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Prepare for practice with the essential text dedicated to Canadian legal and ethical issues! Focused solely on the ever-changing, and often complex health care landscape in Canada, Ethical & Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing 4th, Edition expertly covers the often intertwined ethical and legal issues...

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Chapter 07: The Nurse’s Legal Accountabilities: Professional Competence,
Misconduct, Malpractice, and Nursing Documentation
Keatings: Ethical & Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing, 4th Edition


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following describes an employer’s responsibility in relation to the standard of
care?
a.
To address the effects of nurse absenteeism on patient care
b.
To evaluate all nurses on an annual basis to ensure that they are meeting standards
c.
To implement an improvement plan for nurses who do not meet standards
d.
To follow collective agreements regarding scheduling practices
ANS: C

Feedback
A Incorrect—This does not relate to the employer’s responsibility regarding the
standard of care.
B Incorrect—Annual evaluation is not only the responsibility of the employer, but
nurses are also accountable and have the responsibility to regularly self-evaluate.
C Correct! Employers have a common law duty to take active steps to ensure that
nurses falling short of a standard receive the appropriate improvement plan.
Otherwise, the employer may be liable.
D Incorrect—This relates to meeting the provision of union contracts; it does not
relate to the employer’s responsibility regarding the standard of care.

DIF: Cognitive level: Synthesis

2. Which of the following is the best example of an intentional tort?
a.
A nurse assaults a patient.
b.
A nurse makes a medication error, which results in the patient having an
adverse reaction.
c.
A nurse is abusing substances while at work.
d.
A nurse accidentally runs a commode over a patient’s foot and bruises it.
ANS: A

Feedback
A Correct! An intentional tort is a civil wrong committed against one person by
another who intends the action that causes injury or damage to either the victim
or the victim’s property. A nurse who assaults a patient is committing an
intentional tort.
B Incorrect—This is a nonintentional tort and may constitute negligence.
C Incorrect—This could be related to a medical issue or possibly an illness on the
part of the nurse. If, for example, the substance is alcohol and if the nurse is
impaired and as a result the patient is harmed, then this would constitute criminal
negligence.
D Incorrect—This event was unintentional and did not cause serious damage; it is
not a tort.

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