NU200 CH 7&8 Exam 4 - Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice 2026\2027
with complete questions and correct graded a+ ||| 100% pass!!
Legal Safeguards for Nurses #1 -answer-Competent practice, informed consent or
refusal, contracts & collective bargaining agreements, patient education, executing
provider orders, delegating nursing care, documentation, appropriate use of social
media
Legal Safeguards for Nurses #2 -answer-Adequate staffing, whistle-blowing,
professional liability insurance, risk management programs, just culture, incident,
variance, or occurrence reports, sentinel events and never events, patients' rights, Good
Samaritan laws, student liability
Safeguards to Competent Nursing Practice -answer-Developing interpersonal
communication skills, respecting legal boundaries of practice, following institutional
procedures and policies, owning personal strengths and weaknesses, evaluating
proposed assignments, keeping current in nursing knowledge and skills, respecting
patient rights and developing rapport with patients, keeping careful documentation,
working within agency for management policies
Elements of Informed Consent -answer-Disclosure, comprehension, competence,
voluntariness
Information Contained in Incident Reports -answer-Complete name of person and
names of witnesses, factual account of incident, date, time, and place of incident,
pertinent characteristics of person involved, any equipment or resources being used,
any other important variables, documentation by physician of medical examination of
person involved
Steps of the Communication Process -answer-Initiated based on stimulus, sender or
source of message (encoder) begins process, message—communication product from
the source, channel of communication—auditory, visual, kinesthetic, receiver (decoder)
—translates and interprets the message being received, confirmation of the message
provides feedback
, Forms of Communication -answer-Verbal, nonverbal (facial expressions, gestures, eye
contact, touch, space, time, boundaries, body movements, posture, gait, general
physical appearance and mode of dress or grooming, sounds)
Communication Technologies -answer-Electronic communication, social media, e-mail
and text messages
Risk for violating patient privacy -answer-The potential for breaching confidentiality
when messages are sent electronically.
Intrapersonal -answer-Self-talk; communication within a person
Interpersonal -answer-Occurs between two or more people with a goal to exchange
messages
Group -answer-Small-group organizational communication
Group dynamics -answer-Patterns of interaction within a group
Characteristics of Effective Groups -answer-Group identity, cohesiveness, patterns of
interaction, decision making, responsibility, leadership, power
Factors Influencing Communication -answer-Developmental level, sociocultural
differences, roles and responsibilities, space and territoriality, physical, mental, and
emotional state, values, environment
SBAR Technique -answer-A structured method for hand-off communication
Therapeutic Relationship -answer-Sets the climate for the participants to move toward
common goals and is characterized by an unequal sharing of information
Characteristics of the Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship -answer-Caring, person-
centered relationship; dynamic; purposeful and time-limited; professionally accountable
for outcomes; goals determined cooperatively
Phases of the Therapeutic Relationship -answer-Orientation phase, working phase,
termination phase
Dispositional Traits -answer-Warmth and friendliness, openness and respect, empathy,
honesty, authenticity, trust, caring, competence
Rapport Builders -answer-Specific objectives, comfortable environment, privacy,
confidentiality, patient versus task focus, using nursing observations, optimal pacing
with complete questions and correct graded a+ ||| 100% pass!!
Legal Safeguards for Nurses #1 -answer-Competent practice, informed consent or
refusal, contracts & collective bargaining agreements, patient education, executing
provider orders, delegating nursing care, documentation, appropriate use of social
media
Legal Safeguards for Nurses #2 -answer-Adequate staffing, whistle-blowing,
professional liability insurance, risk management programs, just culture, incident,
variance, or occurrence reports, sentinel events and never events, patients' rights, Good
Samaritan laws, student liability
Safeguards to Competent Nursing Practice -answer-Developing interpersonal
communication skills, respecting legal boundaries of practice, following institutional
procedures and policies, owning personal strengths and weaknesses, evaluating
proposed assignments, keeping current in nursing knowledge and skills, respecting
patient rights and developing rapport with patients, keeping careful documentation,
working within agency for management policies
Elements of Informed Consent -answer-Disclosure, comprehension, competence,
voluntariness
Information Contained in Incident Reports -answer-Complete name of person and
names of witnesses, factual account of incident, date, time, and place of incident,
pertinent characteristics of person involved, any equipment or resources being used,
any other important variables, documentation by physician of medical examination of
person involved
Steps of the Communication Process -answer-Initiated based on stimulus, sender or
source of message (encoder) begins process, message—communication product from
the source, channel of communication—auditory, visual, kinesthetic, receiver (decoder)
—translates and interprets the message being received, confirmation of the message
provides feedback
, Forms of Communication -answer-Verbal, nonverbal (facial expressions, gestures, eye
contact, touch, space, time, boundaries, body movements, posture, gait, general
physical appearance and mode of dress or grooming, sounds)
Communication Technologies -answer-Electronic communication, social media, e-mail
and text messages
Risk for violating patient privacy -answer-The potential for breaching confidentiality
when messages are sent electronically.
Intrapersonal -answer-Self-talk; communication within a person
Interpersonal -answer-Occurs between two or more people with a goal to exchange
messages
Group -answer-Small-group organizational communication
Group dynamics -answer-Patterns of interaction within a group
Characteristics of Effective Groups -answer-Group identity, cohesiveness, patterns of
interaction, decision making, responsibility, leadership, power
Factors Influencing Communication -answer-Developmental level, sociocultural
differences, roles and responsibilities, space and territoriality, physical, mental, and
emotional state, values, environment
SBAR Technique -answer-A structured method for hand-off communication
Therapeutic Relationship -answer-Sets the climate for the participants to move toward
common goals and is characterized by an unequal sharing of information
Characteristics of the Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship -answer-Caring, person-
centered relationship; dynamic; purposeful and time-limited; professionally accountable
for outcomes; goals determined cooperatively
Phases of the Therapeutic Relationship -answer-Orientation phase, working phase,
termination phase
Dispositional Traits -answer-Warmth and friendliness, openness and respect, empathy,
honesty, authenticity, trust, caring, competence
Rapport Builders -answer-Specific objectives, comfortable environment, privacy,
confidentiality, patient versus task focus, using nursing observations, optimal pacing
