N204 Legal Dimensions Of Nursing Practice
(Final) /Questions And Answers (A+)
The State Board of Nurse Examiners - =What governing body has the authority
to revoke or suspend a nurse's license?
*Healthcare institution - =During the orientation to the hospital, the staff
development educator discusses unit and institutional-based policies. What is
the source of the practice rules that result in unit and institutional-based
policies?
*After reporting to work for a night shift, the nurse learns that the unit is
understaffed because two RNs called out sick. As a result, each nurse on the
unit must provide care for four acute clients in addition to the nurse's regular
clients. Which statement is true for this nurse when working in understaffed
circumstances? - =The nurse is legally held to the same standards of care as
when staffing levels are normal.
*A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone coronary angioplasty. The
cardiac monitor is showing abnormal electrocardiogram waves, indicating
atrial fibrillation. The nurse does not recognize the importance of the sign; as a
result, the client's condition deteriorates and the client has to be taken up for
an emergency procedure. Which describes the nurse's legal liability? - =Tort
**tort=a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract)
leading to civil legal liability. includes both negligence cases as well as
intentional wrongs which result in harm
*A legal document that states a client's health-related wishes — such as a
preference for pain management if the client becomes terminally ill — and also
allows the client's adult child to direct the client's care, is: - =Advanced
directive
*The nurse attempts to notify a health care provider about a client's elevated
temperature but does not get a response. Which statement, if documented by
the nurse, would indicate that the nurse is following proper protocol for
nursing documentation? - =1300: Client temperature elevated. Telephoned
health care provider's service 3 times without a response. Tepid sponge bath
given and nursing supervisor notified.
, *Which best exemplifies malpractice - =The nurse administers amoxicillin to a
client with known allergies to penicillin. The client has a seizure with resulting
respiratory arrest
*A student nurse is assisting an older adult client to ambulate following hip
replacement surgery when the client falls and reinjures the hip. Who is
potentially responsible for the injury to this client?- - =The student nurse, the
nurse instructor, and the hospital
*The nurse is providing care to a client whose condition has progressively
declined. The nurse assesses and makes appropriate interventions as well as
notifies the health care provider. Despite the nurse's efforts, the client expires.
What element of liability has the nurse demonstrated? - =duty
*An RN enters a client's room and observes the unlicensed assistive personnel
(UAP) forcefully pushing a client down on the bed. The client starts crying and
informs the UAP of the need to go to the bathroom. What action is the RN
witnessing that should be immediately reported to the supervisor? - =battery
**battery= physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with
another person without that person's consent
*An HIV-positive client discovers that the client's name is published in a
research report on HIV care prepared by the client's nurse. The client is hurt
and files a lawsuit against the nurse. Which offense has the nurse committed? -
=invasion of privacy
*While riding in the elevator, a nurse discusses the HIV-positive status of a
client with other colleagues. The nurse's action reflects: - =invasion of privacy
*When the nurse informs a client's employer of the client's autoimmune
deficiency disease, the nurse is committing the tort of: - =invasion of privacy
*A nurse is overheard in the hospital cafeteria making false, derogatory
comments about a client. The nurse is guilty of: - =slander
*A nurse, while off-duty, tells the physiotherapist that a client who was
admitted to the nursing unit contracted AIDS due to exposure to sex workers
at the age of 18. The client discovers that the nurse has revealed the
information to the physiotherapist. With what legal action could the nurse be
charged? - =slander
(Final) /Questions And Answers (A+)
The State Board of Nurse Examiners - =What governing body has the authority
to revoke or suspend a nurse's license?
*Healthcare institution - =During the orientation to the hospital, the staff
development educator discusses unit and institutional-based policies. What is
the source of the practice rules that result in unit and institutional-based
policies?
*After reporting to work for a night shift, the nurse learns that the unit is
understaffed because two RNs called out sick. As a result, each nurse on the
unit must provide care for four acute clients in addition to the nurse's regular
clients. Which statement is true for this nurse when working in understaffed
circumstances? - =The nurse is legally held to the same standards of care as
when staffing levels are normal.
*A nurse is caring for a client who has undergone coronary angioplasty. The
cardiac monitor is showing abnormal electrocardiogram waves, indicating
atrial fibrillation. The nurse does not recognize the importance of the sign; as a
result, the client's condition deteriorates and the client has to be taken up for
an emergency procedure. Which describes the nurse's legal liability? - =Tort
**tort=a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract)
leading to civil legal liability. includes both negligence cases as well as
intentional wrongs which result in harm
*A legal document that states a client's health-related wishes — such as a
preference for pain management if the client becomes terminally ill — and also
allows the client's adult child to direct the client's care, is: - =Advanced
directive
*The nurse attempts to notify a health care provider about a client's elevated
temperature but does not get a response. Which statement, if documented by
the nurse, would indicate that the nurse is following proper protocol for
nursing documentation? - =1300: Client temperature elevated. Telephoned
health care provider's service 3 times without a response. Tepid sponge bath
given and nursing supervisor notified.
, *Which best exemplifies malpractice - =The nurse administers amoxicillin to a
client with known allergies to penicillin. The client has a seizure with resulting
respiratory arrest
*A student nurse is assisting an older adult client to ambulate following hip
replacement surgery when the client falls and reinjures the hip. Who is
potentially responsible for the injury to this client?- - =The student nurse, the
nurse instructor, and the hospital
*The nurse is providing care to a client whose condition has progressively
declined. The nurse assesses and makes appropriate interventions as well as
notifies the health care provider. Despite the nurse's efforts, the client expires.
What element of liability has the nurse demonstrated? - =duty
*An RN enters a client's room and observes the unlicensed assistive personnel
(UAP) forcefully pushing a client down on the bed. The client starts crying and
informs the UAP of the need to go to the bathroom. What action is the RN
witnessing that should be immediately reported to the supervisor? - =battery
**battery= physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with
another person without that person's consent
*An HIV-positive client discovers that the client's name is published in a
research report on HIV care prepared by the client's nurse. The client is hurt
and files a lawsuit against the nurse. Which offense has the nurse committed? -
=invasion of privacy
*While riding in the elevator, a nurse discusses the HIV-positive status of a
client with other colleagues. The nurse's action reflects: - =invasion of privacy
*When the nurse informs a client's employer of the client's autoimmune
deficiency disease, the nurse is committing the tort of: - =invasion of privacy
*A nurse is overheard in the hospital cafeteria making false, derogatory
comments about a client. The nurse is guilty of: - =slander
*A nurse, while off-duty, tells the physiotherapist that a client who was
admitted to the nursing unit contracted AIDS due to exposure to sex workers
at the age of 18. The client discovers that the nurse has revealed the
information to the physiotherapist. With what legal action could the nurse be
charged? - =slander
