NR- 601 Primary Care of the Maturing
& Aged Family Practicum NUR 601
Final Exam
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Exam Title: NUR 601 Final Exam
Exam Date: Final Exam 2024- 2025
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Midterm Examination
180 minutes
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,NR-601 Primary Care of the Maturing &
Aged Family Practicum 2024-2025 NUR
601 Final Exam Questions and
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Which of the following statements is true? - Answer>>
Lack of decision-making capacity should not be
presumed if the patient goes against medical advice.
Which of the following statements concerning advance
directives is true? - Answer>> A DNR order is not
equivalent to a do-not-treat order.
The following are components of the open disclosure of
medical error, except: - Answer>> A best guess as to
why the error occurred.
Mrs. Gloth is an 84-year-old woman whom you are
admitting to the nursing home. Her son takes you aside
and tells you that she has metastatic ovarian cancer
but has not been told the diagnosis. He asks that you
not tell her, because she would "lose all hope and die."
Which of the following is an appropriate response? -
Answer>> Suggest that you discuss this further after
getting to know the patient and family a little better.
Dr. Smith is obtaining informed consent from Mr. Jones
to perform a colonoscopy, because the patient had
blood in his stool and Dr. Smith is concerned that this
might indicate the presence of carcinoma of the colon.
Mr. Jones is able to recite back to Dr. Smith what a
colonoscopy is, how it is done, and that a colonoscopy
is performed to look for cancer. He then tells Dr. Smith
, that he is refusing the procedure; he knows he does not
have cancer because he has not experienced any
bleeding. Of the following required elements for Mr.
Jones's decision-making capacity, which is impaired? -
Answer>> Appreciation
George Hall is a 91-year-old man visiting his physician
to receive the results of a recent computed tomography
scan of his abdomen. He is cognitively intact and still
works 2 days a week. He is accompanied by his
daughter Eleanor. She takes the doctor aside before
the appointment and says, "Please do not tell my father
any bad news. It would just kill him." If the physician
were to agree, which ethical principles might this
violate? - Answer>> Autonomy
Lenore White is an 80-year-old woman who smokes two
packs of cigarettes per day. She is hospitalized for
pneumonia because she has presenting symptoms of
cough and fever. On her second day of hospitalization,
she asks the nurse to please wheel her outside so she
can smoke a cigarette. The nurse feels uncomfortable
agreeing to this and speaks to her clinical nurse
manager. What two ethical principles are in conflict? -
Answer>> Autonomy and nonmaleficence
Ms. Greta Thornberg is an 88-year-old woman admitted
to the hospital with a diagnosis of squamous cell
carcinoma of the lung with metastases to liver. She has
signed a POLST indicating that she would like no
limitation on life-sustaining measures, including
resuscitation, artificial feeding, antibiotics, and
hydration. On the second day of her stay, she sustains
a stroke, resulting in global aphasia and hemiparesis.
As her clinician, in addition to instituting appropriate
medical management, you contact her healthcare
agent and: - Answer>> Inform her healthcare agent of
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