Foundations Midterm
The HIPPA main focus is in keeping: - ANS-Patient's information in a secure office area
A nurse coworker arrives 30 minutes late, smelling strongly of alcohol. The fellow
nurses' legal course of action is to: - ANS-Report the contain of the nurse to the nursing
supervisor
A patient refuses to take his medications or to eat his breakfast. He is alert, mentally
competent, and fairly comfortable. The nurse should: - ANS-Respect the patients right
to refuse medications or food, because he is competent
A person who has been brought to the emergency room after being struck by a car
insists on leaving, although the doctor has advised him to be hospitalized overnight. The
nurse caring for this patient should: - ANS-Have him sign a leave against medical
advice form
The information in a patients medical record may legally be: - ANS-Shared with other
health care providers at the patients request
A written statement expressing the wishes of a patient regarding future consent for or
refusal of treatment in case the patient is incapable of participating in decision making is
an example of: - ANS-An advanced directive
When a student nurse performs a nursing skill, it is expected that the student -
ANS-Achieves the same result as the licensed nurse
A student nurse who is not yet licensed - ANS-Are held to the same standards as a
licensed nurse
The patient who cannot legally sign his or her own surgical consent is: - ANS-An
18-year-old who received a narcotic 30 minutes ago
A nurse is leaving work when he witnesses a bicyclist hit by a car and thrown into the
road. The nurse stops to help the cyclist and renders first aid the best he can do until
the ambulance arrives. This nurse is protected from legal liability. This is an example of -
ANS-The Good Samaritan law
, An elderly, slightly confused patient sustains an injury from a heating pad that was
wrongly applied by the nurse. The nurse should: - ANS-Report the incident to the risk
management team via an incident report
A nurse is caring for an unmarried 16-year-old patient who has just given birth to a baby
boy. The nurse will get the consent to perform a circumcision on the patients son from
the - ANS-16-year-old patient
The occupation safety and health act includes all of the following except - ANS-Staffing
ratios and delegations criteria
To best protect himself or herself from being sued, the nurse should - ANS-Maintain
competency
The student nurse is studying the various applications of law to understand the
regulations surrounding nursing practice in the state. What is the type of law that
implements and enforces the nurse practice act of any given state. - ANS-Administrative
law
If a nurse takes a picture of a coworker with a patient and sends it out on Instagram with
a funny caption, it would be considered - ANS-Unacceptable because it is a violation of
the patients privacy
The charge nurse is concerned that client information was inappropriately shared with
family. Which would the nurse observe to come to this conclusion - ANS-Nurse left the
computer screen with laboratory data in view at the bedside with family present
A patient has signed a DNR order. If a nurse performs CPR when the patient stops
breathe then successfully revives the patient, the: - ANS-Nurse could be found guilty of
battery
A nurse remarks to several people that "Dr. X must be getting senile because she
makes so many mistakes". If that remarks results in some of Dr. X's patients changing
to another doctor, Dr. X would have grounds to sue the nurse for: - ANS-Slander
Your patient has been newly diagnosed with AIDS. You are good friends with the
patients wife and feel that you should tell her so that she can be tested. Which of the
following statements is(are) true? - ANS-The patient must give permission for the AIDS
test results to be disclosed to the wife.
The HIPPA main focus is in keeping: - ANS-Patient's information in a secure office area
A nurse coworker arrives 30 minutes late, smelling strongly of alcohol. The fellow
nurses' legal course of action is to: - ANS-Report the contain of the nurse to the nursing
supervisor
A patient refuses to take his medications or to eat his breakfast. He is alert, mentally
competent, and fairly comfortable. The nurse should: - ANS-Respect the patients right
to refuse medications or food, because he is competent
A person who has been brought to the emergency room after being struck by a car
insists on leaving, although the doctor has advised him to be hospitalized overnight. The
nurse caring for this patient should: - ANS-Have him sign a leave against medical
advice form
The information in a patients medical record may legally be: - ANS-Shared with other
health care providers at the patients request
A written statement expressing the wishes of a patient regarding future consent for or
refusal of treatment in case the patient is incapable of participating in decision making is
an example of: - ANS-An advanced directive
When a student nurse performs a nursing skill, it is expected that the student -
ANS-Achieves the same result as the licensed nurse
A student nurse who is not yet licensed - ANS-Are held to the same standards as a
licensed nurse
The patient who cannot legally sign his or her own surgical consent is: - ANS-An
18-year-old who received a narcotic 30 minutes ago
A nurse is leaving work when he witnesses a bicyclist hit by a car and thrown into the
road. The nurse stops to help the cyclist and renders first aid the best he can do until
the ambulance arrives. This nurse is protected from legal liability. This is an example of -
ANS-The Good Samaritan law
, An elderly, slightly confused patient sustains an injury from a heating pad that was
wrongly applied by the nurse. The nurse should: - ANS-Report the incident to the risk
management team via an incident report
A nurse is caring for an unmarried 16-year-old patient who has just given birth to a baby
boy. The nurse will get the consent to perform a circumcision on the patients son from
the - ANS-16-year-old patient
The occupation safety and health act includes all of the following except - ANS-Staffing
ratios and delegations criteria
To best protect himself or herself from being sued, the nurse should - ANS-Maintain
competency
The student nurse is studying the various applications of law to understand the
regulations surrounding nursing practice in the state. What is the type of law that
implements and enforces the nurse practice act of any given state. - ANS-Administrative
law
If a nurse takes a picture of a coworker with a patient and sends it out on Instagram with
a funny caption, it would be considered - ANS-Unacceptable because it is a violation of
the patients privacy
The charge nurse is concerned that client information was inappropriately shared with
family. Which would the nurse observe to come to this conclusion - ANS-Nurse left the
computer screen with laboratory data in view at the bedside with family present
A patient has signed a DNR order. If a nurse performs CPR when the patient stops
breathe then successfully revives the patient, the: - ANS-Nurse could be found guilty of
battery
A nurse remarks to several people that "Dr. X must be getting senile because she
makes so many mistakes". If that remarks results in some of Dr. X's patients changing
to another doctor, Dr. X would have grounds to sue the nurse for: - ANS-Slander
Your patient has been newly diagnosed with AIDS. You are good friends with the
patients wife and feel that you should tell her so that she can be tested. Which of the
following statements is(are) true? - ANS-The patient must give permission for the AIDS
test results to be disclosed to the wife.
