NPA - answer✔✔scope of practice per state
A nurse discontinues a ventilator without a doctor's order; what is this act considered as? -
answer✔✔malpractice
-one needs a MD order before doing anything
When regarding the NCLEX, if you currently hold a LCN license in CA, what must you do when
you move into a new state? - answer✔✔notify the state and start the procedure
What is civil law? - answer✔✔between individuals, usually involves a monetary compensation
Tort - answer✔✔- type of civil law that involves wrongs against - person or propertyincludes:
▪︎negligence
▪︎assault
▪︎battery
▪︎defamation
▪︎fraud
▪︎false imprisonment
▪︎invasion of privacy
Slander - answer✔✔spoken defamation that can be:
untrue
or
gossip
A nurse makes the following statement to a patient, " If you don't go to sleep; I will give you an
injection". What is this act called? - answer✔✔Assault
A student at a healthcare facility takes a picture of a patient's ulcer without permission, her
instructor warned her that this is can be a case of a ____________ issue - answer✔✔libel
Student nurses practice under the _________________ - answer✔✔instructor's license, the
instructor assumes all responsibilities
What is a breach of duty? - answer✔✔failure to meet the standard of care
What must you document while document the patient's behavior? - answer✔✔-any interventions
performed
-any instructions given to the patient
What else do you do when you document? - answer✔✔-objective signs
-leave out opinions
-mark your sheet appropriately
What does accountability mean? - answer✔✔a nursing ethic where one must assume
responsibility for their own actions
What is HIPPA? What does it do? - answer✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act.
-Protects the privacy of patients
If a patient asks for their own health record, can they receive a copy?
If their family asks, can they receive a copy? - answer✔✔-yes, it is their right
-No, the nurse must ask for written permission from the patient if their family can receive papers
Where did Nightingale study at? - answer✔✔Institute of Deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany
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