CHAMBERLAIN NR 226 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026
What are the types of ASSESSMENT associated with ADPIE - Answers Initial, Focused, Time lapsed and
Emergency
What are the elements of PLANNING in the nursing process related to ADPIE - Answers Establish
priorities
Establish goals and expected outcomes
Provide guidelines for nursing interventions
Establish evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness of the nursing care plan
Create a goal using a broad statement describing the desired change
Establish the desired outcome by using detailed, specific statements that describe the methods
through which the goal will be achieved.
What is the 3-part nursing process - Answers Problem, R/T (etiology), AEB (symptoms)
What is deontology - Answers Defines actions as right or wrong
What is beneficence - Answers Taking positive actions to help others
What is justice - Answers Being fair
What is fidelity - Answers Agreement to keep promise
What are the 7 steps to process an ethical dilemma - Answers 1. Ask if this is an ethical dilemma
2. Gather all relevant information
3.Clarify your own values/opinions
4. Verbalize the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Negotiate a plan
7. Evaluate the plan
What are civil laws - Answers The protect the rights of an individual; usually include a fine
What is common law - Answers Results from judicial decisions concerning individual cases. Most of
these revolve around negligence and malpractice
What is regulatory law (administrative law) - Answers Defines your duty to report incompetent or
unethical nursing conduct to the board of nursing
What is an intentional tort - Answers Willfull act that violates another's rights
(assault, battery, false imprisonment)
Define assault - Answers May be actual, or from feeling threatened...Ie giving an injection or
threatening to restrain someone who has refused a tx
Define battery - Answers Intentional touching without consent
Define false imprisonment - Answers The act of retaining a patient without justification
What is invasion of privacy - Answers The release of a patient's medical information to an
unauthorized person
Define libel - Answers Written defamation of character
Define negligence - Answers Conduct that falls below the standard of care
Define malpractice - Answers Professional negligence
Define veracity - Answers Telling the truth
Define informed consent - Answers Person's agreement to allow something to happen based on
disclosure of risks, benefits and alternatives
What is needed to prove negligence - Answers The nurse owed a duty to the patient
The nurse did not carry out the duty or breached it
The patient was injured
The patient's injury was caused by the nurse's failure to carry out that duty
What is the Mental health Parity Act (MHPA) - Answers The act that forbids insurance companies
from putting limits on mental health coverage
What is the Medical Tx and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) - Answers Patient dumping. A patient cant be
discharged unless stable even if they have no method of payment
What is the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Answers Gives the right to people over 18 to donate organs
What are the Joint Commission's guidelines for the use of restraints - Answers 1. Must ensure the
safety of the patient and patients around them
2. When less restrictive interventions are not successful
3. Only used with MD's order
What are the types of ASSESSMENT associated with ADPIE - Answers Initial, Focused, Time lapsed and
Emergency
What are the elements of PLANNING in the nursing process related to ADPIE - Answers Establish
priorities
Establish goals and expected outcomes
Provide guidelines for nursing interventions
Establish evaluation criteria to measure the effectiveness of the nursing care plan
Create a goal using a broad statement describing the desired change
Establish the desired outcome by using detailed, specific statements that describe the methods
through which the goal will be achieved.
What is the 3-part nursing process - Answers Problem, R/T (etiology), AEB (symptoms)
What is deontology - Answers Defines actions as right or wrong
What is beneficence - Answers Taking positive actions to help others
What is justice - Answers Being fair
What is fidelity - Answers Agreement to keep promise
What are the 7 steps to process an ethical dilemma - Answers 1. Ask if this is an ethical dilemma
2. Gather all relevant information
3.Clarify your own values/opinions
4. Verbalize the problem
5. Identify possible courses of action
6. Negotiate a plan
7. Evaluate the plan
What are civil laws - Answers The protect the rights of an individual; usually include a fine
What is common law - Answers Results from judicial decisions concerning individual cases. Most of
these revolve around negligence and malpractice
What is regulatory law (administrative law) - Answers Defines your duty to report incompetent or
unethical nursing conduct to the board of nursing
What is an intentional tort - Answers Willfull act that violates another's rights
(assault, battery, false imprisonment)
Define assault - Answers May be actual, or from feeling threatened...Ie giving an injection or
threatening to restrain someone who has refused a tx
Define battery - Answers Intentional touching without consent
Define false imprisonment - Answers The act of retaining a patient without justification
What is invasion of privacy - Answers The release of a patient's medical information to an
unauthorized person
Define libel - Answers Written defamation of character
Define negligence - Answers Conduct that falls below the standard of care
Define malpractice - Answers Professional negligence
Define veracity - Answers Telling the truth
Define informed consent - Answers Person's agreement to allow something to happen based on
disclosure of risks, benefits and alternatives
What is needed to prove negligence - Answers The nurse owed a duty to the patient
The nurse did not carry out the duty or breached it
The patient was injured
The patient's injury was caused by the nurse's failure to carry out that duty
What is the Mental health Parity Act (MHPA) - Answers The act that forbids insurance companies
from putting limits on mental health coverage
What is the Medical Tx and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) - Answers Patient dumping. A patient cant be
discharged unless stable even if they have no method of payment
What is the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act - Answers Gives the right to people over 18 to donate organs
What are the Joint Commission's guidelines for the use of restraints - Answers 1. Must ensure the
safety of the patient and patients around them
2. When less restrictive interventions are not successful
3. Only used with MD's order
