Prep U Chapter 7 Legal

Libel

untrue defamatory statement that is made in writing.

defamation

untrue statement can be made in any medium.

Certification

A nurse who demonstrates advanced expertise in a content area of nursing through special testing is an example of?

certification

Having recently completed a specialty nursing program in neonatal care, a nurse is now preparing to leave her current position on a medical unit and begin providing care in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The nurse has completed which of the following processes of credentialing?

Nurse practice acts Nursing educational requirements Composition and disciplinary authority of board of nursing

Nurses follow nursing practice rules when working within the profession. What are examples of state-mandated rules? (Select all that apply.)

Battery

A client admitted to a mental health unit has exhibited physical behaviors that put him and others at risk. The nurse applies four-point restraints on the client without obtaining a physician's order or the client's consent. The nurse is at risk of being accused of which of the following?

Fraud

A nurse who obtains a license to practice nursing by misrepresenting herself is guilty of what tort?

Health care institution

During the orientation to the hospital, the staff development educator discusses unit and institutional-based policies. What is the source of the practice rules that result in unit and institutional-based policies?

The person performing the procedure, study or treatment

Which party is responsible for obtaining informed consent from a client?

Slander

an untrue defamatory statement that is spoken orally.

a living will

The client being admitted to the oncology unit conveys his wishes regarding resuscitation in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest. The nurse advises the client that it would be in his best interest to obtain which document?

Battery demonstration

A nurse working in a coronary care unit resuscitates a client who had expressed wishes not to be resuscitated. Which tort has the nurse 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?

civil

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?

duty

A nurse fails to alert a physician after a client's condition worsens. This is an example of which aspect of malpractice?

Nurse withheld the medication and notified the health care practitioner

A client newly diagnosed with congestive heart failure has a prescription for digoxin (Lanoxin). The nurse counts the heart rate before administration of the medication and obtains a heart rate of 51 beats per minute. Which action by the nurse demonstrates adherence to the standards of nursing care?

advance directive

A legal document that states a client's health-related wishes — such as a preference for pain management if the client becomes terminally ill — and also allows the client's daughter to direct his care, is a(an):

Assess the client for injury. Assist the client back into bed. Notify the physician. Document the incident. Complete an incident report.

A nurse caring for an older adult client following a total abdominal hysterectomy documents administration of morphine 4 mg intravenously for pain of 8 on 1-10 scale, bed in the lowest position, bed alarm on, side rails up times two, and call light in reach. After the nurse leaves the room, the client gets out of bed and falls. In which order should the nurse proceed? (organize the following in the proper order.) Assist the client back into bed. Notify the physician. Assess the client for injury. Complete an incident report. Document the incident.

do not volunteer any information on the witness stan

A nurse is named as a defendant in a malpractice lawsuit. Which action would be recommended for this nurse?

Slander demonstration

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?

The nurse will be legally held to the same standards of care as when staffing levels are normal.

After reporting to work for a night shift, the nurse learns that the unit will be understaffed because two RNs called out sick. As a result, each nurse on the unit will need to provide care for an additional four acute clients, in addition to her regular client assignment. Which statement is true for this nurse when working in understaffed circumstances?

The nurse obtains informed consent from a client to perform a procedure. The nurse educates the client about The Patient Care Partnership. The nurse documents all client care in a timely manner.

Legal safeguards are in place in the nursing practice to protect the nurse from exposure to legal risks as well as to protect the client from harm. What are examples of legal safeguards for the nurse? Select all that apply.

helps reduce workforce injuries and illness in the workplace

The nurse educator is presenting a lecture on the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Which situations, if identified by the nursing staff, would indicate to the educator that the staff understands which actions about the Occupational Safety and Health Act?

breach of duty

The nurse fails to contact the physician regarding a client who had an open-reduction internal fixation of the tibia and has experienced increasing leg pain (unrelieved by pain medication) for the past 4 hours. Which element of liability has been violated?

"Nurses are responsible for adhering to specific documentation about controlled substances."

The nurse is participating in a discussion about controlled substances. Which statement, made by the nurse, indicates the nurse is aware of laws governing the distribution of controlled substances?

The nurse could be charged for slander.

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?

performing a surgical procedure without getting consent

Which situation is an example of battery that the nurse may experience while performing her duties at the health care facility?