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nur 155 exam 3 Questions with
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Question: laws enacted by any legislative body
Ans: legislation/statutory law
Question: laws evolving from court decisions
Ans: common law
Question: state boards of nursing is an example of which kind of law?
Ans: administrative law
Question: process of determining and maintaining competence in nursing
Ans: credentialing
Question: standards that include the nurse's job description, education,
expertise, institutional policies and procedures
Ans: internal standards
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Question: standards that include nurse practice acts, professional
organizations, nursing specialty organizations, and federal organizations and
guidelines
Ans: external standards
Question: an agreement by a client to accept course of treatment
Ans: informed consent
Question: what are the two types of informed consent?
Ans: implied and express
Question: oral or written agreement
Ans: express consent
Question: non-verbal behavior that indicates consent
Ans: implied consent
Question: what does the nurse's signature verify?
Ans: voluntary consent, signature is authentic, client was of age, client
had mental capacity and competence to give consent, client was given
enough information
Question: T or F? the client can change the advanced directives at any time
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Ans: true
Question: provides specific instructions about what medical treatment the
client chooses to omit or refuse in the event that the client is unable to make
those decisions
Ans: living will
Question: durable power of attorney for health care; notarized or witness
statement appointing someone else to manage health care treatment when
client is unable to do so
Ans: health care proxy
Question: post-mortem examination of the body
Ans: autopsy
Question: civil wrong doing
Ans: tort
Question: torts that do not require intent but require the element of harm
Ans: unintentional tort
Question: what are the 3 types of unintentional torts?
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nur 155 exam 3 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: laws enacted by any legislative body
Ans: legislation/statutory law
Question: laws evolving from court decisions
Ans: common law
Question: state boards of nursing is an example of which kind of law?
Ans: administrative law
Question: process of determining and maintaining competence in nursing
Ans: credentialing
Question: standards that include the nurse's job description, education,
expertise, institutional policies and procedures
Ans: internal standards
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Question: standards that include nurse practice acts, professional
organizations, nursing specialty organizations, and federal organizations and
guidelines
Ans: external standards
Question: an agreement by a client to accept course of treatment
Ans: informed consent
Question: what are the two types of informed consent?
Ans: implied and express
Question: oral or written agreement
Ans: express consent
Question: non-verbal behavior that indicates consent
Ans: implied consent
Question: what does the nurse's signature verify?
Ans: voluntary consent, signature is authentic, client was of age, client
had mental capacity and competence to give consent, client was given
enough information
Question: T or F? the client can change the advanced directives at any time
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Ans: true
Question: provides specific instructions about what medical treatment the
client chooses to omit or refuse in the event that the client is unable to make
those decisions
Ans: living will
Question: durable power of attorney for health care; notarized or witness
statement appointing someone else to manage health care treatment when
client is unable to do so
Ans: health care proxy
Question: post-mortem examination of the body
Ans: autopsy
Question: civil wrong doing
Ans: tort
Question: torts that do not require intent but require the element of harm
Ans: unintentional tort
Question: what are the 3 types of unintentional torts?
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