Fundamentals Nursing Care Skills 2nd Edition By Ludwig Burton -Test Bank
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Chapter 3. Nursing Ethics and Law
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. After providing am care for his patient, the nurse forgot...
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2nd Edition By Ludwig Burton -Test
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Sample Test
Chapter 3. Nursing Ethics and Law
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. After providing am care for his patient, the nurse forgot to put the bed in
the lowest position and left one of the bed rails down. The patient got out of bed and
fell. The nurse could be reported to the board of nursing for
A. Assault.
B. Battery.
, C. Negligence.
D. Libel.
2. A nurse has been reported to the board of nursing for performing skills that
are outside the scope of practice. The nurse should expect
A. A lawsuit by the institution for malpractice.
B. A hearing by the board of nursing to determine if charges are true.
C. Immediate revocation of nursing license.
D. Requirement to complete a minimum of 10 CEUs.
3. A nurse witnesses a coworker taking a medication ordered for a patient. The
nurse’s first course of action is to
A. Ask the other nurses on the unit what they would do.
B. Tell the coworker that the incident will be reported the next time it happens.
C. Offer to care for the nurse’s patients until the medication is no longer effective.
D. Report the incident to the nurse supervisor.
, 4. A 17-year-old patient, injured during a football game, is in the emergency
room. Prior to treatment it is the responsibility of the nurse to
A. Have the stepparent sign the informed consent.
B. Have the patient sign the informed consent.
C. Obtain the custodial parent’s signature on the informed consent.
D. Solicit the signature of the noncustodial parent on the informed consent.
5. A mentally competent patient with a terminal illness refuses to take his
medications stating, “I don’t want to live like this.” The nurse will
A. Ask the physician to change the patient’s medications so they can be given intravenously.
B. Speak to the patient’s family about his refusal of medications so they can discuss it with
him.
C. Report the patient’s decision to the physician and continue to provide appropriate
compassionate care.
D. Explain to the patient the unwise nature of his decision and the effect that it will have on
his family.
6. The nurse feels that the patient needs to be placed in a protective-
restraint device to protect him from injury. In order to place a patient in restraints
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