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The nurse decides to go against family wishes and tell the client of his terminal statu
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s because that is what she would want if she were the client. Which of the following
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ethical theories is considered in this decision?
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a. Kantianism
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b. Christian ethics
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c. Natural law theories
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d. Ethical egoism - ANS ✓b. Christian ethics
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The nurse decides to respect family wishes and not tell the client of his terminal stat
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us because that would bring the most happiness to the most people. Which of the fol
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lowing ethical theories is considered in this decision?
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a. Utilitarianism
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b. Kantianism
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c. Christian ethics
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d. Ethical egoism - ANS ✓a. Utilitarianism
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The nurse decides to tell the client of his terminal status because she believes it is he
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r duty to do so. Which of the following ethical theories is considered in this decision
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?
a. Natural law theories
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b. Ethical egoism
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c. Kantianism
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d. Utilitarianism - ANS ✓c. Kantianism
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The nurse assists the physician with electroconvulsive therapy on a client who has re
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fused to give consent. With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be c
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harged because of this nursing action?
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a. Assault
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b. Battery
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c. False imprisonment
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d. Breach of confidentiality - ANS ✓b. Battery
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A competent, voluntary client has stated he wants to leave the hospital. The nurse hi
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des his clothes to keep him from leaving. With which of the following legal actions
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might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action?
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a. Assault
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b. Batterynk
c. False imprisonment
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d. Breach of confidentiality - ANS ✓c. False imprisonment
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Joe is very restless and is pacing the room. The nurse says to Joe, "If you don't sit
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down in the chair and be still, I'm going to put you in restraints!" With which of th
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e following legal actions might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action?
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a. Defamation of character
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b. Batterynk
c. Breach of confidentiality
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d. Assault - ANS ✓d. Assault
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A nurse reports to the supervisor that a depressed client is refusing medication to tr
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eat his heart condition and states he "would rather just die." The nurse is not sure
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how to intervene because, although clients have a right to refuse medication, this clie
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nt may be so depressed that his behavior represents risk for suicide. Which of these
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actions by the supervisor is a priority?
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a. Tell the nurse that medication will have to be given forcibly if the client continues
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to refuse medication.
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b. Instruct the nurse that, because the client is elderly, he is unable to make this dec
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ision and medication will need to be secretly mixed in his food.
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c. Educate the nurse that the physician has the final say so the nurse should ask the
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kphysician what to do. nk nk nk
d. Activate appropriate hospital resources, such as an ethics committee, so this issue
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can be explored further. -
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ANS ✓d. Activate appropriate hospital resources, such as an ethics committee, so this iss
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ue can be explored further.
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A client on the psychiatric unit begins yelling out loud that no one is listening to hi
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m and that he is going to "blow up" soon. The orderly asks the nurse if he should g
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o ahead and put the client in restraints for the safety of others. Which of these resp
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onses by the nurse is most appropriate?
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a. Educate the orderly that restraints may never be initiated without a physician's o
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rder.
b. Instruct the orderly that it would be best to see if the client can be assisted to cal
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m down by listening to his concerns.
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c. Instruct the orderly to put the client in restraints but make sure to assess the clie
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nt every 15 minutes for issues regarding circulation, nutrition, respiration, hydration
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, and elimination.
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d. Instruct the orderly to get others to assist him in restraining the client but be aw
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are restraints should be discontinued at the earliest possible time regardless of when
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ka physician's order is scheduled to expire. -
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ANS ✓b. Instruct the orderly that it would be best to see if the client can be assisted to c
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alm down by listening to his concerns.
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The nurse collects the following information during the admission assessment. For w
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hich of these pieces of data should the nurse take additional action to ensure that "d
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uty to warn" laws are followed?
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a. The client threatens violence toward another individual.
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b. The client states he wants to kill everyone that has demons.
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c. The client is having command hallucinations.
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d. The client reveals paranoid delusions about another individual. -
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ANS ✓a. The client threatens violence toward another individual.
