NUR 2868 / NUR2868: Role, Scope,
Quality, and Leadership in
Professional Nursing Exam 2 (Latest
) Rasmussen College
Questions 1–50: NUR2868 Exam 2
Ethical Considerations
1. In healthcare, which principle ensures an action is performed correctly every time?
A. Six Sigma
B. Quality assurance
C. Risk management
D. Care management
Answer: Quality assurance
Rationale: Quality assurance focuses on consistent, correct performance of healthcare
actions to ensure standards are met. Six Sigma is a data-driven improvement
methodology, risk management addresses potential liabilities, and care management
coordinates patient care.
2. A nurse’s brother requests his lab results from the nurse’s workplace. Is this
permissible?
A. Yes, as it is an immediate family member
B. No, as there is no nurse-client relationship
C. Yes, as the sibling paid for the service
D. No, only the primary physician can disclose results
Answer: No, as there is no nurse-client relationship
Rationale: Disclosing results without a nurse-client relationship violates HIPAA and
confidentiality principles, regardless of family ties or payment.
3. What is the nurse’s obligation to avoid causing harm to a client?
A. Veracity
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Autonomy
, Answer: Nonmaleficence
Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the duty to avoid harm. Veracity is truthfulness, fidelity is
keeping promises, and autonomy respects patient decision-making.
4. What ethical principle involves keeping promises to a client?
A. Beneficence
B. Justice
C. Fidelity
D. Autonomy
Answer: Fidelity
Rationale: Fidelity involves honoring commitments and promises to clients. Beneficence
promotes well-being, justice ensures fairness, and autonomy respects self-determination.
5. Which ethical principles guide nursing practice? (Select all that apply)
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Veracity
E. Risk management
Answer: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Veracity
Rationale: These principles—autonomy (self-determination), beneficence (promoting
good), nonmaleficence (avoiding harm), and veracity (truthfulness)—are core to nursing
ethics. Risk management is a process, not an ethical principle.
Leadership Styles
6. Which leadership style involves the leader making decisions and directing
followers?
A. Democratic
B. Laissez-faire
C. Authoritarian
D. Transformational
Answer: Authoritarian
Rationale: Authoritarian leadership involves the leader making decisions and directing
followers without input. Democratic involves group input, laissez-faire allows freedom,
and transformational inspires change.
7. What characterizes transformational leadership?
A. Maintaining status quo
B. Inspiring and motivating change
C. Delegating all decisions
D. Enforcing strict rules
Quality, and Leadership in
Professional Nursing Exam 2 (Latest
) Rasmussen College
Questions 1–50: NUR2868 Exam 2
Ethical Considerations
1. In healthcare, which principle ensures an action is performed correctly every time?
A. Six Sigma
B. Quality assurance
C. Risk management
D. Care management
Answer: Quality assurance
Rationale: Quality assurance focuses on consistent, correct performance of healthcare
actions to ensure standards are met. Six Sigma is a data-driven improvement
methodology, risk management addresses potential liabilities, and care management
coordinates patient care.
2. A nurse’s brother requests his lab results from the nurse’s workplace. Is this
permissible?
A. Yes, as it is an immediate family member
B. No, as there is no nurse-client relationship
C. Yes, as the sibling paid for the service
D. No, only the primary physician can disclose results
Answer: No, as there is no nurse-client relationship
Rationale: Disclosing results without a nurse-client relationship violates HIPAA and
confidentiality principles, regardless of family ties or payment.
3. What is the nurse’s obligation to avoid causing harm to a client?
A. Veracity
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Autonomy
, Answer: Nonmaleficence
Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the duty to avoid harm. Veracity is truthfulness, fidelity is
keeping promises, and autonomy respects patient decision-making.
4. What ethical principle involves keeping promises to a client?
A. Beneficence
B. Justice
C. Fidelity
D. Autonomy
Answer: Fidelity
Rationale: Fidelity involves honoring commitments and promises to clients. Beneficence
promotes well-being, justice ensures fairness, and autonomy respects self-determination.
5. Which ethical principles guide nursing practice? (Select all that apply)
A. Autonomy
B. Beneficence
C. Nonmaleficence
D. Veracity
E. Risk management
Answer: Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Veracity
Rationale: These principles—autonomy (self-determination), beneficence (promoting
good), nonmaleficence (avoiding harm), and veracity (truthfulness)—are core to nursing
ethics. Risk management is a process, not an ethical principle.
Leadership Styles
6. Which leadership style involves the leader making decisions and directing
followers?
A. Democratic
B. Laissez-faire
C. Authoritarian
D. Transformational
Answer: Authoritarian
Rationale: Authoritarian leadership involves the leader making decisions and directing
followers without input. Democratic involves group input, laissez-faire allows freedom,
and transformational inspires change.
7. What characterizes transformational leadership?
A. Maintaining status quo
B. Inspiring and motivating change
C. Delegating all decisions
D. Enforcing strict rules
