NUR 217 Test 2 Questions – 100%
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A client arrives in active labor and exhibits toxemia with irregular fetal heart
tones. theclient is an immigrant and is uninsured. Which act would prevent
theclient from being transferred to another facility?
a. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law
b. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. Patient Self-Determination Act
d. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act ANSW ✔✔ a. The
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law
A nurse is caring for a client with malignant hypertension whose blood
pressure has increased by 40 mm Hg during thepast hour. thenurse goes to
lunch and fails to report thechange to thephysician. thenurse is at risk for
being charged with which legal claim?
a. Negligence
b. Assault
c. Defamation of character
d. Tort ANSW ✔✔ a. Negligence
A nurse is caring for a client who just suffered a stroke and is medicated for
pain. thenurse completes thefollowing interventions: places theclient on
theexamining table, completes a thorough history and physical, covers
theclient with a sheet, places thecall button within reach, and goes out in
thehall to speak with theclient's primary care provider. theclient tries to get up
to speak with his family and falls, sustaining a hematoma on thehead and a
broken hip. thenurse's actions reflect which legal claim?
,a. Invasion of privacy
b. Libel
c. Slander
d. Negligence ANSW ✔✔ d. Negligence
A nursing student planning to apply for licensure knows that being charged
with which offense would result in a misdemeanor criminal offense?
a. Solicitation of illegal drugs
b. Stealing a car
c. Failing to report elder abuse
d. Billing Medicare for services not rendered ANSW ✔✔ c. Failing to report
elder abuse
When differentiating between slander and libel, thenurse knows that libel is
characterized by what action?
a. Defamation caused by subjective comments written in the nurse's notes
b. Negative subjective comments made to those who are not providing care
c. Verbally describing to the oncoming nurse assigned to the client objective
data that
place the client in a negative light
d. Repeating prejudiced comments made by the primary caregiver to a
neighbor at the local supermarket ANSW ✔✔ a. Defamation caused by
subjective comments written in the nurse's notes
,A client states, "I am leaving. No one here knows what they are doing." the
nurse completing the Against Medical Advice form must implement what
intervention to best assure client safety?
a. Notify the primary health care provider of the client's wish to leave.
b. Alert family that the client will be leaving the facility.
c. Inform the client that leaving could result in complications and impairment.
d. Require security staff to accompany the client to the facility's main entrance.
ANSW ✔✔ c. Inform the client that leaving could result in complications and
impairment.
When can a nurse detain a client by implementing restraints?
a. Staffing resources are insufficient to monitor a patient.
b. The client is demonstrating behaviors associated with confusion.
c. The family requests the restraints to prevent the client from leaving the
facility.
d. There are current prescribed instructions for their use. ANSW ✔✔ d. There
are current prescribed instructions for their use.
When theclient is unable to make medical decisions, authorization that allows
another person to make these decisions is referred to by what term?
a. A living will
b. Durable power of attorney
c. Informed consent
d. Immunity ANSW ✔✔ b. Durable power of attorney
, All hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds must ask clients whether
they have a living will or a durable power of attorney. What legislative act
makes this action mandatory?
a. Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Law
b. Americans with Disabilities Act
c. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
d. Patient Self-Determination Act ANSW ✔✔ c. Uniform Health Care Decisions
Act
A nurse who functions in the role of team leader can be held negligent for
matters involving what focus?
a. Adequate training
b. Policies and procedures
c. Staff discipline
d. Delegation ANSW ✔✔ d. Delegation
Although a hospital reversed all charges when a client was thevictim of wrong
site surgery, thecourt awarded theclient $1.5 million. theclient could return to
work in 6 weeks and had no permanent damages. This monetary
compensation is referred to by what term?
a. Lability
b. Punitive damages
c. Vicarious liability
d. Immunity ANSW ✔✔ b. Punitive damages
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A client arrives in active labor and exhibits toxemia with irregular fetal heart
tones. theclient is an immigrant and is uninsured. Which act would prevent
theclient from being transferred to another facility?
a. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law
b. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. Patient Self-Determination Act
d. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act ANSW ✔✔ a. The
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Law
A nurse is caring for a client with malignant hypertension whose blood
pressure has increased by 40 mm Hg during thepast hour. thenurse goes to
lunch and fails to report thechange to thephysician. thenurse is at risk for
being charged with which legal claim?
a. Negligence
b. Assault
c. Defamation of character
d. Tort ANSW ✔✔ a. Negligence
A nurse is caring for a client who just suffered a stroke and is medicated for
pain. thenurse completes thefollowing interventions: places theclient on
theexamining table, completes a thorough history and physical, covers
theclient with a sheet, places thecall button within reach, and goes out in
thehall to speak with theclient's primary care provider. theclient tries to get up
to speak with his family and falls, sustaining a hematoma on thehead and a
broken hip. thenurse's actions reflect which legal claim?
,a. Invasion of privacy
b. Libel
c. Slander
d. Negligence ANSW ✔✔ d. Negligence
A nursing student planning to apply for licensure knows that being charged
with which offense would result in a misdemeanor criminal offense?
a. Solicitation of illegal drugs
b. Stealing a car
c. Failing to report elder abuse
d. Billing Medicare for services not rendered ANSW ✔✔ c. Failing to report
elder abuse
When differentiating between slander and libel, thenurse knows that libel is
characterized by what action?
a. Defamation caused by subjective comments written in the nurse's notes
b. Negative subjective comments made to those who are not providing care
c. Verbally describing to the oncoming nurse assigned to the client objective
data that
place the client in a negative light
d. Repeating prejudiced comments made by the primary caregiver to a
neighbor at the local supermarket ANSW ✔✔ a. Defamation caused by
subjective comments written in the nurse's notes
,A client states, "I am leaving. No one here knows what they are doing." the
nurse completing the Against Medical Advice form must implement what
intervention to best assure client safety?
a. Notify the primary health care provider of the client's wish to leave.
b. Alert family that the client will be leaving the facility.
c. Inform the client that leaving could result in complications and impairment.
d. Require security staff to accompany the client to the facility's main entrance.
ANSW ✔✔ c. Inform the client that leaving could result in complications and
impairment.
When can a nurse detain a client by implementing restraints?
a. Staffing resources are insufficient to monitor a patient.
b. The client is demonstrating behaviors associated with confusion.
c. The family requests the restraints to prevent the client from leaving the
facility.
d. There are current prescribed instructions for their use. ANSW ✔✔ d. There
are current prescribed instructions for their use.
When theclient is unable to make medical decisions, authorization that allows
another person to make these decisions is referred to by what term?
a. A living will
b. Durable power of attorney
c. Informed consent
d. Immunity ANSW ✔✔ b. Durable power of attorney
, All hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds must ask clients whether
they have a living will or a durable power of attorney. What legislative act
makes this action mandatory?
a. Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Law
b. Americans with Disabilities Act
c. Uniform Health Care Decisions Act
d. Patient Self-Determination Act ANSW ✔✔ c. Uniform Health Care Decisions
Act
A nurse who functions in the role of team leader can be held negligent for
matters involving what focus?
a. Adequate training
b. Policies and procedures
c. Staff discipline
d. Delegation ANSW ✔✔ d. Delegation
Although a hospital reversed all charges when a client was thevictim of wrong
site surgery, thecourt awarded theclient $1.5 million. theclient could return to
work in 6 weeks and had no permanent damages. This monetary
compensation is referred to by what term?
a. Lability
b. Punitive damages
c. Vicarious liability
d. Immunity ANSW ✔✔ b. Punitive damages
