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Ch 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice (NUR 111-nursing fundamentals book) Questions and Answers (100% Pass) A) slander - Answer️️ -A nurse is overheard in the hospital cafeteria making false comments about a client. The nurse is guilty of: A) slander B) libel C) assault D) invasion...

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Ch 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice
(NUR 111-nursing fundamentals book)
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

A) slander - Answer✔️✔️-A nurse is overheard in the hospital cafeteria making

false comments about a client. The nurse is guilty of:




A) slander

B) libel

C) assault

D) invasion of privacy


C) slander - Answer✔️✔️-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?


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A) libel

B) malpractice

C) slander

D) negligence


B) restrain all 4 extremities - Answer✔️✔️-The health care provider prescribes

orders for a client with newly diagnosed uncontrolled seizure activity. When

reviewing the prescriptions, the nurse correctly identifies which prescription, if

followed, puts him at risk for negligence charges?




A) oxygen 2/L via nasal cannula

B) restrain all 4 extremities

C) neurologic assessments ever 5 minutes

D) Diazepam (Valium) 5 mg intravenously now


A) malpractice - Answer✔️✔️-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

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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?




A) malpractice

B) defamation

C) assault

D) battery


D) emergency care for a choking victim in a restaurant - Answer✔️✔️-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?




A) medical advice given to a neighbor regarding her child's rash

B) negligent acts performed in an emergency situation

C) any emergency care where consent is given

D) emergency care for a choking victim in a restaurant




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