COMPLETE NURS 171
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
Which tort involves intentional touching without the client's consent?
A. Battery
Rationale: "Battery is any intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification" (Potter
pg. 337)
Which teaching point is appropriate for the nurse to include in the education of the ethical principle of
nonmaleficence to a group of nursing students?
B. Act in ways to prevent harm to patients
Rationale: "nonmaleficence refers to the avoidance of arm or hurt....[the] commitment to do no harm"
(Potter pg. 317)
B. Act in ways to prevent harm to patients
,COMPLETE NURS 171
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
Rationale: "nonmaleficence refers to the avoidance of arm or hurt....[the] commitment to do no harm"
(Potter pg. 317)Wh
B. Surgeon
Rationale: In terms of informed consent, we know that this is a "health care provider-patient
relationship". And "The person responsible for performing the procedure is responsible for obtaining the
informed consent" (Potter pg. 333). In a situation like a surgery, it would be the responsibility of the
surgeon to provide the risks, complications, and benefits
When working with an older adult who is hearing impaired, the use of which techniques would improve
communication? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
A. Check for needed adaptive equipment
C. Give the patient time to respond to questions
D. Keep communication short and to the point
Rationale: In Potter pg 361, there's a good table with special communication approaches to many
scenarios (such as; cognitive impairment, English second language, visually impaired, unresponsive,
hearing impairment, etc).
, COMPLETE NURS 171
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
.
A woman has severe life-threatening injuries, is unresponsive, and is hemorrhaging following a car
accident. The health care provider orders 2 units of packed red blood cells to treat the woman's anemia.
The woman's husband refuses to allow the nurse to give his wife the blood for religious reasons. What is
the nurses responsibility.
D. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney for healthcare.
Rationale: "An advanced directive is a document developed by patients that instructs others to do tasks
before, during, and after their death....[it also includes] the designated person [that] can make decisions
when the patient becomes incapacitated" (Potter pg. 331). Therefore, it would be best to see if the
patient has a POLST or other living will set in place, to honor her wishes
.
A nurse sends a text message to the oncoming nurse that states, "Mr. Kodro in room 3348-1 refused to
take his sertraline hydrochloride as ordered his morning because he said he was feeling better". What
should the oncoming nurse do? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
B. Tell the nurse who sent the text that the text is a HIPAA violation
C. Inform the nursing supervisor
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
Which tort involves intentional touching without the client's consent?
A. Battery
Rationale: "Battery is any intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification" (Potter
pg. 337)
Which teaching point is appropriate for the nurse to include in the education of the ethical principle of
nonmaleficence to a group of nursing students?
B. Act in ways to prevent harm to patients
Rationale: "nonmaleficence refers to the avoidance of arm or hurt....[the] commitment to do no harm"
(Potter pg. 317)
B. Act in ways to prevent harm to patients
,COMPLETE NURS 171
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
Rationale: "nonmaleficence refers to the avoidance of arm or hurt....[the] commitment to do no harm"
(Potter pg. 317)Wh
B. Surgeon
Rationale: In terms of informed consent, we know that this is a "health care provider-patient
relationship". And "The person responsible for performing the procedure is responsible for obtaining the
informed consent" (Potter pg. 333). In a situation like a surgery, it would be the responsibility of the
surgeon to provide the risks, complications, and benefits
When working with an older adult who is hearing impaired, the use of which techniques would improve
communication? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
A. Check for needed adaptive equipment
C. Give the patient time to respond to questions
D. Keep communication short and to the point
Rationale: In Potter pg 361, there's a good table with special communication approaches to many
scenarios (such as; cognitive impairment, English second language, visually impaired, unresponsive,
hearing impairment, etc).
, COMPLETE NURS 171
ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES
GRADED A+ 2024
.
A woman has severe life-threatening injuries, is unresponsive, and is hemorrhaging following a car
accident. The health care provider orders 2 units of packed red blood cells to treat the woman's anemia.
The woman's husband refuses to allow the nurse to give his wife the blood for religious reasons. What is
the nurses responsibility.
D. Gather more information about the wife's preferences and determine whether the husband has her
power of attorney for healthcare.
Rationale: "An advanced directive is a document developed by patients that instructs others to do tasks
before, during, and after their death....[it also includes] the designated person [that] can make decisions
when the patient becomes incapacitated" (Potter pg. 331). Therefore, it would be best to see if the
patient has a POLST or other living will set in place, to honor her wishes
.
A nurse sends a text message to the oncoming nurse that states, "Mr. Kodro in room 3348-1 refused to
take his sertraline hydrochloride as ordered his morning because he said he was feeling better". What
should the oncoming nurse do? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
B. Tell the nurse who sent the text that the text is a HIPAA violation
C. Inform the nursing supervisor