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Which of these actions by the nurse demonstrates an application of the QSEN comp
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etency related to informatics?
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a. Learns how to effectively communicate information using electronic health records
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b. Provides a verbal report of client behavioral issues at shift change
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c. Asks the supervisor for guidelines on how to prevent lawsuits
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d. Reads journals to learn information about new treatments and approaches to nur
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sing care - nk nk
ANS ✓a. Learns how to effectively communicate information using electronic health reco
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rds
Which of the following behaviors suggest a possible breach of professional boundarie
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s? (Select all that apply.)
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a. The nurse repeatedly requests to be assigned to a specific patient.
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b. The nurse shares the details of her divorce with the patient.
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c. The nurse makes arrangements to meet the patient outside of the therapeutic envi
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ronment.
d. The nurse shares how she dealt with a similar difficult situation. -
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ANS ✓a. The nurse repeatedly requests to be assigned to a specific patient.
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b. The nurse shares the details of her divorce with the patient.
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c. The nurse makes arrangements to meet the patient outside of the therapeutic envi
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ronment.
. Which of the following tasks are associated with the orientation phase of relationsh
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ip development? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Promoting the patient's insight and perception of reality
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b. Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and rapport
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c. Using the problem-solving model toward goal fulfillment
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d. Obtaining available information about the patient from various sources
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e. Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals -
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ANS ✓b. Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and rapport
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e. Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals
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The nurse, who is an adult child of an alcoholic, is working with a client who abuses
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alcohol. The client has experienced a successful detoxification process and is beginni
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ng a rehabilitation program. He says to the nurse, "I'm not going to go to those stu
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pid AA meetings. They don't help anything." The nurse, whose father died of compli
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cations from alcoholism, responds with anger: "Don't you even care what happens t
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o your children?" The nurse's response is an example of which of the following?
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a. Transference
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b. Countertransference
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c. Self-disclosure
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d. A breach of professional boundaries - ANS ✓b. Countertransference
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The nurse is working with a client in the anger-
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management program. Which of the following identifies actions associated with the
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working phase of the therapeutic relationship?
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a. The nurse and the client work together to identify goals for developing more adap
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tive ways to handle anger.
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b. The client expresses a desire to continue in the anger management program after
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the goals have been met.
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c. The nurse reviews the client's medical record and assesses his or her personal feel
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ing about working with a client who abused their spouse.
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d. The nurse assists the client in practicing various techniques to effectively manage
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anger and provides positive feedback when the client attempts to improve maladapti
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ve behaviors. -
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ANS ✓d. The nurse assists the client in practicing various techniques to effectively mana
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ge anger and provides positive feedback when the client attempts to improve maladaptive
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behaviors.
When there is congruence between what is felt and what is expressed, the nurse is e
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xhibiting which of the following characteristics?
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a. Trust
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b. Respect
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c. Genuineness
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d. Empathy - ANS ✓c. Genuineness
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When the nurse shows unconditional acceptance of an individual as a worthwhile an
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d unique human being, he or she is exhibiting which of the following characteristics?
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a. Trust
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b. Respect
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c. Genuineness
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d. Empathy - ANS ✓b. Respect
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A client who is being discharged from an inpatient hospital stay has his wife bring a
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box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers for his primary nurse. He presents these
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gifts to the nurse, saying, "Thank you for taking care of me." What is the most ap
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propriate response by the nurse? nk nk nk nk
a. "I don't accept gifts from patients."
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b. "Thank you so much! It is so nice to be appreciated."
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c. "Thank you. I will share these with the rest of the staff."
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d. "Hospital policy forbids me to accept gifts from patients." -
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ANS ✓c. "Thank you. I will share these with the rest of the staff."
