NR 226 Ethics – Nursing Leadership & Management Ethical Principles Review Guide and
Practice Questions
The nurse gives the wrong medication to a patient and notifies the provider and charge nurse
immediately. Which code is the nurse practicing? - correct answer ✔✔Accountability
A nurse receives a call from a church member regarding when Mr. Jones may be coming home.
The nurse shares that Mr. Jones will be coming home on Friday. Which act did the nurse violate?
- correct answer ✔✔HIPPA
What is the nurse's role in informed consent? - correct answer ✔✔Witness Consent
Mr. Jones has decided to remove himself from the transplant list when he found out his cancer
had returned. What ethical principal is Mr. Jones exercising? - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy
What ethical term refers to fair and equal distribution of health resources? - correct answer
✔✔Justice
What is the difference in conflicting values called? - correct answer ✔✔Ethical
A patient is NPO, and the nurse gives him a pop. The patient chokes and aspirates. Which tort
has the nurse committed? (Failure to provide the expected standard of care.) - correct answer
✔✔Negligence
A nurse notices that Mr. Jones is having difficulty breathing. She lifts the HOB 30 degrees and
applies oxygen then leaves for lunch without informing anyone. When she returns Mr. Jones is
in full blown respiratory distress and the healthcare team is looking to intubate him. Which tort
did the nurse commit? (Failure to use the degree of skill or learning that would be used under
the same circumstance.) - correct answer ✔✔Malpractice
, A nurse tells a parent that the MMR injection may cause a low-grade fever and pain at the
injection site. The nurse then explains to the parent the benefit of the immunization. This is an
example of which ethical principle? - correct answer ✔✔Beneficience
A nurse sees a car accident on the side of the road and stops to help. The patient ends up dying,
the nurse is covered under which law? - correct answer ✔✔The good samaritan act
A nurse is working on a busy psych unit and tells Mr. Jones, "If you don't act right tonight, I am
going to lock you up in your room." What tort did the nurse commit? (Threat to do harm) -
correct answer ✔✔Assault
The nurse sees Mr. Jones in the lobby of a nursing home. She shouts, "Mr. Jones I have been
looking for you all morning" and then grabs Mr. Jones by the arm and starts to pull him back to
his room. Which tort has the nurse commit? (Harmful contact?) - correct answer ✔✔Battery
A nurse is discussing a doctor with a patient. The nurse tells the patient the doctor is a terrible
doctor and has been arrested for using drugs. The patient's whole family sees this doctor and
has decided not to see this doctor anymore. Which tort has the nurse committed? (Verbal when
one speaks falsely about another) - correct answer ✔✔Slander = speak = VERBAL
A new nurse goes home afterwork and posts on Facebook that her manager is so stupid, and
she doesn't know how she keeps her job since her license was suspended last year. Which tort
has the nurse committed? (Written when one speaks falsely about another) - correct answer
✔✔Libel = library = WRITTEN
A legal document that communicates a patient's wishes regarding medical treatment in the
event the patient is unable to make decisions for themselves. DNR is an example. - correct
answer ✔✔Living will
A patient needing to have his right leg amputated below the knee has the left leg amputated
below the knee. This is an example of what kind of event? (An unexpected occurrence involving
death or serious physical or psychological injury) - correct answer ✔✔Sentinel
Practice Questions
The nurse gives the wrong medication to a patient and notifies the provider and charge nurse
immediately. Which code is the nurse practicing? - correct answer ✔✔Accountability
A nurse receives a call from a church member regarding when Mr. Jones may be coming home.
The nurse shares that Mr. Jones will be coming home on Friday. Which act did the nurse violate?
- correct answer ✔✔HIPPA
What is the nurse's role in informed consent? - correct answer ✔✔Witness Consent
Mr. Jones has decided to remove himself from the transplant list when he found out his cancer
had returned. What ethical principal is Mr. Jones exercising? - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy
What ethical term refers to fair and equal distribution of health resources? - correct answer
✔✔Justice
What is the difference in conflicting values called? - correct answer ✔✔Ethical
A patient is NPO, and the nurse gives him a pop. The patient chokes and aspirates. Which tort
has the nurse committed? (Failure to provide the expected standard of care.) - correct answer
✔✔Negligence
A nurse notices that Mr. Jones is having difficulty breathing. She lifts the HOB 30 degrees and
applies oxygen then leaves for lunch without informing anyone. When she returns Mr. Jones is
in full blown respiratory distress and the healthcare team is looking to intubate him. Which tort
did the nurse commit? (Failure to use the degree of skill or learning that would be used under
the same circumstance.) - correct answer ✔✔Malpractice
, A nurse tells a parent that the MMR injection may cause a low-grade fever and pain at the
injection site. The nurse then explains to the parent the benefit of the immunization. This is an
example of which ethical principle? - correct answer ✔✔Beneficience
A nurse sees a car accident on the side of the road and stops to help. The patient ends up dying,
the nurse is covered under which law? - correct answer ✔✔The good samaritan act
A nurse is working on a busy psych unit and tells Mr. Jones, "If you don't act right tonight, I am
going to lock you up in your room." What tort did the nurse commit? (Threat to do harm) -
correct answer ✔✔Assault
The nurse sees Mr. Jones in the lobby of a nursing home. She shouts, "Mr. Jones I have been
looking for you all morning" and then grabs Mr. Jones by the arm and starts to pull him back to
his room. Which tort has the nurse commit? (Harmful contact?) - correct answer ✔✔Battery
A nurse is discussing a doctor with a patient. The nurse tells the patient the doctor is a terrible
doctor and has been arrested for using drugs. The patient's whole family sees this doctor and
has decided not to see this doctor anymore. Which tort has the nurse committed? (Verbal when
one speaks falsely about another) - correct answer ✔✔Slander = speak = VERBAL
A new nurse goes home afterwork and posts on Facebook that her manager is so stupid, and
she doesn't know how she keeps her job since her license was suspended last year. Which tort
has the nurse committed? (Written when one speaks falsely about another) - correct answer
✔✔Libel = library = WRITTEN
A legal document that communicates a patient's wishes regarding medical treatment in the
event the patient is unable to make decisions for themselves. DNR is an example. - correct
answer ✔✔Living will
A patient needing to have his right leg amputated below the knee has the left leg amputated
below the knee. This is an example of what kind of event? (An unexpected occurrence involving
death or serious physical or psychological injury) - correct answer ✔✔Sentinel
