Module 5 Exam PNC

1. A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The healthcare team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other possible treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the client. Which principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing? o Justice o Fidelity o Autonomy o Nonmaleficence Correct 2. Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence? o The nurse upholds a client’s decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung cancer. o The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with cancer. o The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may cause discomfort. Correct o The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the basis of illness acuity. 3. The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false imprisonment. Which situation reflects a violation of this client right? o Performing a procedure without consent o Telling the client that he or she may not leave the hospital Correct o Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will o Observing the provision of care to the client without the client’s permission 4. The nurse and an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)enter a client’s room to provide care and find the client lying on the floor. Which action should the nurse take first? o Ask the nursing assistant to complete an incident report o Check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs Correct o Ask the nursing assistant to assist in getting the client back to bed o Contact the unit secretary on the intercom and ask that the client’s health care provider be called 5. Which action exemplifies the use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of client care? o Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing Correct o Encouraging a client to take an herbal substance to treat his insomnia o Advising a client to agree to the treatment recommended by her health care provider o Taking a rectal temperature from a client for whom bleeding precautions have been instituted