the use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of client
care?
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,Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing
Encouraging a client to take an herbal substance to treat his insomnia
Advising a client to agree to the treatment recommended by her primary health care
provider
Taking a rectal temperature from a client for whom bleeding precautions have been
instituted - ✔✔Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing
The registered nurse has accepted a new position as case manager in a hospital. Which
responsibilities are part of the nurse's new role? Select all that apply.
Evaluating and updating the plan of care as needed
Prescribing treatments specific to the client's needs
Assessing the client's needs for home supplies and equipment
Coordinating consultations and referrals to facilitate discharge
Establishing a safe and cost-effective plan of care with the client - ✔✔Evaluating and
updating the plan of care as needed
Assessing the client's needs for home supplies and equipment
Coordinating consultations and referrals to facilitate discharge
Establishing a safe and cost-effective plan of care with the client
The nurse manager of a quality improvement program asks a nurse in the neurological
unit to conduct a retrospective audit. Which action should the auditing nurse plan to
perform in this type of audit?
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, Checking the documentation written by a new nursing graduate on her assigned clients
at the end of the shift
Checking the crash cart to ensure that all needed supplies are readily available should
an emergency arise
Reviewing neurological assessment checklists for all clients on the unit to ensure that
these assessments are being conducted as prescribed
Obtaining the assigned medical record from the hospital's medical record room to
review documentation made during a client's hospital stay - ✔✔Obtaining the assigned
medical record from the hospital's medical record room to review documentation made
during a client's hospital stay
The nurse preparing a client for a bronchoscopy notes that the client is wearing a gold
necklace. What should the nurse do to safeguard the client's necklace?
Ask the client whether the necklace is gold
Ask the client for permission to lock the necklace in the hospital safe
Ask the client to remove the necklace and place it in the top drawer of the bedside table
Ask the client to sign a release to free the hospital of responsibility if the necklace is
damaged or lost during the procedure - ✔✔Ask the client for permission to lock the
necklace in the hospital safe
The nurse providing preoperative care to a client who is scheduled for a left
mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection notes that the client is wearing a
wedding band on her left ring finger. Which action should the nurse take?
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