N262 CHAPTER 17 ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN
PATIENT CARE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
Every semester, faculty takes student nurses to visit a state board of nursing
(SBON) disciplinary hearing. The students understand that the purpose of the
SBON is to
a. enforce disciplinary measures on the licensed nurse.
b. regulate nursing practice and protect the consumer.
c. maintain a list of active nurses.
d. regulate nurses from other compact states.
ans B
Option B is correct because the main purpose of the SBON is to protect the public and
provide safe practitioners. The other options do not constitute an obligation of the
SBON.
Which action, if harm to the patient results, would be considered negligent
malpractice if performed by the nurse?
a. Delegating blood glucose level measurements to a UAP.
b. Notifying a health care provider of a patient's drop in BP.
, c. Discussing a patient's condition at lunch with another nurse on the unit.
d. Feeding a patient after a TEE without checking the gag reflex.
ans D
Option D is correct because negligence occurs when a nurse would not do something
that a reasonable and prudent nurse would do and the patient is harmed. The other
options do not meet the definition of negligence.
The nurse is discussing a planned procedure with a patient who then becomes
quite anxious and agitated and refuses to sign the permit form. The patient
decides to leave the hospital against medical advice. The nurse calls security to
keep him from leaving the hospital. Which does this action imply?
a. Invasion of privacy
b. Defamation
c. False imprisonment
d. Assault and battery
ans C
Option C is correct because the action described constitutes a false imprisonment. The
other options do not apply.
Which would constitute the potential for negligent malpractice if performed by a
nurse?
a. Failure to take a heart rate reading on a patient on a telemetry monitor
b. Patient who injures his vocal cords when he self-extubates because he was not
PATIENT CARE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A++
Every semester, faculty takes student nurses to visit a state board of nursing
(SBON) disciplinary hearing. The students understand that the purpose of the
SBON is to
a. enforce disciplinary measures on the licensed nurse.
b. regulate nursing practice and protect the consumer.
c. maintain a list of active nurses.
d. regulate nurses from other compact states.
ans B
Option B is correct because the main purpose of the SBON is to protect the public and
provide safe practitioners. The other options do not constitute an obligation of the
SBON.
Which action, if harm to the patient results, would be considered negligent
malpractice if performed by the nurse?
a. Delegating blood glucose level measurements to a UAP.
b. Notifying a health care provider of a patient's drop in BP.
, c. Discussing a patient's condition at lunch with another nurse on the unit.
d. Feeding a patient after a TEE without checking the gag reflex.
ans D
Option D is correct because negligence occurs when a nurse would not do something
that a reasonable and prudent nurse would do and the patient is harmed. The other
options do not meet the definition of negligence.
The nurse is discussing a planned procedure with a patient who then becomes
quite anxious and agitated and refuses to sign the permit form. The patient
decides to leave the hospital against medical advice. The nurse calls security to
keep him from leaving the hospital. Which does this action imply?
a. Invasion of privacy
b. Defamation
c. False imprisonment
d. Assault and battery
ans C
Option C is correct because the action described constitutes a false imprisonment. The
other options do not apply.
Which would constitute the potential for negligent malpractice if performed by a
nurse?
a. Failure to take a heart rate reading on a patient on a telemetry monitor
b. Patient who injures his vocal cords when he self-extubates because he was not
