Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are the universal guidelines that define appropriate measures for all nursing interventions? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Standard of Care
When a nurse becomes involved in a legal action, the first step in filing is - CORRECT ANSWER -
complaint
an LVN is asked to administer an IV Chemotherapy drug, what law should the nurse refer to before
treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse Practice Act
A nurse fails to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered, resulting in harm to the patient. This nurse could be
found guilty of:
a. malpractice.
b. harm to the patient.
c. negligence.
d. failure to follow the nurse practice act. - CORRECT ANSWER - malpractice
Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To protect these expectations,
which of the following has become law?
a. American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights
b. Self-determination act
c. American Hospital Association's Standards of Care
d. The Joint Commission's rights and responsibilities of patients - CORRECT ANSWER - american
hospital association patients bill of rights
how may a newly liscenced lvn practice? - CORRECT ANSWER - under the direction of an RN or
Pa or Dentist
, whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to improvement of patient
environment? - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale
what document identifies the role and responsibilities of an LVN - CORRECT ANSWER - Nurse
practice act
what is the title of the american hospital Associations 1972 document that outlines patient expectations -
CORRECT ANSWER - Patients bill of rights
what premise is maslows heirachy of needs based on? - CORRECT ANSWER - basic needs must
be met in order to move to the next level
where did florence nightingales original education take place - CORRECT ANSWER -
Kaiserswerth school
what score do you need in order to pass state liscensure - CORRECT ANSWER - pass
what is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient? -
CORRECT ANSWER - communication
the relationships among nursing, patients, and the environment are the basis for - CORRECT
ANSWER - nursing models
what is battery? - CORRECT ANSWER - Touching a patient without patients consent
What is deposition? - CORRECT ANSWER - out of court statement made by witness under oath
what is an interrogatory - CORRECT ANSWER - Written questions to be answered in writing an
under oath