NURSING 102 EXAM 2 2026 HEALTH
ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY STUDY GUIDE FULL
PAPER AND ANSWERS FOR EXAM
PREPARATION
◉ Key safeguard against inadvertent overstepping of limits of
practice while understanding the full set of responsibilities required
Answer: Nurse Practice Act in the state practiced
◉ Lays out in concise language the most current definition of
nursing; the knowledge base for nursing, including specialization
and advanced practice roles; and the regulation of practice
Answer: Nursing's Social Policy Statement
◉ Defines and delimits clinical practice and its safe implementation
Answer: Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
◉ Describes nine ethical provisions that cover all aspects of nursing
practice
Answer: American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses
With Interpretive Statements
,◉ A patient with dementia presents for preoperative care with the
patient's next of kin. The next of kin signs the preoperative permit.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ The nurse asks the certified nurse assistant to assess a newly
admitted patient, and the patient falls during the assessment.
Answer: Malpractice
◉ The nurse notices bruises on a child in the emergency department
and wonders whether it might be child abuse, but is not sure, so
does not report it.
Answer: Negligence
◉ The nurse is ordered by a court and shares information about a
patient's communicable disease status without the patient's
consent.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ The nurse turns an unconscious patient without his or her
consent.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal
authorities, and hold people accountable for compliance
, Answer: Laws
◉ Judges' rulings become law
Answer: Common Law
◉ Legislative branch of a government delegates authority to
governmental agencies to create laws that meet the intent of a
statute.
Answer: Administrative law
◉ Recognizes and enforces the rights of individuals in disputes over
legal rights or duties of individuals in relation to one another
Answer: Civil Law
◉ Involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful
behavior that threatens society, such as murder, robbery, or fraud
Answer: Criminal Law
◉ Greatest legal concern of health care practitioners, in which
nurses are accountable for their own practice
Answer: Malpractice
ASSESSMENT AND SAFETY STUDY GUIDE FULL
PAPER AND ANSWERS FOR EXAM
PREPARATION
◉ Key safeguard against inadvertent overstepping of limits of
practice while understanding the full set of responsibilities required
Answer: Nurse Practice Act in the state practiced
◉ Lays out in concise language the most current definition of
nursing; the knowledge base for nursing, including specialization
and advanced practice roles; and the regulation of practice
Answer: Nursing's Social Policy Statement
◉ Defines and delimits clinical practice and its safe implementation
Answer: Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
◉ Describes nine ethical provisions that cover all aspects of nursing
practice
Answer: American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses
With Interpretive Statements
,◉ A patient with dementia presents for preoperative care with the
patient's next of kin. The next of kin signs the preoperative permit.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ The nurse asks the certified nurse assistant to assess a newly
admitted patient, and the patient falls during the assessment.
Answer: Malpractice
◉ The nurse notices bruises on a child in the emergency department
and wonders whether it might be child abuse, but is not sure, so
does not report it.
Answer: Negligence
◉ The nurse is ordered by a court and shares information about a
patient's communicable disease status without the patient's
consent.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ The nurse turns an unconscious patient without his or her
consent.
Answer: Standard of Care
◉ Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal
authorities, and hold people accountable for compliance
, Answer: Laws
◉ Judges' rulings become law
Answer: Common Law
◉ Legislative branch of a government delegates authority to
governmental agencies to create laws that meet the intent of a
statute.
Answer: Administrative law
◉ Recognizes and enforces the rights of individuals in disputes over
legal rights or duties of individuals in relation to one another
Answer: Civil Law
◉ Involves public concerns regarding an individual's unlawful
behavior that threatens society, such as murder, robbery, or fraud
Answer: Criminal Law
◉ Greatest legal concern of health care practitioners, in which
nurses are accountable for their own practice
Answer: Malpractice
