NCLEX-RN (2) Management of Care > Ethics & Legal
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Q
Can nurses give their opinions to clients?
ANSWERS:
No. Never give your opinion or advice on what the nurse would do in the client’s
situation.
Nurses provide non-judgmental care.
2
Q
What is an advance directive?
ANSWERS:
A legal document in which a client specifies what actions should be taken for
their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because
of illness or incapacity.
It includes both:
living will
health care power of attorney/health care proxy
3
Q
What is a living will?
ANSWERS:
,A type of advance directive that has written instructions on what the client
would like done with their health if they are unable to make their own
decisions.
4
Q
What is a health care power of attorney/health care proxy?
ANSWERS:
A type of advance directive that designates a person the client has declared to
make health care decisions if the client isn’t able to.
5
Q
What is informed consent?
ANSWERS:
A document for invasive surgery or a procedure that the client signs:
the HCP explains the risks
the client signs the form and the nurse can sign as a witness
if the client doesn’t understand the procedure or risks, the nurse informs
the HCP
If it’s an emergency, the informed consent does not need to be signed.
6
Q
What does it mean when a nurse is a “witness” for informed consent?
ANSWERS:
As a witness, the nurse confirms that the client was with it mentally to
understand the procedure and risks; And that the nurse confirmed
the identity of the client.
7
, Q
What should the nurse do if the client does NOT understand the risks of the
procedure?
ANSWERS:
Contact the HCP to let them know.
8
Q
What type of medications are held before the client signs the informed consent?
A
Any meds that could sedate the client.
If the client gets a sedative (such as an opioid), the client may not be cognitively
aware of what they are signing.
9
Q
What does the nurse do if the client doesn’t speak English while providing care?
ANSWERS:
get an interpreter
provide written information in the client’s native language
10
Q
In what kind of situations is the informed consent by an adult NOT needed
when dealing with minors?
(minors are <18 years old)
ANSWERS:
1. treatment for drug abuse
2. treatment for sexually transmitted diseases or getting contraceptives
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Real Exam Questions And Correct Answers (Verified
Answers) Already Graded A+ | Guaranteed Success!!
Newest Exam
Q
Can nurses give their opinions to clients?
ANSWERS:
No. Never give your opinion or advice on what the nurse would do in the client’s
situation.
Nurses provide non-judgmental care.
2
Q
What is an advance directive?
ANSWERS:
A legal document in which a client specifies what actions should be taken for
their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because
of illness or incapacity.
It includes both:
living will
health care power of attorney/health care proxy
3
Q
What is a living will?
ANSWERS:
,A type of advance directive that has written instructions on what the client
would like done with their health if they are unable to make their own
decisions.
4
Q
What is a health care power of attorney/health care proxy?
ANSWERS:
A type of advance directive that designates a person the client has declared to
make health care decisions if the client isn’t able to.
5
Q
What is informed consent?
ANSWERS:
A document for invasive surgery or a procedure that the client signs:
the HCP explains the risks
the client signs the form and the nurse can sign as a witness
if the client doesn’t understand the procedure or risks, the nurse informs
the HCP
If it’s an emergency, the informed consent does not need to be signed.
6
Q
What does it mean when a nurse is a “witness” for informed consent?
ANSWERS:
As a witness, the nurse confirms that the client was with it mentally to
understand the procedure and risks; And that the nurse confirmed
the identity of the client.
7
, Q
What should the nurse do if the client does NOT understand the risks of the
procedure?
ANSWERS:
Contact the HCP to let them know.
8
Q
What type of medications are held before the client signs the informed consent?
A
Any meds that could sedate the client.
If the client gets a sedative (such as an opioid), the client may not be cognitively
aware of what they are signing.
9
Q
What does the nurse do if the client doesn’t speak English while providing care?
ANSWERS:
get an interpreter
provide written information in the client’s native language
10
Q
In what kind of situations is the informed consent by an adult NOT needed
when dealing with minors?
(minors are <18 years old)
ANSWERS:
1. treatment for drug abuse
2. treatment for sexually transmitted diseases or getting contraceptives
