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Leadership and Management HESI Exam With Verified Questions and Answers _________________ provide the laws that control and regulate nursing practice in each state to protect the public from harm. - answerNurse Practice ACts ___________________________ authorize that, under the law, only licens...

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©EXAM STUDY MATERIAL 8/9/2024 11:50 AM

Leadership and Management HESI Exam
With Verified Questions and Answers

_________________ provide the laws that control and regulate nursing practice in each state to
protect the public from harm. - answer✔✔Nurse Practice ACts
___________________________ authorize that, under the law, only licensed professionals can
practice nursing. - answer✔✔Mandatory Nurse Practice Acts

Laws affecting nursing practice vary from _______ to ______. - answer✔✔state
state

_____________ govern the nurse's responsibility in making assignments. - answer✔✔Nurse
Practice ACts

(T/F) Each state sets its own educational and examination requirements. - answer✔✔T
__________ should be commensurate with the nurse personnel's educational preparation, skills,
experience, and knowlegde - answer✔✔Patient assignments
When determining who should be assigned to do a sterile dressing change, which healthcare
personnel should be assigned? - answer✔✔Registered nurse (RN)
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who has been checked off on this procedure
The nurse should supervise the care provided by ___________ or any individual responsible for
which the nurse is administratively responsible. - answer✔✔UAP

_______ or __________ should be assigned to or supervised by an RN. - answer✔✔sterile
invasive procedures

Documenting client care is a _______ task. - answer✔✔legal
An act involving injury or damage to another (except breach of contract) resulting in civil
liability (i.e. the victim can sue) instead of criminal liability (see Crime). -
answer✔✔Unintentional torts

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Negligence

Malpractice - answer✔✔Unintentional torts
Performing an act that a reasonable and prudent person would not perform. The measure of
negligence is "reasonableness" (i.e., would a reasonable and prudent nurse act in the same
manner under the same circumstances?). That is, did the nurse provide care that did not meet the
standard? - answer✔✔Negligence
Negligence by professional personnel (e.g., professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill
in carrying out professional duties.) Malpractice is a negligent act performed by an individual in
a professional role that results in an injury. - answer✔✔Malpractice
Four elements are necessary to prove malpractice; if any one element is missing, malpractice
cannot be proved. - answer✔✔Breach of duty
Causation
Damages/ Injury
Duty
Failure to perform according to the established standard of conduct in providing nursing care. -
answer✔✔Breach of duty
A connection exists between conduct and the resulting injury, referred to as proximate cause or
remoteness of damage - answer✔✔Causation

Damages/ Injury - answer✔✔Failure to meet the standard of nursing care, which causes actual
injury or damage to the client (physical injury). Neither emotional nor mental injury is enough to
prove malpractice, either physical or mental.

Duty - answer✔✔Obligation to use due care (what a reasonable, prudent nurse would do); failure
to care for and/or to protect others against unreasonable risk. The nurse must anticipate
foreseeable risks. Example: If a floor has water on it, the nurse is responsible for anticipating the
risk of a client fall.
HESI HINT: Nurses can avoid negligence an malpractice by following their organization's
______ and ______. - answer✔✔policies
procedures
HESI HINT: ______________ of each state govern policies related to making assignments. -
answer✔✔The Nurse Practice Acts

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