Practice Quiz 1
A nurse is teaching an older adult at home about taking newly prescribed medications. Which information would be included?
"I have written the names of your drugs with times to take them."
A nurse does not assist with ambulation for a postoperative client on the first day after surgery. The client falls and fractures a hip. What charge might be brought against the nurse?
Negligence
Which of the following is the most frequent reason for revocation or suspension of a nurse's license? all are correct - what is the most common/frequent?
Alcohol or drug abuse
Which organization is the best source of information when a nurse wishes to determine whether an action is within the scope of nursing practice?
American Nurses Association (ANA)
A nurse fails to administer a medication that prevents seizures, and the client has a seizure. The nurse is in violation of the Nurse Practice Act. What type of law is the nurse in violation of?
Civil
What type of law regulates the practice of nursing?
Civil law
A client refuses to have pain medication administered by injection. The nurse states, "If you don't let me give you the shot, I will get help to hold you down and give it." What crime may the nurse be committing?
Assault
When the nurse inserts an ordered urinary catheter into the client's urethra after the client has refused the procedure, and then the client suffers an injury, the client may sue the nurse for which type of tort?
Battery
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
The "Rights of Medication Administration" help to ensure accuracy when administering medications. What are some of these six rights? (Select all that apply.)
Client/patient Route Dosage Medication
Which is the nurse's best legal safeguard?
Competent practice
A nurse is caring for a client who is a chronic alcoholic. The nurse educates the client about the harmful effects of alcohol and educates the family on how to cope with the client and his alcohol addiction. Which type of skill is the nurse using? Group of answer choices
Counseling
A nurse is arrested for possession of illegal drugs. What kind of law is involved with this type of activity?
Criminal Criminal law concerns state and federal criminal statutes, which define criminal actions such as murder, manslaughter, criminal negligence, theft, and illegal possession of drugs. Civil law, also called private law, includes laws relating to contracts, ownership of property, and the practice of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry. Public law is law in which the government is involved directly.4.
A nurse at the health care facility is preparing the medication dosage for a client. Why should the nurse read and compare the label on the medication with the MAR at least three times (before, during, and after) while preparing the medication for administration?
Ensures that the right medication is given at the right time by the right route
Two nurses are discussing a client's condition in an elevator full of visitors. With what crime might the nurses be charged?
Invasion of privacy
A group of nurses working in a long-term care facility fails to keep the narcotic medications in a secure location. The nurses also fail to count the medications before and after each shift, as indicated by the institution's policies and procedures. These failures may result in disciplinary action against the:
Nurses' licences
What is the legal source of rules of conduct for nurses?
Nursing Practice Acts
What guidelines do nurses follow to identify the client's health care needs and strengths, to establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan to meet established outcomes?
Nursing process
A nurse has taken a telephone order from a physician for an emergency medication. The dose of the medication is abnormally high. What should the nurse do next?
Question the medication order.
An on-duty nurse discovers that a colleague is pilfering medicines. According to the Nurse Practice Acts, what should the nurse do?
Report the incident to the supervisor.
Which nursing diagnosis would be appropriate for educational interventions for a single mother who leaves her toddler unattended in the bathtub?
Risk for Suffocation
Which aspect of nursing would be most likely defined by legislation at a state level?
The differences in the scope of practice between registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs).
A nurse is providing client care in a hospital setting. Who has full legal responsibility and accountability for the nurse's actions? Who is primarily responsible at all times.
The nurse
A health care facility determined that a nurse employed on a medical unit was documenting care that was not being given, and subsequently reported the action to the State Board of Nursing. How might this affect the nurse's license to practice nursing?
The nurse's license may be revoked or suspended.
During a clinical placement on a subacute, geriatric medicine unit, a student nurse fed a stroke client some beef broth, despite the fact that the client's diet was restricted to thickened fluids. As a result, the client aspirated and developed pneumonia. Which statement underlies the student's potential liability in this situation?
The same standards of care that apply to a registered nurse apply to the student.
A nurse needs to administer a prescribed dose of a narcotic medication to a client with acute neck pain. These medications should be stored in a:
double-locked drawer.
Which of the following describes the term micturition?
emptying the bladder
A nurse is assessing the urine on a newborn's diaper. What would be a normal assessment finding?
light in color and odorless
In comparison with licensure, which measures entry-level competence, what does certification validate?
specialty knowledge and clinical judgment
What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care