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NR 326/ NR326 EXAM 1: (NEW 2025/ 2026 UPDAT
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E) MENTAL HEALTH NURSING REVIEW | QUESTIONS & A
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NSWERS| GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED SOLUTIO NK NK NK NK NK NK
NS)- CHAMBERLAIN NK
The nurse decides to go against family wishes and tell the client of his terminal statu
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s because that is what she would want if she were the client. Which of the following
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ethical theories is considered in this decision?
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a. Kantianism
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b. Christian ethics
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c. Natural law theories
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d. Ethical egoism - ANS ✓b. Christian ethics
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The nurse decides to respect family wishes and not tell the client of his terminal stat
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us because that would bring the most happiness to the most people. Which of the fol
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lowing ethical theories is considered in this decision?
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a. Utilitarianism
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b. Kantianism
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c. Christian ethics
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d. Ethical egoism - ANS ✓a. Utilitarianism
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The nurse decides to tell the client of his terminal status because she believes it is he
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r duty to do so. Which of the following ethical theories is considered in this decision
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?
a. Natural law theories
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b. Ethical egoism
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c. Kantianism
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d. Utilitarianism - ANS ✓c. Kantianism
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The nurse assists the physician with electroconvulsive therapy on a client who has re
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fused to give consent. With which of the following legal actions might the nurse be c
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harged because of this nursing action?
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a. Assault
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b. Battery
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c. False imprisonment
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d. Breach of confidentiality - ANS ✓b. Battery
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A competent, voluntary client has stated he wants to leave the hospital. The nurse hi
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des his clothes to keep him from leaving. With which of the following legal actions
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might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action?
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a. Assault
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b. Batterynk
c. False imprisonment
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d. Breach of confidentiality - ANS ✓c. False imprisonment
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Joe is very restless and is pacing the room. The nurse says to Joe, "If you don't sit
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down in the chair and be still, I'm going to put you in restraints!" With which of th
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e following legal actions might the nurse be charged because of this nursing action?
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a. Defamation of character
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b. Batterynk
c. Breach of confidentiality
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d. Assault - ANS ✓d. Assault
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A nurse reports to the supervisor that a depressed client is refusing medication to tr
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eat his heart condition and states he "would rather just die." The nurse is not sure
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how to intervene because, although clients have a right to refuse medication, this clie
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nt may be so depressed that his behavior represents risk for suicide. Which of these
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actions by the supervisor is a priority?
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a. Tell the nurse that medication will have to be given forcibly if the client continues
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to refuse medication.
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b. Instruct the nurse that, because the client is elderly, he is unable to make this dec
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ision and medication will need to be secretly mixed in his food.
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c. Educate the nurse that the physician has the final say so the nurse should ask the
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kphysician what to do. nk nk nk
d. Activate appropriate hospital resources, such as an ethics committee, so this issue
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can be explored further. -
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ANS ✓d. Activate appropriate hospital resources, such as an ethics committee, so this iss
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ue can be explored further.
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A client on the psychiatric unit begins yelling out loud that no one is listening to hi
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m and that he is going to "blow up" soon. The orderly asks the nurse if he should g
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o ahead and put the client in restraints for the safety of others. Which of these resp
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onses by the nurse is most appropriate?
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a. Educate the orderly that restraints may never be initiated without a physician's o
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rder.
b. Instruct the orderly that it would be best to see if the client can be assisted to cal
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m down by listening to his concerns.
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c. Instruct the orderly to put the client in restraints but make sure to assess the clie
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nt every 15 minutes for issues regarding circulation, nutrition, respiration, hydration
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, and elimination.
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d. Instruct the orderly to get others to assist him in restraining the client but be aw
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are restraints should be discontinued at the earliest possible time regardless of when
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ka physician's order is scheduled to expire. -
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ANS ✓b. Instruct the orderly that it would be best to see if the client can be assisted to c
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alm down by listening to his concerns.
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The nurse collects the following information during the admission assessment. For w
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hich of these pieces of data should the nurse take additional action to ensure that "d
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uty to warn" laws are followed?
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a. The client threatens violence toward another individual.
