Trends Exam 2 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What are the 4 elements of a malpractice suit in logical order? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1) Nurse owes a duty to the patient
2) Nurse breaches duty/failed to conform to standard of care
3) Patient suffered actual injury
4) Causal connection between nurse's conduct and the injury
2. The actions by which a nurse will be judged in a nursing malpractice case are that of ___
a. A reasonable and prudent nurse
b. An expert nurse witness
c. Precedent in other cases
d. A competent and experienced nurse - CORRECT ANSWER a. A reasonable and
prudent nurse
3. In the Lunsford case, what established a basis for the malpractice case against the nurse?
a. Nothing the nurse was protected by good Samaritan law
b. A nurse patient relationship was established
c. She did not do what an expert nurse would do. - CORRECT ANSWER b. A nurse
patient relationship was established
Nursing malpractice is
a. Nursing negligence
b. greater than a minor incident
c. violation of administrative law
d. can be decided even if there was only a risk of harm to the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER a. Nursing negligence
, A critical distinguishing difference between Malpractice and Peer Review is that with
Malpractice, there must have been actual harm to the patient - True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER True
Name 2 of the 5 most frequent allegations against nurses in malpractice cases
a. Documentation and advanced procedures
b. Medication errors and failure to ensure patient safety
c. Failure to identify patients properly and delegation issues
d. Failure to monitor and report and failure to notify the physician. - CORRECT
ANSWER b. Medication errors and failure to ensure patient safety
The Good Samaritan law protects nurses who stop and render aid at an accident unless
a. the nurse does not intervene as a reasonable and prudent nurse
b. the nurse leaves the scene before patient goes to hospital
c. the patient dies
d. the nurse files safe habour - CORRECT ANSWER a. the nurse does not intervene as
a reasonable and prudent nurse
What organization published the nurses code of ethics?
a. Texas BON
b. Nurse Practice Act
c. American Nurses Association
d. IOM - CORRECT ANSWER c. American Nurses Association
An ethical dilemma is the result of a situation in which
a. there is more than one perfect answer to a problem
b. all answers to a problem are completely unsatisfactory
c. no answer to a problem is completely satisfactory - CORRECT ANSWER c. no
answer to a problem is completely satisfactory
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
1. What are the 4 elements of a malpractice suit in logical order? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1) Nurse owes a duty to the patient
2) Nurse breaches duty/failed to conform to standard of care
3) Patient suffered actual injury
4) Causal connection between nurse's conduct and the injury
2. The actions by which a nurse will be judged in a nursing malpractice case are that of ___
a. A reasonable and prudent nurse
b. An expert nurse witness
c. Precedent in other cases
d. A competent and experienced nurse - CORRECT ANSWER a. A reasonable and
prudent nurse
3. In the Lunsford case, what established a basis for the malpractice case against the nurse?
a. Nothing the nurse was protected by good Samaritan law
b. A nurse patient relationship was established
c. She did not do what an expert nurse would do. - CORRECT ANSWER b. A nurse
patient relationship was established
Nursing malpractice is
a. Nursing negligence
b. greater than a minor incident
c. violation of administrative law
d. can be decided even if there was only a risk of harm to the patient - CORRECT
ANSWER a. Nursing negligence
, A critical distinguishing difference between Malpractice and Peer Review is that with
Malpractice, there must have been actual harm to the patient - True or False? - CORRECT
ANSWER True
Name 2 of the 5 most frequent allegations against nurses in malpractice cases
a. Documentation and advanced procedures
b. Medication errors and failure to ensure patient safety
c. Failure to identify patients properly and delegation issues
d. Failure to monitor and report and failure to notify the physician. - CORRECT
ANSWER b. Medication errors and failure to ensure patient safety
The Good Samaritan law protects nurses who stop and render aid at an accident unless
a. the nurse does not intervene as a reasonable and prudent nurse
b. the nurse leaves the scene before patient goes to hospital
c. the patient dies
d. the nurse files safe habour - CORRECT ANSWER a. the nurse does not intervene as
a reasonable and prudent nurse
What organization published the nurses code of ethics?
a. Texas BON
b. Nurse Practice Act
c. American Nurses Association
d. IOM - CORRECT ANSWER c. American Nurses Association
An ethical dilemma is the result of a situation in which
a. there is more than one perfect answer to a problem
b. all answers to a problem are completely unsatisfactory
c. no answer to a problem is completely satisfactory - CORRECT ANSWER c. no
answer to a problem is completely satisfactory
