EXAM 3 PVN 1111 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS .
NPA - Correct Answer -scope of practice per state
A nurse discontinues a ventilator without a doctor's order; what is this act considered as? - Correct
Answer -malpractice
-one needs a MD order before doing anything
When regarding the NCLEX, if you currently hold a LCN license in CA, what must you do when you
move into a new state? - Correct Answer -notify the state and start the procedure
What is civil law? - Correct Answer -between individuals, usually involves a monetary compensation
Tort - Correct Answer -- type of civil law that involves wrongs against - person or propertyincludes:
▪︎negligence
▪︎assault
▪︎battery
▪︎defamation
▪︎fraud
▪︎false imprisonment
▪︎invasion of privacy
intentional tort - Correct Answer -A wrongful act knowingly committed
unintentional tort - Correct Answer -Not wanting to cause harm but caused harm anyway
What is battery? - Correct Answer --Causing bodily harm
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, -or not receiving consent
Assault - Correct Answer -attempt or threat to do violence to another
Slander - Correct Answer -spoken defamation that can be:
untrue
or
gossip
A nurse makes the following statement to a patient, " If you don't go to sleep; I will give you an
injection". What is this act called? - Correct Answer -Assault
A student at a healthcare facility takes a picture of a patient's ulcer without permission, her
instructor warned her that this is can be a case of a ____________ issue - Correct Answer -libel
Student nurses practice under the _________________ - Correct Answer -instructor's license, the
instructor assumes all responsibilities
What is a breach of duty? - Correct Answer -failure to meet the standard of care
What must you document while document the patient's behavior? - Correct Answer --any
interventions performed
-any instructions given to the patient
What else do you do when you document? - Correct Answer --objective signs
-leave out opinions
-mark your sheet appropriately
What does accountability mean? - Correct Answer -a nursing ethic where one must assume
responsibility for their own actions
What is HIPPA? What does it do? - Correct Answer -Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act.
-Protects the privacy of patients
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100% CORRECT ANSWERS .
NPA - Correct Answer -scope of practice per state
A nurse discontinues a ventilator without a doctor's order; what is this act considered as? - Correct
Answer -malpractice
-one needs a MD order before doing anything
When regarding the NCLEX, if you currently hold a LCN license in CA, what must you do when you
move into a new state? - Correct Answer -notify the state and start the procedure
What is civil law? - Correct Answer -between individuals, usually involves a monetary compensation
Tort - Correct Answer -- type of civil law that involves wrongs against - person or propertyincludes:
▪︎negligence
▪︎assault
▪︎battery
▪︎defamation
▪︎fraud
▪︎false imprisonment
▪︎invasion of privacy
intentional tort - Correct Answer -A wrongful act knowingly committed
unintentional tort - Correct Answer -Not wanting to cause harm but caused harm anyway
What is battery? - Correct Answer --Causing bodily harm
1
, -or not receiving consent
Assault - Correct Answer -attempt or threat to do violence to another
Slander - Correct Answer -spoken defamation that can be:
untrue
or
gossip
A nurse makes the following statement to a patient, " If you don't go to sleep; I will give you an
injection". What is this act called? - Correct Answer -Assault
A student at a healthcare facility takes a picture of a patient's ulcer without permission, her
instructor warned her that this is can be a case of a ____________ issue - Correct Answer -libel
Student nurses practice under the _________________ - Correct Answer -instructor's license, the
instructor assumes all responsibilities
What is a breach of duty? - Correct Answer -failure to meet the standard of care
What must you document while document the patient's behavior? - Correct Answer --any
interventions performed
-any instructions given to the patient
What else do you do when you document? - Correct Answer --objective signs
-leave out opinions
-mark your sheet appropriately
What does accountability mean? - Correct Answer -a nursing ethic where one must assume
responsibility for their own actions
What is HIPPA? What does it do? - Correct Answer -Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act.
-Protects the privacy of patients
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