NFDN2008 – FINAL EXAM
REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A person in a wheel chair is applying for the position
of receptionist in an outpatient clinic. The nurse
manager understands that the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms requires that employers:
make reasonable accommodations for persons who are
disabled
A staff nurse who was fired for reporting client abuse
to the appropriate provincial agency files a whistle-
blower lawsuit against the former employer. Reasons
that the court would use in upholding a valid whistle-
blower suit claiming retaliation include which of the
following?
the nurse had previously reported the complaint, in writing,
to hospital administration
The nurse manager organizes an orientation for new
staff members. As part of the orientation, the nurse
manager reviews the units policy and procedure
manual, which is a part of which type of law?
Common Law
To reduce the incidence of falls in a skilled nursing
unit, the nurse manager contacts the risk manager.
Risk management is a process in which people
attempt to identify potential hazards and:
, eliminate these risks before anyone else is harmed
Nurses are often "floated" to other patient care areas
in health care organizations. One means of ensuring
that such nurses are qualified to work those areas is:
cross-educating staff members with regard to other areas
of the institution
A colleague asks you to give her your password
access so that she can review her partners health
record. This request violates the patients right to:
privacy
The chart of a patient who has undergone abdominal
surgery indicates that one set of vital signs were
taken at 7 minutes after surgery, the next set were
completed 10 hours after surgery. This level of
assessment illustrates which element of malpractice?
Breach of duty owed the patient
As a charge nurse, you counsel your LPN staff
member that he has satisfied his duty of care by
notifying a child's physician of his concern about
deterioration in the child's status as 0330hrs. The
physician does not come in. The child dies at 0630hrs.
As the charge nurse, you could be held liable for:
professional negligence
The parents of a toddler who dies after being brought
to the emergency room launch a lawsuit, claiming that
the failure of nurses to pursue concerns related to
their sons deteriorating condition contributed to his
death. The senior nurse executive is viewed as:
vicariously liable
Which of the following demonstrates a movement
away from a culture of blame and liability to one in
REVIEWED QUESTIONS AND 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A person in a wheel chair is applying for the position
of receptionist in an outpatient clinic. The nurse
manager understands that the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedoms requires that employers:
make reasonable accommodations for persons who are
disabled
A staff nurse who was fired for reporting client abuse
to the appropriate provincial agency files a whistle-
blower lawsuit against the former employer. Reasons
that the court would use in upholding a valid whistle-
blower suit claiming retaliation include which of the
following?
the nurse had previously reported the complaint, in writing,
to hospital administration
The nurse manager organizes an orientation for new
staff members. As part of the orientation, the nurse
manager reviews the units policy and procedure
manual, which is a part of which type of law?
Common Law
To reduce the incidence of falls in a skilled nursing
unit, the nurse manager contacts the risk manager.
Risk management is a process in which people
attempt to identify potential hazards and:
, eliminate these risks before anyone else is harmed
Nurses are often "floated" to other patient care areas
in health care organizations. One means of ensuring
that such nurses are qualified to work those areas is:
cross-educating staff members with regard to other areas
of the institution
A colleague asks you to give her your password
access so that she can review her partners health
record. This request violates the patients right to:
privacy
The chart of a patient who has undergone abdominal
surgery indicates that one set of vital signs were
taken at 7 minutes after surgery, the next set were
completed 10 hours after surgery. This level of
assessment illustrates which element of malpractice?
Breach of duty owed the patient
As a charge nurse, you counsel your LPN staff
member that he has satisfied his duty of care by
notifying a child's physician of his concern about
deterioration in the child's status as 0330hrs. The
physician does not come in. The child dies at 0630hrs.
As the charge nurse, you could be held liable for:
professional negligence
The parents of a toddler who dies after being brought
to the emergency room launch a lawsuit, claiming that
the failure of nurses to pursue concerns related to
their sons deteriorating condition contributed to his
death. The senior nurse executive is viewed as:
vicariously liable
Which of the following demonstrates a movement
away from a culture of blame and liability to one in
