Chapter 6 Final Exam Questions All
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1. Which action by a psychiatric nurse best applies the ethical principle of autonomy? - Answer
Exploring alternative solutions with the patient, who then makes a choice.
2. A nurse finds a psychiatric advance directive in the medical record of a patient currently
experiencing psychosis. The directive was executed during a period when the patient was stable
and competent. The nurse should - Answer ensure that the directive is respected in treatment
planning.
3. Two hospitalized patients fight whenever they are together. During a team meeting, a nurse
asserts that safety is of paramount importance, so treatment plans should call for both patients
to be secluded to keep them from injuring each other. This assertion - Answer violates the civil
rights of both patients.
4. In a team meeting a nurse says, "I'm concerned about whether we are behaving ethically by
using restraint to prevent one patient from self-mutilation, while the care plan for another self-
mutilating patient requires one-on-one supervision." Which ethical principle most clearly
applies to this situation? - Answer Justice
5. Select the example of a tort. - Answer A nurse gives a prn dose of an antipsychotic drug to
an agitated patient because the unit is short-staffed.
a tort is - Answer civil wrong against a person that violates his or her rights. Giving
unnecessary medication for the convenience of staff controls behavior in a manner similar to
secluding a patient; thus, false imprisonment is a possible charge.
6. What is the legal significance of a nurse's action when a patient verbally refuses medication
and the nurse gives the medication over the patient's objection? The nurse - Answer can be
charged with battery.
7. Which nursing intervention demonstrates false imprisonment? - Answer A patient has been
irritating and attention seeking much of the day. A nurse escorts the patient down the hall
saying, "Stay in your room, or you'll be put in seclusion."
Answered Correct Graded A+ 2025
Updated.
1. Which action by a psychiatric nurse best applies the ethical principle of autonomy? - Answer
Exploring alternative solutions with the patient, who then makes a choice.
2. A nurse finds a psychiatric advance directive in the medical record of a patient currently
experiencing psychosis. The directive was executed during a period when the patient was stable
and competent. The nurse should - Answer ensure that the directive is respected in treatment
planning.
3. Two hospitalized patients fight whenever they are together. During a team meeting, a nurse
asserts that safety is of paramount importance, so treatment plans should call for both patients
to be secluded to keep them from injuring each other. This assertion - Answer violates the civil
rights of both patients.
4. In a team meeting a nurse says, "I'm concerned about whether we are behaving ethically by
using restraint to prevent one patient from self-mutilation, while the care plan for another self-
mutilating patient requires one-on-one supervision." Which ethical principle most clearly
applies to this situation? - Answer Justice
5. Select the example of a tort. - Answer A nurse gives a prn dose of an antipsychotic drug to
an agitated patient because the unit is short-staffed.
a tort is - Answer civil wrong against a person that violates his or her rights. Giving
unnecessary medication for the convenience of staff controls behavior in a manner similar to
secluding a patient; thus, false imprisonment is a possible charge.
6. What is the legal significance of a nurse's action when a patient verbally refuses medication
and the nurse gives the medication over the patient's objection? The nurse - Answer can be
charged with battery.
7. Which nursing intervention demonstrates false imprisonment? - Answer A patient has been
irritating and attention seeking much of the day. A nurse escorts the patient down the hall
saying, "Stay in your room, or you'll be put in seclusion."
