Update ) Fundamentals:
Patient Care | Test Guide Questions
and Answers | Grade A | 100%
Correct – Chamberlain
Question:
Common Negligent Acts
Answer:
- Failure to assess and/or monitor
- Failure to report a change in patient's condition
- Failure to use equipment properly
- Failure to document
- Failure to carry out orders
- Failure to follow policies and procedures
- Failure to properly delegate and supervise
- Failure to ensure patient safety
,Question:
The nurse threatens to place an NG tube in a client if they do not start eating.
This is an example of?
Answer:
Assault
Question:
The nurse administers a sedative via injection despite the patient saying no to
having the sedative injection. This is an example of?
Answer:
Battery
Question:
A nurse places restraints on a competent client to prevent them from leaving
the facility. This is an example of?
Answer:
False Imprisonment
,Question:
A nurse fails to put the side rails up and place the bed at lowest position. The
client falls out of the bed. This is an example of?
Answer:
Negligence
Question:
A nurse administers a larger dose of medication due to a med math error as a
result the client has a cardiac arrest and dies. This is an example of?
Answer:
Malpractice
Question:
A nurse is caring for a famous person and releases the client's medical
diagnosis to the press without consent. This is an example of?
Answer:
Breach/Confidentiality
, Question:
A nurse tells a patient that they believe the surgeon is unfaithful to their
partner. This is an example of?
Answer:
Slander
Question:
A nurse gets angry with her unit manager and puts it on Facebook that Joan
her manager is incompetent and does not have any business being a unit
manager. This is an example of?
Answer:
Libel
Question:
What is the criteria for Malpractice
Answer:
Duty
Breach
Foreseeability
Harm
Breach and harm