NURSING 304 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

NURSING 304 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Beneficence - Answers Active goodness or kindness Fidelity - Answers Something that is promised Justice - Answers Fair Nonmalfeciance - Answers Do no harm Veracity - Answers Truthfulness Autonomy - Answers Self governing Code of Ethics - Answers Guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession Informed Consent - Answers Is a process for getting permission before conducting a healthcare intervention on a person. The Doctor is the only one to get informed consent for the procedure to be preformed. The nurse may witness. The patient or their POA/guardian nut be awake, alert and oriented. Ethical Principles - Answers Autonomy Nonmaleficence Beneficence Justice Fidelity Veracity Physicians Orders - Answers With accountability the nurse has the right to not follow physicians orders if the nurse feels it is detrimental to the patient. The nurse has the responsibility to make the doctor aware. If the doctor is not aware the nurse manager/ supervisor must be aware. Ethics - Answers When a client is in need of care the nurse does not have the right to refuse care gloving, unless the risk to the nurse is higher than the responsibility Assault - Answers Threat of violence is enough to constitute assault; no physical contact is necessary. Battery - Answers Physical contact is mandatory Slander - Answers Oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another Negligence - Answers A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. Libel - Answers The act of publishing or BROADCASTING facts that are not true and damage a persons reputation LAW - Answers Patients have the right to make their own decisions As a nurse you are responsible to report any actions by anyone that would cause harm to any patient AMA - Answers Against Medical Advice Form to be signed by an oriented patient if the patient decides to leave before discharge Incident report - Answers For completed by hospital personnel whenever an improper incident occurs. Things to consider with Communication: - Answers Culture/Spirituality Socioeconomics Developmental Age Physical Handicaps Developmental Handicaps Primary Language Literacy Personal Space Communication: THE NURSE MUST - Answers Use Open Ended Questions Make Eye Contact Consider Personal Space Lean Forward Communication - Answers Make eye contact be award of personal space Be assertive Trustworthy Form a bond Your patient is not always one person Communication:THINK ABOUT - Answers Has the Maslow needs been satisfied is my patient hungry, in pain, tired, etc... Intrapersonal Communication - Answers Occurs within a person Interpersonal Communication - Answers Person to person SBAR - Answers Situation Background Assessment Recommendation Communicate between Health Professional Florence Nightingale - Answers First practicing epidemiologist Organized first school of nursing Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals Her practices remain a basic part of nursing today. Known as the Lady with the Lamp, Nightingale crossed the battlefields of the Crimean War with her lantern. By improving sanitation in battlefield hospitals, she showed how effective fresh air, hygiene, and nutrition were in the treatment of wounded soldiers. Her biggest contribution was decreasing nosocomial Infections Mary Mahoney - Answers Graduated 1879 New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses - only one of three black nurses that completed program ANA award in her honor given biannually to nurse for recognition of contributions in interracial relationships in nursing. Lillian Wald - Answers Champion of the urban poor Established Henry Street Settlement in 1893 which became New York Visiting Nursing Services Pioneer in Public Health Nursing Mary Breckenridge - Answers Mary Breckenridge established frontier