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Chapter 1 Legal Concepts And The Judicial
Process
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement Or Answers The
Question.
1) A Nurse Would Like To Advocate For A Modification Of The State's Nursing Practice Act And
Believes The 1) Best Strategy Is To Contact The Persons With Authority To Write And Change
This Statutory Law. Whom Should The Nurse Contact?
A) State Nursing Association
B) B) State Board Of Nursing
C) C) State Governor
D) D) State Legislature
2) A Group Of Nurses Are Reviewing The Decision Of Legal Action In Which A Patient Brought Suit
Against
2) A Hospital For Injuries Sustained In A Fall. The Case Went To Trial And The Jury Found
For The
Hospital. Which Legal Precedent Would The Nurses Select If The Patient Were To Take This
Same Suit And Evidence To Another Trial Court In Hopes Of A Different Decision?
A) Stare Decisis
B) Res Judicata
C) Doctrine Of Precedent
D) None Needed As This Is An Example Of A Landmark Decision.
3) The Circumstances Of A Lawsuit Cause It To Be Under The Jurisdiction Of More Than One Court.
In This
3) Case, The Nurse Expects That Which Court Will Have The Greatest Personal Jurisdiction?
A) State Trial Court B) Federal Supreme Court
C) State Supreme Court D) Federal District Court
4) Several State Nursing Associations Are Working Together In An Attempt To Change A
Constitutional
4) Law. These Nursing Associations Should Ask For Which Action On This Law?
A) Amendment B) Redefinition C) Repeal D) Expansion
5) An Emergency Department Patient Was Injured While Attacking His Neighbor With A Knife.
After
5) Treatment The Patient Was Arrested And Charged With Battery And Assault. The Nurse
In
Reviewing This Information Would Identify Which Classification Or Type Of Law To Be
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Applied In The Case Against This Defendant?
A) Constitutional Law B) Criminal Law C) Private Law D) Civil
Law
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6) A Nurse Is Reviewing Legal Law Concepts. A Person Who Was Injured In A Motor Vehicle
Accident
6) Sued The Driver To Recover Hospital Costs. Which Type Of Law Would The Nurse
Identify As Being Enforced In This Situation?
A) Tort Law B) Constitutional Law
C) Public Law D) Procedural Law
7) An Emergency Department Nurse Has Agreed To Testify As An Expert Witness In A Lawsuit
Involving A 7)
Child. The Opposing Attorney Questions The Nurse's Qualifications As A Pediatric Nurse.
Which Type Of Law Does This Scenario Reflect?
A) Procedural Law B) Due Process Of Law
C) Substantive Law D) Private Law
8) A Nurse Is Scheduled To Appear Before The State Board Of Nursing In Regard To Action Against
The
8) Nurse's License. Which Occurrences Would Violate The Nurse's Due Process Of Law?
Note: Credit Will Be Given Only If All Correct Choices And No Incorrect Choices Are Selected.
Select All That Apply.
A) The Nurse Was Suspended By Her Private Employer Pending Outcome Of This Action.
B) A Snow Storm Forced Postponement Of The Board Meeting Until Next Month.
C) The Time Of The Hearing Was Changed Without Adequate Notice To The Nurse.
D) The Nurse Was Told The Meeting Was In Regard To A Complaint About The Agency
Where The Nurse Was Employed.
E) Other Nurses Involved In The Situation Leading To The Action Were Not Similarly
Summoned Before The Board.
9) A Group Of Nurses Are Part Of An Interdisciplinary Team At A Local County Hospital. This 9)
County- Supported Hospital Elects To Limit Surgical Procedures For Morbid Obesity To Male
Patients. Female Patients Receive Pharmacologic Therapy, Counseling, And Instruction For
Diet And Exercise, But Are Excluded From Operative Procedures. Which Legal Concept Would
The Nurses Identify As Being Illegal Based On The Hospital's Action?
A) Stare Decisis B) Due Process Of Law
C) Res Judicata D) Equal Protection Under The Law
10) Nurses Are Discussing The Role Of The Judge In Judicial Proceedings. In Which Situation Would
The
10) Nurses Identify A Judge To Serve Both As A Fact- Finder And Determiner Of Questions
Of Law? A) The Jury Asks The Judge To Address Both Types Of Questions.
B) The Attorneys For The Plaintiff Agree To Such A Condition.
C) The Case Is So Complex That The Jury Is Unable To Decide The Question.
D) Trial By Jury Is Waived By Both Sides.
11) During A Jury Trial, The Presence Of A Nurse- Patient Relationship Is Questioned. What
Kind Of
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) Question Is This And Who Would Determine It?
