NUR 306-QUIZ 2 | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE 100% CORRECT
Describe the professional and legal regulation of nursing practice. -
ANSWERS-Nurses who practice safely respect both the voluntary and legal
controls of nursing practice. Both of these controls are designed to ensure
quality health care and to protect society from unsafe actions
6. Identify the purpose of
Credentialing - ANSWERS-ensures the competence of its health care
providers, refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
6. Identify the purpose of
Accreditation: - ANSWERS-process by which an educational program is
evaluated and recognized as having met certain standards
6. Identify the purpose of
licensure or registration: - ANSWERS-process by which a state determines
that a candidate meets certain minimum requirements to practice in the
profession and grants a license to do so
6. Identify the purpose of
Certification - ANSWERS-the process by which a person who has met certain
criteria established by a nongovernmental association is granted recognition
in a specified practice area
Identify grounds for suspending or revoking a license or registration: -
ANSWERS-drugs or alcohol abuse, fraud, deceptive practices, criminal acts,
previous disciplinary action by other state boards, gross or ordinary
,negligence, and physical or mental impairments, including those resulting
from aging.
intentional torts: - ANSWERS-assault: threat of violence
battery: physical violence or striking patient
Defamation: one party makes derogatory remarks about another that
diminish the other party's reputation
invasion of privacy: right of privacy (patient info)
false imprisonment: unjustified retention or prevention of the movement of
another person w/o proper consent (restraining patients, taking away call
light)
Fraud: willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has
caused, loss or harm to a person or property
• unintentional torts
negligence: - ANSWERS-performing an act that a reasonably prudent person
under similar circumstances would not do or , conversely failing to perform
an act that a person would not normally do, failure to give safe care, omit
treatments or medications
List five common modes of value transmission and describe three steps in
the valuing process - ANSWERS-1. Modeling: children learn what is of high or
low value by observing parents, peers, and significant others. Modeling may
lead to socially acceptable or unacceptable behaviors.
2. Moralizing: taught a complete value system by parents or an institution
that allows little opportunity for them to weigh different values
3. Laissez-faire: leave children to explore their own values and to develop a
personal value system (little or no guidance- may lead to confusion or
neglect)
4. Rewards & punishments: rewarded for demonstrating values held by
parents and punished for demonstrating unacceptable values
, 5. Responsible choice: encourage children to explore competing values and
to weigh their consequences- support and guidance offered as they develop
personal value system
a. Choosing, prizing (treasuring), acting
2. Describe nursing practice that is consistent with the code of ethics for
nursing. - ANSWERS-Nurse that practices with compassion, respect, worth
and unique attributes. Primary commitment is the pt, advocates for the pt,
makes decisions and has accountability, owes same duties to self as other,
collaborates with other health professionals and advances in the profession
3. Describe moral distress and ways to promote moral resilience - ANSWERS-
1. Occurs when you know the right thing to do but either personal or
institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action
a. Promoting moral resilience: importance of good relationships, accepting
that change is a part of living, refusing to view crises as insurmountable,
nurturing a positive view of self and taking care of self, and keeping things in
perspective.
Identify four functions of institutional ethics committees. - ANSWERS-
Education, policy making, case review and consultation, quality, and in some
cases research
Evaluate personal areas of potential liability in nursing: - ANSWERS-tandard
I: Assessment incomplete database obtained, significant omissions or errors
in recorded database, failure to note in patients care plan, failure to
recognize and to report significant changes in pts condition
• Standard II: Diagnosis: failure to identify priority nursing diagnosis critical
to pts care, nursing diagnosis incorrectly developed and "labels" the pt
negatively
ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE 100% CORRECT
Describe the professional and legal regulation of nursing practice. -
ANSWERS-Nurses who practice safely respect both the voluntary and legal
controls of nursing practice. Both of these controls are designed to ensure
quality health care and to protect society from unsafe actions
6. Identify the purpose of
Credentialing - ANSWERS-ensures the competence of its health care
providers, refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
6. Identify the purpose of
Accreditation: - ANSWERS-process by which an educational program is
evaluated and recognized as having met certain standards
6. Identify the purpose of
licensure or registration: - ANSWERS-process by which a state determines
that a candidate meets certain minimum requirements to practice in the
profession and grants a license to do so
6. Identify the purpose of
Certification - ANSWERS-the process by which a person who has met certain
criteria established by a nongovernmental association is granted recognition
in a specified practice area
Identify grounds for suspending or revoking a license or registration: -
ANSWERS-drugs or alcohol abuse, fraud, deceptive practices, criminal acts,
previous disciplinary action by other state boards, gross or ordinary
,negligence, and physical or mental impairments, including those resulting
from aging.
intentional torts: - ANSWERS-assault: threat of violence
battery: physical violence or striking patient
Defamation: one party makes derogatory remarks about another that
diminish the other party's reputation
invasion of privacy: right of privacy (patient info)
false imprisonment: unjustified retention or prevention of the movement of
another person w/o proper consent (restraining patients, taking away call
light)
Fraud: willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has
caused, loss or harm to a person or property
• unintentional torts
negligence: - ANSWERS-performing an act that a reasonably prudent person
under similar circumstances would not do or , conversely failing to perform
an act that a person would not normally do, failure to give safe care, omit
treatments or medications
List five common modes of value transmission and describe three steps in
the valuing process - ANSWERS-1. Modeling: children learn what is of high or
low value by observing parents, peers, and significant others. Modeling may
lead to socially acceptable or unacceptable behaviors.
2. Moralizing: taught a complete value system by parents or an institution
that allows little opportunity for them to weigh different values
3. Laissez-faire: leave children to explore their own values and to develop a
personal value system (little or no guidance- may lead to confusion or
neglect)
4. Rewards & punishments: rewarded for demonstrating values held by
parents and punished for demonstrating unacceptable values
, 5. Responsible choice: encourage children to explore competing values and
to weigh their consequences- support and guidance offered as they develop
personal value system
a. Choosing, prizing (treasuring), acting
2. Describe nursing practice that is consistent with the code of ethics for
nursing. - ANSWERS-Nurse that practices with compassion, respect, worth
and unique attributes. Primary commitment is the pt, advocates for the pt,
makes decisions and has accountability, owes same duties to self as other,
collaborates with other health professionals and advances in the profession
3. Describe moral distress and ways to promote moral resilience - ANSWERS-
1. Occurs when you know the right thing to do but either personal or
institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action
a. Promoting moral resilience: importance of good relationships, accepting
that change is a part of living, refusing to view crises as insurmountable,
nurturing a positive view of self and taking care of self, and keeping things in
perspective.
Identify four functions of institutional ethics committees. - ANSWERS-
Education, policy making, case review and consultation, quality, and in some
cases research
Evaluate personal areas of potential liability in nursing: - ANSWERS-tandard
I: Assessment incomplete database obtained, significant omissions or errors
in recorded database, failure to note in patients care plan, failure to
recognize and to report significant changes in pts condition
• Standard II: Diagnosis: failure to identify priority nursing diagnosis critical
to pts care, nursing diagnosis incorrectly developed and "labels" the pt
negatively
