PrepU Transitions Assignment 3 Legal
When the nurse informs a client's employer of his autoimmune deficiency disease, the nurse is committing the tort of:
Invasion of privacy
A student is preparing to graduate from nursing school and understands that professional regulations and laws that govern nursing practice are in place. These regulations and laws are in place for which reason?
to protect the safety of the public
A medical-surgical client is in the radiology department. The client's cousin arrives on the medical-surgical unit and asks to speak with the nurse caring for his cousin. The visitor asks the nurse to provide a brief outline of the client's illness. Which response, if given by the nurse, would demonstrate application of legal safeguard in her practice?
"I cannot give you that information due to client confidentiality."
A client being discharged from the hospital asks the nurse, "When I go visit my family out of state, should I take my living will with me, or do I need a new one for that state?" What is the most appropriate response made by the nurse?
"Take it with you. It is recognized universally in the United States."
The nurse is concerned about a potential malpractice or negligence lawsuit regarding a client that was cared for on the unit. What specific elements must be established to prove that malpractice or negligence has occurred in this client? (Select all that apply.)
-Duty -Breach of duty -Causation -Damages
Which scenario is an example of certification??
A nurse who demonstrates advanced expertise in a content area of nursing through special testing
A client is scheduled for a colonoscopy. The nurse realizes immediately after administering medications to induce conscious sedation that the client has not signed the informed consent. If the nurse has the client sign the informed consent, which element of informed consent would be violated?
Competence
A client informs the nurse that he wants to discontinue his treatment and go home. Later, the nurse finds the client dressed to leave. Which action should the nurse take in this situation?
Let the client go after signing a document stating he is going against medical advice.
While caring for an infant, the nurse hears another child screaming in the next room. She rushes to the other room to check on the screaming child, forgetting to put the side rails up on the infant's crib. She returns to the room to find the infant has fallen out of the crib and sustained a head injury. Based on the nurse's action, which tort is the nurse liable for?
Malpractice
A nurse is caring for a client following endotracheal intubation. Before applying soft wrist restraints to prevent the client from pulling out the endotracheal tube, what is the most appropriate action of the nurse?
Obtain a medical order.
A client is brought to the emergency department in an unconscious state with a head injury. The client requires surgery to remove a blood clot. What would be the appropriate nursing intervention in keeping with the policy of informed consent prior to a surgical procedure?
The nurse ensures that the client's family signs the consent form.
Two nurses meet at their home, where one of the nurses discusses a client who had been physically abused. The next day, the client is shifted to another nursing unit after a surgical procedure and becomes the care of the second nurse who had been part of the original discussion. Nurse No. 2 asks the client about the physical abuse. The client discovers that his original nurse revealed the information and is hurt. What would be the charges if the client files a suit?
The nurses could be charged for slander.
Nurses are occasionally asked to witness a testator's (person who makes the will) signing of his or her will. Which guideline is true regarding a nurse's role is witnessing a testator's signature?
Witnesses to a signature do not need to read the will.
An RN enters a client's room and observes the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) forcefully pushing a client down on the bed. The client starts crying and informs the UAP of the need to go to the bathroom. What action is the RN witnessing that should be immediately reported to the supervisor?
battery
In some cases, the act of providing nursing care in unexpected situations is covered by the Good Samaritan laws. Which nursing actions would most likely be covered by these laws?
emergency care for a choking victim in a restaurant
While riding in the elevator, a nurse discusses the HIV-positive status of a client with other colleagues. The nurse's action reflects:
invasion of privacy.
A nurse hired to work in an ambulatory setting attends new employee orientation. The nurse never worked in ambulatory before and is concerned about the Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing. Which response by the nurse educator would further explain the Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Care Nursing to the new nurse?
"The Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing deals with the professional obligations of a nurse working in the ambulatory setting."
The nursing faculty is lecturing on unintentional and intentional torts. The faculty asks a nursing student to provide an example of an unintentional tort. Which example would indicate the student has a clear understanding of torts?
A nurse gives a medication and client has an adverse reaction.
Which scenario is an example of certification?
A nurse who demonstrates advanced expertise in a content area of nursing through special testing
Which nursing student would most likely be held liable for negligence?
A nursing student administers medication to a resident, while working as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) at a local nursing home.
A client has a prescription for amoxicillin 500 mg P.O. every 8 hours. The nurse administers the medication via the intravenous route. Based on the nurse's action, the client develops complications and has an increased length of stay. The client files a lawsuit against the facility and the nurse. Which legal action has the nurse's attorney identified that meets the criteria for the client's lawsuit?
Malpractice
Nurses practicing in a critical care unit must acquire specialized skills and knowledge to provide care to the critically ill client. These nurses can validate this specialty competence through what process?
Certification
The nurse is providing care to a client whose condition has progressively declined. The nurse assesses and makes appropriate interventions as well as notifies the health care provider. Despite the nurse's efforts, the client expires. What element of liability has the nurse demonstrated?
Duty
An HIV-positive client discovers that his name is published in a research report on HIV care prepared by his nurse. He is hurt and files a lawsuit against her. Which offense has the nurse committed?
Invasion of privacy
The nursing student talks with her family about an AIDS client from the clinical experience. Which tort has the student committed?
Invasion of privacy
The student nurse tells her family about a client with AIDS that she cared for in clinical yesterday. Which tort has the student committed?
Invasion of privacy
A nurse, while off-duty, tells the physiotherapist that a client who was admitted to the nursing unit contracted AIDS due to exposure to sex workers at the age of 18. The client discovers that the nurse has revealed the information to the physiotherapist. With what legal action could the nurse be charged?
Slander
The health care facility is involved in litigation by four clients. When reviewing the cases, which legal case would the nurse attorney identify to best describe malpractice?
The nurse administers amoxicillin to a client with known allergies to penicillin. The client has a seizure with resulting respiratory arrest.
When making client rounds, the charge nurse observes which action by a staff nurse that would constitute battery?
The older adult client refuses the intramuscular injection, but the staff nurse administered it.
Nurses complete incident reports as dictated by the agency protocol. What is the primary reason nurses fill out an incident report?
to improve quality of care
