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TEST BANK FOR FOUNDATIONS AND ADULT HEALTH NURSING 7TH EDITION BY COOPER Chapter 2: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Cooper and Gosnell: Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 7th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When a nurse becomesinvolved in a legal action, the firststep to occuris that a document isfiled in an appropriate court. What is this document called? a. Deposition b. Appeal c. Complaint d. Summons ANS: C Adocumentcalledacomplaintisfiledinanappropriate courtasthe firststepinlitigation.Adeposition is when witnesses are requir N ed UR to SI u N n G d T e B r . g C o O q M uestioning by the attorneys. An appeal is a request for a review of a decision by a higher court. A summons is a court order thatnotifies the defendant of the legal action. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Page 23OBJ: 1 TOP: Legal KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:NCLEX: N/A 2. The nurse caring for a patientin theacute caresetting assumes responsibility for a patient’scare. What is this legally binding situation? a. Nurse-patient relationship b. Accountability c. Advocacy d. Standard of care ANS: A When the nurse assumes responsibility for a patient’s care, the nurse-patient relationship isformed.Thisis alegallybinding“contract” forwhichthenursemusttakeresponsibility. Accountabilityisbeingresponsibleforone’sownactions.Anadvocateisonewhodefendsor pleadsacauseorissueonbehalfof another.Standardsofcaredefineactswhoseperformanceisrequired, permitted, or prohibited. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 24OBJ: 3 TOP: Legal KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:NCLEX: N/A 3. Whataretheuniversalguidelinesthatdefineappropriatemeasuresforallnursinginterventions? a. Scope of practice b. Advocacy c. Standard of care d. Prudent practice ANS: C Standardsofcaredefineactionsthatarepermittedorprohibitedinmostnursinginterventions.These standards are accepted as legal guidelines for appropriateness of performance. The laws thatformallydefineandlimitthescopeofnursingpracticeare callednursepracticeacts.An advocateisonewhodefends orpleadsacauseorissueonbehalfofanother.Prudentisa term that refers to careful and/or wise practice. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: Page 25OBJ: 4 TOP: Legal KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:NCLEX: N/A 4. AnLPN/LVNisaskedbytheRNtoadministeranIVchemotherapeuticagenttoapatientintheacutecaresetting.Whatlaw shouldthisnurserefertobefore initiating thisintervention? a. Standards of care b. Regulation of practice c. American Nurses’ Association Code d. Nurse practice act ANS: D Itisthenurse’sresponsibilitytoknowthenursepracticeactinhisorherstate.Standardsof care,regulationofpractice,and theAmericanNurses’codearenotlawsthatthenurseshouldrefer tobefore initiating thistreatment. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Page 25OBJ: 5 TOP: Legal KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:NCLEX: N/A 5.A nurse fails to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered resulting in harm to the patient. This nurse could be found guilty of: a. malpractice. b. harm to the patient. c. negligence. d. failure to follow the nurse practice act. ANS: A Thenursecanbeheldliableformalpracticeforactsofomission.Failure tomeetalegalduty, thus causing harm to another, is malpractice. The nurse practice act has general guidelines thatcan support the charge of malpractice. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: Pages 22-23OBJ: 2 TOP: Legal KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A