Legal and Ethical Considerations Practice Quiz 4
Is your knowledge about the foundation of nursing well and sound? This quiz will question your ability to handle different nursing procedures, and other concepts covered by Fundamentals of Nursing.
Topics
Topics or concepts included in this exam are:
- Nursing Jurisprudence
- Ethical Considerations
- Legal Considerations
Guidelines
To make the most out of this exam, follow the guidelines below:
- Read each question carefully and choose the best answer.
- You are given one minute per question. Spend your time wisely!
- Answers and rationales (if any) are given below. Be sure to read them.
- If you need more clarifications, please direct them to the comments section.
Q.1 The most important factor in providing nursing care to clients in a specific ethnic group is:
A. Communication
B. Time orientation
C. Biological variation
D. Environmental control
View AnswerQ.2 A health care issue often becomes an ethical dilemma because:
A. A clients legal rights coexist with a health professionals obligation
B. Decisions must be made quickly, often under stressful conditions
C. Decisions must be made based on value systems
D. The choices involved do not appear to be clearly right or wrong
View AnswerQ.3 A document that lists the medical treatment a person chooses to refuse if unable to make decisions is the:
A. Durable power of attorney
B. Informed consent
C. Living will
D. Advance directives
View AnswerQ.4 Which statement about an institutional ethics committee is correct?
A. The ethics committee is an additional resource for clients and healthcare professionals
B. The ethics committee relieves health care professionals from dealing with ethical issues
C. The ethics committee would be the first option in addressing an ethical dilemma
D. The ethics committee replaces decision making by the client and health care providers
View AnswerQ.5 The nurse is working with parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been proposed for the infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this ethical conflict, the nurse knows that the first step is:
A. Exploring reasonable courses of action
B. Collecting all available information about the situation
C. Clarifying values related to the cause of the dilemma
D. Identifying people who can solve the difficulty
View AnswerQ.6 Miss Mary, an 88-year old woman, believes that life should not be prolonged when hope is gone. She has decided that she does not want extraordinary measures taken when her life is at its end. Because she feels this way, she has talked with her daughter about her desires, completing a living will and left directions with her physician. This is an example of:
A. Affirming a value
B. Choosing a value
C. Prizing a value
D. Reflecting a value
View AnswerQ.7 The scope of Nursing practice is legally defined by:
A. State nurses practice acts
B. Professional nursing organizations
C. Hospital policy and procedure manuals
D. Physicians in the employing institutions
View AnswerQ.8 A student nurse who is employed as a nursing assistant may perform any functions that:
A. Have been learned about in school
B. Are expected of a nurse at that level
C. Are identified in the positions job description
D. Require technical rather than professional skill
View AnswerQ.9 A confused client who fell out of bed because side rails were not used is an example of which type of liability?
A. Felony
B. Assault
C. Battery
D. Negligence
View AnswerQ.10 The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client without the client’s permission and without the physicians order. The nurse may be guilty of:
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. Neglect
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