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EDITION GINNY
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1
,TEST BANK for LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING 7TH
EDITION GUIDO
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LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN
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Chapter 1 Legal Concepts And The Judicial
Process
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement Or Answers The
Question.
1) A Nurse Would Like To Advocate For A Modification Of The State's Nursing Practice Act And
Believes The 1) Best Strategy Is To Contact The Persons With Authority To Write And Change
This Statutory Law. Whom Should The Nurse Contact?
A) State Nursing Association
B) B) State Board Of Nursing
C) C) State Governor
D) D) State Legislature
2) A Group Of Nurses Are Reviewing The Decision Of Legal Action In Which A Patient Brought Suit
Against
2) A Hospital For Injuries Sustained In A Fall. The Case Went To Trial And The Jury Found
For The
Hospital. Which Legal Precedent Would The Nurses Select If The Patient Were To Take This
Same Suit And Evidence To Another Trial Court In Hopes Of A Different Decision?
A) Stare Decisis
B) Res Judicata
C) Doctrine Of Precedent
D) None Needed As This Is An Example Of A Landmark Decision.
3) The Circumstances Of A Lawsuit Cause It To Be Under The Jurisdiction Of More Than One Court.
In This
3) Case, The Nurse Expects That Which Court Will Have The Greatest Personal Jurisdiction?
A) State Trial Court B) Federal Supreme Court
C) State Supreme Court D) Federal District Court
4) Several State Nursing Associations Are Working Together In An Attempt To Change A
Constitutional
4) Law. These Nursing Associations Should Ask For Which Action On This Law?
A) Amendment B) Redefinition C) Repeal D) Expansion
5) An Emergency Department Patient Was Injured While Attacking His Neighbor With A Knife.
After
5) Treatment The Patient Was Arrested And Charged With Battery And Assault. The Nurse
In
Reviewing This Information Would Identify Which Classification Or Type Of Law To Be
2
,TEST BANK for LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING 7TH
EDITION GUIDO
Applied In The Case Against This Defendant?
A) Constitutional Law B) Criminal Law C) Private Law D) Civil
Law
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6) A Nurse Is Reviewing Legal Law Concepts. A Person Who Was Injured In A Motor Vehicle
Accident
6) Sued The Driver To Recover Hospital Costs. Which Type Of Law Would The Nurse
Identify As Being Enforced In This Situation?
A) Tort Law B) Constitutional Law
C) Public Law D) Procedural Law
7) An Emergency Department Nurse Has Agreed To Testify As An Expert Witness In A Lawsuit
Involving A 7)
Child. The Opposing Attorney Questions The Nurse's Qualifications As A Pediatric Nurse.
Which Type Of Law Does This Scenario Reflect?
A) Procedural Law B) Due Process Of Law
C) Substantive Law D) Private Law
8) A Nurse Is Scheduled To Appear Before The State Board Of Nursing In Regard To Action Against
The
8) Nurse's License. Which Occurrences Would Violate The Nurse's Due Process Of Law?
Note: Credit Will Be Given Only If All Correct Choices And No Incorrect Choices Are Selected.
Select All That Apply.
A) The Nurse Was Suspended By Her Private Employer Pending Outcome Of This Action.
B) A Snow Storm Forced Postponement Of The Board Meeting Until Next Month.
C) The Time Of The Hearing Was Changed Without Adequate Notice To The Nurse.
D) The Nurse Was Told The Meeting Was In Regard To A Complaint About The Agency
Where The Nurse Was Employed.
E) Other Nurses Involved In The Situation Leading To The Action Were Not Similarly
Summoned Before The Board.
9) A Group Of Nurses Are Part Of An Interdisciplinary Team At A Local County Hospital. This 9)
County- Supported Hospital Elects To Limit Surgical Procedures For Morbid Obesity To Male
Patients. Female Patients Receive Pharmacologic Therapy, Counseling, And Instruction For
Diet And Exercise, But Are Excluded From Operative Procedures. Which Legal Concept Would
The Nurses Identify As Being Illegal Based On The Hospital's Action?
A) Stare Decisis B) Due Process Of Law
C) Res Judicata D) Equal Protection Under The Law
10) Nurses Are Discussing The Role Of The Judge In Judicial Proceedings. In Which Situation Would
The
10) Nurses Identify A Judge To Serve Both As A Fact- Finder And Determiner Of Questions
Of Law? A) The Jury Asks The Judge To Address Both Types Of Questions.
B) The Attorneys For The Plaintiff Agree To Such A Condition.
C) The Case Is So Complex That The Jury Is Unable To Decide The Question.
D) Trial By Jury Is Waived By Both Sides.
11) During A Jury Trial, The Presence Of A Nurse- Patient Relationship Is Questioned. What
Kind Of
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EDITION GUIDO
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) Question Is This And Who Would Determine It?
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