RED FLAG MANIA - WGU D223 EXAM
NEWEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What role does the interprofessional collaboration process play in providing
equitable patient-centered care? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) It improves
equitable, patient-centered care by ensuring shared goals of care.
Consider the case at Windsor Oncology. As a reasonably prudent nurse, if
Nurse Mills had not spoken up, why could she have been sued for malpractice?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) It is a nurse's professional duty to report and
document concerns, not speaking up would have increased the number of
patients affected, and there could be a direct connection between not speaking
up and increased damages.
In Pearl's obituary, her family said, "My mother was taken too soon. If she had
appropriate care, she should have survived this battle." Which law maintains the
patient and their family's ability to file a lawsuit? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C)
Tort Reform
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, To support the overall functioning at Windsor Oncology, describe what a nurse
can do to guarantee that issues, such as lack of side effects or other patient
concerns, are recorded and considered. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In order to
support the overall functioning of a facility has policies, regulations, and
guidelines to ensure patient concerns and uncharacteristic signs and symptoms
are in place. These policies, regulations and guidelines should a clear plan when
patients have unusual reactions to medications and concerns about their
medications. Nurses must be members of the boards and ethical committees that
determine such policies, regulations, and guidelines. The ethical code of ethics
binds the nurse to be a part of such boards/committees.
Identify and list potential repercussions of reporting a colleague.
Explain how the whistleblower laws could protect a nurse. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > The potential repercussions for nurses who report colleagues
include loss of job, career elevation denial, and social isolation. The American
Nurse Association has detailed whistleblower protection for nurses. The laws
protect nurses from any facility retaliatory actions.
List self-care strategies you can employ as a nurse. Explain how practicing self-
care can help you improve patient care. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > anything
Which of the following is the example of nursing malpractice? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) The nurse does not have a witness to the
instrument count during surgery. A retained instrument causes harm to the
patient.
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NEWEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
What role does the interprofessional collaboration process play in providing
equitable patient-centered care? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) It improves
equitable, patient-centered care by ensuring shared goals of care.
Consider the case at Windsor Oncology. As a reasonably prudent nurse, if
Nurse Mills had not spoken up, why could she have been sued for malpractice?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) It is a nurse's professional duty to report and
document concerns, not speaking up would have increased the number of
patients affected, and there could be a direct connection between not speaking
up and increased damages.
In Pearl's obituary, her family said, "My mother was taken too soon. If she had
appropriate care, she should have survived this battle." Which law maintains the
patient and their family's ability to file a lawsuit? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C)
Tort Reform
Page 1 of 13
, To support the overall functioning at Windsor Oncology, describe what a nurse
can do to guarantee that issues, such as lack of side effects or other patient
concerns, are recorded and considered. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In order to
support the overall functioning of a facility has policies, regulations, and
guidelines to ensure patient concerns and uncharacteristic signs and symptoms
are in place. These policies, regulations and guidelines should a clear plan when
patients have unusual reactions to medications and concerns about their
medications. Nurses must be members of the boards and ethical committees that
determine such policies, regulations, and guidelines. The ethical code of ethics
binds the nurse to be a part of such boards/committees.
Identify and list potential repercussions of reporting a colleague.
Explain how the whistleblower laws could protect a nurse. - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > The potential repercussions for nurses who report colleagues
include loss of job, career elevation denial, and social isolation. The American
Nurse Association has detailed whistleblower protection for nurses. The laws
protect nurses from any facility retaliatory actions.
List self-care strategies you can employ as a nurse. Explain how practicing self-
care can help you improve patient care. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > anything
Which of the following is the example of nursing malpractice? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > (C) The nurse does not have a witness to the
instrument count during surgery. A retained instrument causes harm to the
patient.
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