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NU280 FINAL EXAM 2025 | ALL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
21. In a telehealth organization, a nurse who is licensed in New York and
Pennsylvania pro-vides teaching to a patient who resides in Pennsylvania. The
patient charges that the teaching failed to provide significant information about a
potential side effect, which led to delay in seeking treatment and untoward harm.
Under which state nurse practice act and standards would this situation be
considered? - (ANSWER)b. Pennsylvania
NURSE PRACTICE ACT PAGE 70
2. With regard to nursing practice, nurse managers are held responsible for
(select all that apply): - (ANSWER)a. Practicing within legal guidelines established
under state law and nurse practice acts.
b. Ensuring that nursing staff under their supervision are currently licensed to
practice.
TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
11. A nurse on your inpatient psychiatric unit is found to have made sexually
explicit re-marks toward a patient with a previous history of sexual abuse. The
patient sues, claiming malpractice. Which of the following conditions would likely
not apply in this situation? - (ANSWER)a. Injury
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TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
20. To satisfy duty of care to a patient, a nurse manager is legally responsible for
all except: - (ANSWER)d. Supervising the practice of the physician.
TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
12. As a charge nurse, you counsel your RN staff member that he has satisfied his
duty of care by notifying a child's physician of his concerns about deterioration in
the child's status at 0330 hours. The physician does not come in. The child dies at
0630 hours. As the charge nurse, you could be held liable for: - (ANSWER)a.
Professional negligence.
DEFINITION FOR PRIVACY PAGE 82
9. A colleague asks you to give her your password access so that she can view her
part-ner's healthcare record. This request violates the patient's right to: -
(ANSWER)a. Privacy.
DEFINITION FOR PRIVACY PAGE 82
19. Mr. M. complains to you that one of your staff asked him details about his
sexual relationships and financial affairs. He says that these questions were
probing and unnecessary to his care, but he felt that if he refused to answer, the
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nurse would be angry with him and would not provide him with good care. Mr.
M.'s statements reflect concern with: - (ANSWER)a. Privacy.
DEFINITION FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PAGE 82
No questions were pulled for this - (ANSWER)Confidentiality is the right to
privacy of medical record.
DEFINITION FOR BENEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
3. A client refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the client's best
interest. The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in such a situation
are: - (ANSWER)c. Autonomy and beneficence.
DEFINITION FOR BENEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
16. Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the ICU.
As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of
recovery. This de-cision reflects which of the following ethical principles? -
(ANSWER)a. Beneficence
DEFINITION FOR AUTONOMY PAGE 89-90
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17. Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent? -
(ANSWER)b. Autonomy
DEFINITION FOR VERACITY PAGE 89-90
No questions were pulled for this - (ANSWER)Veracity concerns telling the truth
and incorporates the concept that individuals should always tell the truth.
DEFINITION FOR NONMALEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
1. The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important ethical
considerations in performance evaluations are that they include the employee's
good qualities and that they give positive direction for professional growth. This
belief is an example of: - (ANSWER)d. Nonmaleficence.
DEFINITION FOR CRITICAL THINKING PAGE 99
8. The clinic nurse understands that problem solving is best defined as: -
(ANSWER)c. Identifying the gap between "what is" and "what should be."
DEFINITION FOR CRITICAL THINKING PAGE 99
11. Select the statement that best defines the difference between problem
solving and decision making:
NU280 FINAL EXAM 2025 | ALL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST VERSION
21. In a telehealth organization, a nurse who is licensed in New York and
Pennsylvania pro-vides teaching to a patient who resides in Pennsylvania. The
patient charges that the teaching failed to provide significant information about a
potential side effect, which led to delay in seeking treatment and untoward harm.
Under which state nurse practice act and standards would this situation be
considered? - (ANSWER)b. Pennsylvania
NURSE PRACTICE ACT PAGE 70
2. With regard to nursing practice, nurse managers are held responsible for
(select all that apply): - (ANSWER)a. Practicing within legal guidelines established
under state law and nurse practice acts.
b. Ensuring that nursing staff under their supervision are currently licensed to
practice.
TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
11. A nurse on your inpatient psychiatric unit is found to have made sexually
explicit re-marks toward a patient with a previous history of sexual abuse. The
patient sues, claiming malpractice. Which of the following conditions would likely
not apply in this situation? - (ANSWER)a. Injury
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TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
20. To satisfy duty of care to a patient, a nurse manager is legally responsible for
all except: - (ANSWER)d. Supervising the practice of the physician.
TABLE 5-1 ELEMENTS OF MALPRACTICE PAGE 71
12. As a charge nurse, you counsel your RN staff member that he has satisfied his
duty of care by notifying a child's physician of his concerns about deterioration in
the child's status at 0330 hours. The physician does not come in. The child dies at
0630 hours. As the charge nurse, you could be held liable for: - (ANSWER)a.
Professional negligence.
DEFINITION FOR PRIVACY PAGE 82
9. A colleague asks you to give her your password access so that she can view her
part-ner's healthcare record. This request violates the patient's right to: -
(ANSWER)a. Privacy.
DEFINITION FOR PRIVACY PAGE 82
19. Mr. M. complains to you that one of your staff asked him details about his
sexual relationships and financial affairs. He says that these questions were
probing and unnecessary to his care, but he felt that if he refused to answer, the
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nurse would be angry with him and would not provide him with good care. Mr.
M.'s statements reflect concern with: - (ANSWER)a. Privacy.
DEFINITION FOR CONFIDENTIALITY PAGE 82
No questions were pulled for this - (ANSWER)Confidentiality is the right to
privacy of medical record.
DEFINITION FOR BENEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
3. A client refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the client's best
interest. The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in such a situation
are: - (ANSWER)c. Autonomy and beneficence.
DEFINITION FOR BENEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
16. Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the ICU.
As the supervisor, you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of
recovery. This de-cision reflects which of the following ethical principles? -
(ANSWER)a. Beneficence
DEFINITION FOR AUTONOMY PAGE 89-90
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17. Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent? -
(ANSWER)b. Autonomy
DEFINITION FOR VERACITY PAGE 89-90
No questions were pulled for this - (ANSWER)Veracity concerns telling the truth
and incorporates the concept that individuals should always tell the truth.
DEFINITION FOR NONMALEFICENCE PAGE 89-90
1. The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important ethical
considerations in performance evaluations are that they include the employee's
good qualities and that they give positive direction for professional growth. This
belief is an example of: - (ANSWER)d. Nonmaleficence.
DEFINITION FOR CRITICAL THINKING PAGE 99
8. The clinic nurse understands that problem solving is best defined as: -
(ANSWER)c. Identifying the gap between "what is" and "what should be."
DEFINITION FOR CRITICAL THINKING PAGE 99
11. Select the statement that best defines the difference between problem
solving and decision making:
