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A staff development nurse is orienting several new employees to
the facility. The nurse explains that any good compliance
program: (Select all that apply.)
a. functions to identify and correct potential concerns.
b. ensures a confidential way for staff to report violations.
c. promotes conformity to the facility's legal requirements.
d. protects staff from retaliation for good-faith reports.
e. works to ensure that union negotiations become public
knowledge. correct answer a. functions to identify and correct
potential concerns.
b. ensures a confidential way for staff to report violations.
c. promotes conformity to the facility's legal requirements.
d. protects staff from retaliation for good-faith reports.
A faculty member is explaining to the senior nursing class that to
become licensed, applicants must: (Select all that apply.)
a. demonstrate good moral character.
b. graduate from an approved program.
c. maintain a certain grade point average.
d. pass the standard licensure examination. correct answer a.
demonstrate good moral character.
b. graduate from an approved program.
,d. pass the standard licensure examination.
A faculty member explains to students that laws regulating state
nursing licensure incorporate which actions? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Disciplining licensees
b. Entry into the profession
c. Establishing curricula
d. Handling nurse imposters
e. Safeguarding nurses' rights correct answer a. Disciplining
licensees
b. Entry into the profession
d. Handling nurse imposters
A nurse is explaining to some co-workers that the basic premise
behind the confidentiality section of the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is that:
a. health information belongs to the patient.
b. it is unethical to disclose health records.
c. minor transgressions are not the real issue.
d. only electronic patient records are protected. correct answer a.
health information belongs to the patient.
A physician asks a nurse to witness a consent form the patient
has already signed, even though the nurse did not see the patient
sign the form. The best action by the nurse is to:
a. ask the patient if the signature on the form is his or hers.
b. refuse because the nurse did not witness the signing.
,c. tell the physician the consent cannot be witnessed now.
d. write "consent procedure witnessed" on the consent. correct
answer a. ask the patient if the signature on the form is his or
hers.
Several nurses are discussing a patient and family in the
cafeteria. The best response by one of the nurses to this
discussion is:
a. "Let's discuss this once we get back to the nurses' station."
b. "Shh! The patient's family might be in the cafeteria now."
c. "This is confidential information and shouldn't be discussed."
d. "We should really keep our voices down, so others can't hear
us." correct answer c. "This is confidential information and
shouldn't be discussed."
A student nurse working in an ER takes a picture of a visiting
friend in the middle of the crowded waiting room while posing
with eight patients. Everyone in the photo is smiling and waving
at the camera. The student nurse posts the photo on social media
later to show how much fun working in an ER can be. Which
statement best applies to this described scenario?
a. Nurses breach patient privacy when they post enough
information to allow recognition of a patient.
b. Postings on social media platforms are an everyday happening
that is innocent and harmless.
c. Social media is transforming traditional nurse-patient
interactions and how they are demonstrated.
d. Extreme caution is required when discussing or demonstrating
any patient-related experience. correct answer a. Nurses breach
, patient privacy when they post enough information to allow
recognition of a patient.
Which statement is NOT true regarding nurses' use of social
media?
a. Confidentiality and privacy laws, such as HIPAA, apply to online
postings.
b. Clicking "restricted access" does not quality as a private site.
c. A state board may act on complaints of privacy violations.
d. Privacy laws apply to photos, but not to videos if you avoid
showing a face. correct answer d. Privacy laws apply to photos,
but not to videos if you avoid showing a face.
Whose code of ethics for nurses establishes principled guidelines
designed to protect the integrity of patients related to their care,
health, safety, and rights?
a. American Nurses Association
b. American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. National Academy of Medicine Division of the National
Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine
d. Evidence-Based Practice correct answer a. American Nurses
Association
During a routine visit, the nurse notes that a child has several
bruises at various stages of healing. The child reports, "Mommy
doesn't like it when I don't do my chores." Failure to report these
findings is an example of what form of nursing malpractice?
a. Negligence
b. Slander