PN NCLEX 6TH EDITION- LEADERSHIP/ETHICAL/LEGAL QUESTIONS
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The nurse witnesses an accident on a highway and stops to provide assistance to
the victim. The nurse notes that the client sustained a head injury and a compound
fracture to the left leg. The nurse provides the appropriate care before transport of
the victim to the hospital by ambulance. The client develops a severe bone
infection at the site of the fracture that requires amputation of the leg and files suit
against the nurse who provided care at the scene of the accident. Which is accurate
regarding the nurse's immunity from this suit?
Answers :A Good Samaritan law will protect the nurse.
The nurse finds the client lying on the floor. The nurse calls the registered nurse,
who checks the client and then calls the nursing supervisor and the health care
provider to inform them of the occurrence. The nurse completes the incident report
for which purpose?
Answers :A method of promoting quality care and risk management
The nurse is aware that criminal offenses would have which characteristics as
opposed to civil offenses? Select all that apply.
Answers :It is offensive to society in general.
It is detrimental to society as a whole.
It involves offenses such as robbery, murder, and assault.
It will result in punishment whose purpose is to deter further crimes.
A vascular surgeon repeatedly asks the nurse to obtain signed consent forms on his
surgical clients. The nurse is uncomfortable with obtaining the informed consents
and explains this to the surgeon, but the surgeon tells the nurse that she will be
,reported if the consents are not obtained. The nurse should appropriately manage
this situation by taking which action?
Answers :Discuss the situation with the nurse manager.
A client asks the nurse to describe the preferred provider organization model of
care because the client is unsure of the procedure involved in this form of health
care. Which statement by the nurse indicates an inaccurate description of this form
of organization?
Answers :"Beneficiaries are limited to those providers that are participating health
care providers for any required health care services."
A nursing instructor asks a nursing student to describe the standards of care
formulated by the American Nurses Association. Which statement by the student
indicates an inaccurate description of these statements?
Answers :"They are specific guidelines."
The nurse is completing a medication reconciliation form for a client. Which is a
primary purpose of this process?
Answers :To compare a client's medication prescriptions to all of the medications
the client is taking at home
A client had a colon resection. A Salem tube was in place when a regular diet was
brought into the client's room. The client did not want to eat solid food and asked
that the health care provider be called. The nurse persisted in the belief that the
solid food was the correct diet. The client ate two meals and subsequently had
additional surgery due to complications. The nurse understands that the
determination of negligence in this situation is based on what?
Answers :A duty existed and it was breached
, The nurse is caring for an older adult and knows that an ethical dilemma is most
likely to occur in this population because of which issues? Select all that apply.
Answers :Limited vision
Chronic illness
Lack of assertiveness
A licensed practical nurse (LPN) is collecting data on a child and notes the
presence of old and new bruises on the child's back and legs. The LPN suspects
physical abuse and reports the findings to the registered nurse knowing that which
action is necessary?
Answers :Reporting the case to legal authorities
A nursing student is planning care for a client with paraplegia who is at risk for
injury because of spasticity of his leg muscles. The nurse intervenes if the student
plans to include which intervention to minimize the risk of injury to the client?
Answers :Use of padded restraints to immobilize the limb
A client tells the nurse about deciding to refuse external cardiac massage. Which
should be the most appropriate initial nursing action?
Answers :Notify the health care provider of the client's request.
The nurse educator determines that a newly hired licensed practical nurse (LPN) in
a local hospital demonstrates an accurate understanding of professional liability
insurance when which statement is made?
Answers :"I should obtain my own malpractice insurance."
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