NR 226 Final Review. WITH 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED CARRECT
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Guidance for
Final Exam
Total Questions= 65 questions (1.5 minutes per
question) Ch. 23 (Torts and Confidentiality)
1. Torts: civil wrong acts or omission made against a person/property
a. Intentional: Willful acts that violate another person’s right
i. Assault: Intentional threat towards another person
that places that person in fear of harmful, imminent
or unwelcomed contact.
1. No actual contact is required
ii. Battery: intentional offensive touching without consent
or lawful justification.
1. Contact can be harmful and cause injury or can
be offensive to the pt’s personal dignity
2. Ex: Provider performs a procedure that goes
beyond the scope of the pt’s consent
iii. False Imprisonment: unjustified restraint of a person
without legal reason
1. Ex: nurses restrain a pt in a confined area to keep
that person from freedom
a. Pt must be aware of confinement for
false imprisonment.
b.Quasi Intentional:
i. Invasion of Privacy: release of pt’s medical info to
unauthorized person, such as press, pt’s employer or
,NR 226 Final Review. WITH 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED CARRECT
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family or online. (can only b shared with healthcare
providers for the purpose of medical treatment only
ii. Defamation of Character: publication of false information
that results in damage to a person’s reputation
1. Slander: speak falsely about another
2. Libel: write falsely about another
c. Unintentional
i. Negligence: below standard of care
ii. Malpractice: professional negligence to carry out duty of
care
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2. Confidentiality
a. HIPAA: pt right to consent to the use and disclosure of their
protected health info, to inspect and copy one’s medical record
and to amend mistakes or incomplete info.
b. Limits who’s able to access pt records.
c. Privacy and confidentiality
d. Informed consent: nurse is witness that pt signed and is competent
Ch. 37 x 9 Questions (See topics below)
Types of Grief: a cluster of ordinary emotions arising in response of a significant
loss. Intensified and complicated by the relationship to the person or object lost
1. Normal uncomplicated grief: common universal reaction
2. Anticipatory grief: before the actual loss of death ex caring for pt with
dementia or ALS
3. Disenfranchised Grief: relationship to deceased person not socially
sanctioned, cant be openly shared or seems less significant
a. Ambiguous loss: the person is physically present but
not psychologically available. Ex: dementia or brain
injury
4. Complicated Grief: prolonged significant difficulty moving forward
after a loss
a. Chronic: normal grief response experienced over a long period of
time
b. Exaggerated: self destructive or maladaptive behavior,
obsessions, or psych disorders. Suicide risk
c. Delayed: avoidance because the loss is so significant. Ususally
triggered by a second less significant loss
LATEST 2022
Guidance for
Final Exam
Total Questions= 65 questions (1.5 minutes per
question) Ch. 23 (Torts and Confidentiality)
1. Torts: civil wrong acts or omission made against a person/property
a. Intentional: Willful acts that violate another person’s right
i. Assault: Intentional threat towards another person
that places that person in fear of harmful, imminent
or unwelcomed contact.
1. No actual contact is required
ii. Battery: intentional offensive touching without consent
or lawful justification.
1. Contact can be harmful and cause injury or can
be offensive to the pt’s personal dignity
2. Ex: Provider performs a procedure that goes
beyond the scope of the pt’s consent
iii. False Imprisonment: unjustified restraint of a person
without legal reason
1. Ex: nurses restrain a pt in a confined area to keep
that person from freedom
a. Pt must be aware of confinement for
false imprisonment.
b.Quasi Intentional:
i. Invasion of Privacy: release of pt’s medical info to
unauthorized person, such as press, pt’s employer or
,NR 226 Final Review. WITH 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED CARRECT
LATEST 2022
family or online. (can only b shared with healthcare
providers for the purpose of medical treatment only
ii. Defamation of Character: publication of false information
that results in damage to a person’s reputation
1. Slander: speak falsely about another
2. Libel: write falsely about another
c. Unintentional
i. Negligence: below standard of care
ii. Malpractice: professional negligence to carry out duty of
care
, NR 226 Final Review. WITH 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERED CARRECT
LATEST 2022
2. Confidentiality
a. HIPAA: pt right to consent to the use and disclosure of their
protected health info, to inspect and copy one’s medical record
and to amend mistakes or incomplete info.
b. Limits who’s able to access pt records.
c. Privacy and confidentiality
d. Informed consent: nurse is witness that pt signed and is competent
Ch. 37 x 9 Questions (See topics below)
Types of Grief: a cluster of ordinary emotions arising in response of a significant
loss. Intensified and complicated by the relationship to the person or object lost
1. Normal uncomplicated grief: common universal reaction
2. Anticipatory grief: before the actual loss of death ex caring for pt with
dementia or ALS
3. Disenfranchised Grief: relationship to deceased person not socially
sanctioned, cant be openly shared or seems less significant
a. Ambiguous loss: the person is physically present but
not psychologically available. Ex: dementia or brain
injury
4. Complicated Grief: prolonged significant difficulty moving forward
after a loss
a. Chronic: normal grief response experienced over a long period of
time
b. Exaggerated: self destructive or maladaptive behavior,
obsessions, or psych disorders. Suicide risk
c. Delayed: avoidance because the loss is so significant. Ususally
triggered by a second less significant loss
