ECPI NUR 165 CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Battery. Answer: touching an individual without consent
▶ Libel. Answer: false written statements about another that are made
publicly known with into to harm
▶ Malpractice. Answer: Injury, loss, or damage to a patient because of
failure to provide a reasonable standard of care or demonstrate a
reasonable level of skill
▶ Ethics. Answer: the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual
in making decisions
▶ What are the types of laws?. Answer: Constitutional, Statutory, Case or
judicial, criminal, civil
▶ standard of care. Answer: the skills, care, and judgments required by a
health team member under similar conditions
▶ Client culture. Answer: to help take care of the patient
▶ culture competence. Answer: the ability to interact effectively with
people of different cultures
▶ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: law established to regulate nursing
practice/ Board of Nursing
Protect public health, safety and welfare
Licensure-NCLEX
, ▶ Abandonment of patient. Answer: To desert or forsake a patient in your
charge; to leave a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing
replacement; wrongful termination of care
▶ Delegate to LPN. Answer: sterile dressing
▶ Main reason for a nurse to lose their license. Answer: To take
medications needed for patients. and alcohol
▶ invasion of privacy. Answer: revealing personal information about an
individual without his or her consent
▶ Acute. Answer: strikes suddenly, lasts for a lifetime
▶ chronic. Answer: 3-6 months or longer, intensifying or improving
symptoms , periods of remissions, periods of exacerbations-
▶ If your patient is unable to speak English what should you do?. Answer:
get a translator
▶ scope of practice. Answer: a set of regulations and ethical
considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits
▶ nothing that requires nurse judgement. Answer: cant delegate to CNA
▶ you have a patient who is terminally ill and is mad with god, you try to do
what. Answer: stay with the patient and listen to the patient.
▶ who is legally accountable for yourself. Answer: you are accountable for
your own actions
▶ Define confidentiality. Answer: A right to privacy concerning health
information
▶ ethics committee. Answer: Develop policies and procedures for handling
ethical issues
focus on patient and his or her rights
helps decide whether you need something or not
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2026
▶ Battery. Answer: touching an individual without consent
▶ Libel. Answer: false written statements about another that are made
publicly known with into to harm
▶ Malpractice. Answer: Injury, loss, or damage to a patient because of
failure to provide a reasonable standard of care or demonstrate a
reasonable level of skill
▶ Ethics. Answer: the principles of right and wrong that guide an individual
in making decisions
▶ What are the types of laws?. Answer: Constitutional, Statutory, Case or
judicial, criminal, civil
▶ standard of care. Answer: the skills, care, and judgments required by a
health team member under similar conditions
▶ Client culture. Answer: to help take care of the patient
▶ culture competence. Answer: the ability to interact effectively with
people of different cultures
▶ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: law established to regulate nursing
practice/ Board of Nursing
Protect public health, safety and welfare
Licensure-NCLEX
, ▶ Abandonment of patient. Answer: To desert or forsake a patient in your
charge; to leave a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing
replacement; wrongful termination of care
▶ Delegate to LPN. Answer: sterile dressing
▶ Main reason for a nurse to lose their license. Answer: To take
medications needed for patients. and alcohol
▶ invasion of privacy. Answer: revealing personal information about an
individual without his or her consent
▶ Acute. Answer: strikes suddenly, lasts for a lifetime
▶ chronic. Answer: 3-6 months or longer, intensifying or improving
symptoms , periods of remissions, periods of exacerbations-
▶ If your patient is unable to speak English what should you do?. Answer:
get a translator
▶ scope of practice. Answer: a set of regulations and ethical
considerations that define the scope, or extent and limits
▶ nothing that requires nurse judgement. Answer: cant delegate to CNA
▶ you have a patient who is terminally ill and is mad with god, you try to do
what. Answer: stay with the patient and listen to the patient.
▶ who is legally accountable for yourself. Answer: you are accountable for
your own actions
▶ Define confidentiality. Answer: A right to privacy concerning health
information
▶ ethics committee. Answer: Develop policies and procedures for handling
ethical issues
focus on patient and his or her rights
helps decide whether you need something or not
