NSGA 142 Exam 1 Question and
answers 100% correct
What are the 3 torts? - correct answers intentional
unintentional
Quasi-intentional
What are the 3 intentional torts in nursing - correct answers 1. assault
2. Battery
3. False imprisonment
a nurse is cleaning up a patient who spilled his unreal. The nurse says " if you
do that again I will have to put a catheter in you". Which Legal Tort is the
nurse committing? - correct answers assault
What are 2 examples of Unintentional Torts? - correct answers negligence
and malpractice
What are 2 examples of quasi-intentional torts? - correct answers -Defamation
of character
-Invasion of privacy
Federal laws affecting nursing practice - correct answers -The Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
-The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
-The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA)
, -The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
state board of nursing - correct answers Appointed board within each state
charged with responsibility to administer the nurse practice act of that state.
informed consent - correct answers an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to
participate
Confidentiality - correct answers preservation of the legal right of the patient to
have privacy concerning his or her medical records
Patient Privacy - correct answers The patient's right to keep information
confidential; outlined in HIPPA.
What are the basic ethical principles - correct answers advocacy,
responsibility, accountability, confidentiality
what are the ethical principles for client care? - correct answers -autonomy
-beneficence
-fidelity
-justice
-nonmaleficence
-veracity
autonomy - correct answers the right to make one's own personal decisions,
even when those decisions might not be in that person's own best interest.
answers 100% correct
What are the 3 torts? - correct answers intentional
unintentional
Quasi-intentional
What are the 3 intentional torts in nursing - correct answers 1. assault
2. Battery
3. False imprisonment
a nurse is cleaning up a patient who spilled his unreal. The nurse says " if you
do that again I will have to put a catheter in you". Which Legal Tort is the
nurse committing? - correct answers assault
What are 2 examples of Unintentional Torts? - correct answers negligence
and malpractice
What are 2 examples of quasi-intentional torts? - correct answers -Defamation
of character
-Invasion of privacy
Federal laws affecting nursing practice - correct answers -The Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
-The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
-The Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA)
, -The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
state board of nursing - correct answers Appointed board within each state
charged with responsibility to administer the nurse practice act of that state.
informed consent - correct answers an ethical principle that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to
participate
Confidentiality - correct answers preservation of the legal right of the patient to
have privacy concerning his or her medical records
Patient Privacy - correct answers The patient's right to keep information
confidential; outlined in HIPPA.
What are the basic ethical principles - correct answers advocacy,
responsibility, accountability, confidentiality
what are the ethical principles for client care? - correct answers -autonomy
-beneficence
-fidelity
-justice
-nonmaleficence
-veracity
autonomy - correct answers the right to make one's own personal decisions,
even when those decisions might not be in that person's own best interest.