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b. The client states he wants to kill everyone that has demons.
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c. The client is having command hallucinations.
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d. The client reveals paranoid delusions about another individual. -
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ANS ✓a. The client threatens violence toward another individual.
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Which of these actions by the nurse demonstrates an application of the QSEN comp
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etency related to informatics?
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a. Learns how to effectively communicate information using electronic health records
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b. Provides a verbal report of client behavioral issues at shift change
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c. Asks the supervisor for guidelines on how to prevent lawsuits
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d. Reads journals to learn information about new treatments and approaches to nur
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sing care - nk nk
ANS ✓a. Learns how to effectively communicate information using electronic health reco
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Which of the following behaviors suggest a possible breach of professional boundarie
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s? (Select all that apply.)
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a. The nurse repeatedly requests to be assigned to a specific patient.
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b. The nurse shares the details of her divorce with the patient.
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c. The nurse makes arrangements to meet the patient outside of the therapeutic envi
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ronment.
d. The nurse shares how she dealt with a similar difficult situation. -
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ANS ✓a. The nurse repeatedly requests to be assigned to a specific patient.
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b. The nurse shares the details of her divorce with the patient.
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c. The nurse makes arrangements to meet the patient outside of the therapeutic envi
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ronment.
. Which of the following tasks are associated with the orientation phase of relationsh
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ip development? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Promoting the patient's insight and perception of reality
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b. Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and rapport
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c. Using the problem-solving model toward goal fulfillment
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d. Obtaining available information about the patient from various sources
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e. Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals -
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ANS ✓b. Creating an environment for the establishment of trust and rapport
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e. Formulating nursing diagnoses and setting goals
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The nurse, who is an adult child of an alcoholic, is working with a client who abuses
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alcohol. The client has experienced a successful detoxification process and is beginni
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ng a rehabilitation program. He says to the nurse, "I'm not going to go to those stu
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pid AA meetings. They don't help anything." The nurse, whose father died of compli
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cations from alcoholism, responds with anger: "Don't you even care what happens t
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o your children?" The nurse's response is an example of which of the following?
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a. Transference
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b. Countertransference
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c. Self-disclosure
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d. A breach of professional boundaries - ANS ✓b. Countertransference
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The nurse is working with a client in the anger-
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management program. Which of the following identifies actions associated with the
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working phase of the therapeutic relationship?
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a. The nurse and the client work together to identify goals for developing more adap
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tive ways to handle anger.
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b. The client expresses a desire to continue in the anger management program after
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the goals have been met.
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c. The nurse reviews the client's medical record and assesses his or her personal feel
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ing about working with a client who abused their spouse.
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d. The nurse assists the client in practicing various techniques to effectively manage
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anger and provides positive feedback when the client attempts to improve maladapti
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ve behaviors. -
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ANS ✓d. The nurse assists the client in practicing various techniques to effectively mana
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ge anger and provides positive feedback when the client attempts to improve maladaptive
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behaviors.
When there is congruence between what is felt and what is expressed, the nurse is e
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xhibiting which of the following characteristics?
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a. Trust
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b. Respect
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c. Genuineness
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d. Empathy - ANS ✓c. Genuineness
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When the nurse shows unconditional acceptance of an individual as a worthwhile an
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d unique human being, he or she is exhibiting which of the following characteristics?
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a. Trust
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b. Respect
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c. Genuineness
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d. Empathy - ANS ✓b. Respect
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A client who is being discharged from an inpatient hospital stay has his wife bring a
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box of chocolates and a bouquet of flowers for his primary nurse. He presents these
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gifts to the nurse, saying, "Thank you for taking care of me." What is the most ap
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a. "I don't accept gifts from patients."
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b. "Thank you so much! It is so nice to be appreciated."
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c. "Thank you. I will share these with the rest of the staff."
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d. "Hospital policy forbids me to accept gifts from patients." -
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ANS ✓c. "Thank you. I will share these with the rest of the staff."
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