Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing 6th Edition Guido Test Bank Updated Latest 2025–2026 Comprehensive Exam Prep Resource for Nursing Law, Ethics, Professional Accountability, and Clinical Decision-Making Mastery with Practice Questions, Detailed Solution

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LEGAL AND ETHICAL
ISSUES IN NURSING
6th Edition By Ginny Wacker Guido




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,Test Bank Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing, 6th edition by Ginny Wacker
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Table of contents
Part 1: Introduction to the Law and the Judicial Process
Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
Part 2: Ethics
Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
Part 3: Liability Issues
Chapter 5: Standards of Care
Chapter 6: Tort Law
Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
Part 4: Impact of the Law on the Professional Practice of Nursing
Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
Chapter 12: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles
Chapter 13: Corporate Liability Issues and Employment Laws
Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
Rights Act of 1991
Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-Managers
Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
Part 5: Impact of the Law on Nursing in Selected Practice Settings
Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatory and Managed Care Settings
Chapter 19: Public and Community Health Care
Chapter 20: Nursing in Long-Term Care Settings

,Chapter 01: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
Guido: Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 6th Edition, Test Bank


Question 1
Type: MCSA

A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state’s nursing practice act and believes the best strategy is
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to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom should the nurse contact?
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2. State governor T




3. State legislature T




4. State nursing association
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Rationale 1: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse practice act
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but not charged with writing the law.
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Rationale 2: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involved in writing
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nursing practice acts. T T




Rationale 3: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) and create
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state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement and enforce
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Rationale 4: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do so
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independently.

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Cognitive Level: Applying T T



Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care
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Learning Outcome: 1.1 Define the term law and describe four sources from which law is derived, including
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constitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law.
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, A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury found for
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the hospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a different decision?
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1. No, because of the doctrine of res judicata
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2. Yes, stare decisis allows retrial
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3. Yes, because of the doctrine of precedent
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4. No, this is a landmark decision
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Rationale 1: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settled by judgment” and applies when a legal dispute has been
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decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit from
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retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
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Rationale 2: Stare decisis means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in cases with similar fact
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patterns that have been previously decided by the court system.
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Rationale 3: The doctrine of precedent means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in cases
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with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system. Landmark decisions signify that
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precedent is changed by the current court decision.
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Rationale 4: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
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Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care
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Learning Outcome: 1.2 Compare and contrast the doctrines of precedent (stare decisis) and res judicata.
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The circumstances of a lawsuit cause it to be under the jurisdiction of more than one court. In this case, the nurse
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expects that which court will have the greatest personal jurisdiction?
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1. Federal Supreme Court T T




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Guido, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, 6 edition, Test Bank