NURS 215 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+
The practice of nursing laws are made/regulated at what level?
Answer: State Level
What are the 6 categories of malpractice negligence?
Answer:
1. Failure to follow standards of care
2. Failure to use equipment in a responsible manner
3. Failure to communicate
4. Failure to document
5. Failure to assess and monitor
6. Failure to act as a patient advocate
What is the purpose of licensing certain professionals?
Answer: To protect both the professional and the patient.
Define: The State Nursing Practice Act (its 4 guidelines)
Answer:
1. Defines the practice of professional nursing
2. Sets minimum educational and other licensure requirements
3. Determines legal titles and abbreviations nurses can use
, 4. Provides for disciplinary actions for certain violations of the license
Define: Nurse License Compact (NLC); who/when was it developed? -
ANSWER✔✔A mutual recognition model of licensure; developed by the NCSBN
in 2000
-It allows nurses to improve mobility while protecting public health, safety, and
practice.
True/False: Nurses follow the nurse practice act in the state in which they are
practicing, not that of their state of licensure. -ANSWER✔✔True
How are nurses open to malpractice suits? -ANSWER✔✔Nurses are accountable
for their own practice
Define: Negligence -ANSWER✔✔The failure to act as another reasonably prudent
person would act in the same circumstances.
Define: commision -ANSWER✔✔doing something that should not have been
done
Define: ommision -ANSWER✔✔failing to do things that should've been done
What are the 5 rights of delegation? -ANSWER✔✔1. Right task- Can it be
delegated?
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated?
3. Right person- Can this person do the task?
4. Right direction/ communication- Is the task being conveyed in a clear manner?
5. Right supervision- Is the task being followed up on once complete?
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT RATED
A+
The practice of nursing laws are made/regulated at what level?
Answer: State Level
What are the 6 categories of malpractice negligence?
Answer:
1. Failure to follow standards of care
2. Failure to use equipment in a responsible manner
3. Failure to communicate
4. Failure to document
5. Failure to assess and monitor
6. Failure to act as a patient advocate
What is the purpose of licensing certain professionals?
Answer: To protect both the professional and the patient.
Define: The State Nursing Practice Act (its 4 guidelines)
Answer:
1. Defines the practice of professional nursing
2. Sets minimum educational and other licensure requirements
3. Determines legal titles and abbreviations nurses can use
, 4. Provides for disciplinary actions for certain violations of the license
Define: Nurse License Compact (NLC); who/when was it developed? -
ANSWER✔✔A mutual recognition model of licensure; developed by the NCSBN
in 2000
-It allows nurses to improve mobility while protecting public health, safety, and
practice.
True/False: Nurses follow the nurse practice act in the state in which they are
practicing, not that of their state of licensure. -ANSWER✔✔True
How are nurses open to malpractice suits? -ANSWER✔✔Nurses are accountable
for their own practice
Define: Negligence -ANSWER✔✔The failure to act as another reasonably prudent
person would act in the same circumstances.
Define: commision -ANSWER✔✔doing something that should not have been
done
Define: ommision -ANSWER✔✔failing to do things that should've been done
What are the 5 rights of delegation? -ANSWER✔✔1. Right task- Can it be
delegated?
2. Right Circumstance- Should it be delegated?
3. Right person- Can this person do the task?
4. Right direction/ communication- Is the task being conveyed in a clear manner?
5. Right supervision- Is the task being followed up on once complete?
