Leadership Nclex Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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Leadership Nclex Exam Questions With
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The nurse enters a client's room and notes that the client's lawyer is present and that the client is
preparing a living will. The living will requires that the client's signature be witnessed, and the
client asks the nurse to witness the sig...
Leadership Nclex Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
The nurse enters a client's room and notes that the client's lawyer is present and that the client is
preparing a living will. The living will requires that the client's signature be witnessed, and the
client asks the nurse to witness the signature. Which is the appropriate nursing action? -
answer✔✔Decline to sign the will.
The nurse is newly employed in a health agency. The nurse is told that the decision-making
process of the organization is based on a centralized structure. The nurse determines that this
means that the authority to make decisions is vested in whom? - answer✔✔A few individuals
such as the board of directors
An older woman is brought to the emergency department. When caring for the client, the nurse
notes old and new ecchymotic areas on both of the client's arms and buttocks. The nurse asks the
client how the bruises were sustained. The client, although reluctant, tells the nurse in confidence
that her daughter frequently hits her if she gets in the way. Which is the appropriate nursing
response? - answer✔✔"I have a legal obligation to report this type of abuse."
A client with a headache arrives in the emergency department and is staggering, confused, smells
of alcohol, and is verbally abusive. The nurse explains to the client that the health care provider
will need to perform an assessment before the administration of medication. When the client
becomes verbally abusive, the nurse threatens to place the client in restraints. With what can the
client legally charge the nurse as a result of this nursing action? - answer✔✔Assault
The nurse witnesses an automobile accident and provides care at the scene of the accident to an
open wound on a young child. The family is extremely grateful and insists that the nurse accept
monetary compensation for the care provided to the child. Because of the family's insistence, the
nurse accepts the compensation to avoid offending the family. The child develops an infection
and sepsis and is hospitalized. The family files suit against the nurse who provided care to the
child at the scene of the accident. The nurse understands that which is accurate regarding
immunity from this suit? - answer✔✔Good Samaritan laws will not provide immunity from suit
if the nurse accepted compensation for the care provided.
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Which is a recommended guideline for safe computerized charting? - answer✔✔Accidental
deletions from the computerized file need to be reported to the nursing manager or supervisor.
The nurse in charge of a nursing unit in a long-term care facility is concerned because staff
members openly verbalize racial comments about clients on the unit. What should the nurse do to
appropriately manage this concern? - answer✔✔Discourage the racial comments.
The nurse calls the health care provider (HCP) of a client scheduled for a cardiac catheterization
because the client has numerous questions regarding the procedure and has requested to speak to
the HCP. The HCP is very upset and arrives at the unit to visit the client after prompting by the
nurse. The nurse is outside the client's room and hears the HCP tell the client in a derogatory
manner that the nurse "doesn't know anything." The nurse plans to address the HCP's remark,
understanding that the HCP has violated which legal tort? - answer✔✔Slander
Which guidelines should the nurse follow when performing narrative documentation? Select all
that apply. - answer✔✔1.Date and time entries.
2.Sign and title each entry.
3. Avoid judgmental and evaluative statements.
5.Do not leave blank spaces on documentation forms.
The nurse is aware that criminal offenses would have which characteristics as opposed to civil
offenses? Select all that apply. - answer✔✔1.It is offensive to society in general.
2.it is detrimental to society as a whole.
4.It involves offenses such as robbery, murder, and assault.
5.It will result in punishment whose purpose is to deter further crimes.
The nurse collecting data on a child suspects physical abuse. The nurse understands that which is
a primary and legal nursing responsibility? - answer✔✔Report the case in which the abuse is
suspected.
A client was involuntarily admitted to the psychiatric unit because of episodes of extremely
violent behavior. The client is demanding to be discharged from the hospital. The licensed
practical nurse (LPN) reports the information to the registered nurse (RN), and the RN does not
allow the client to leave. The LPN understands that which represents the legal ramifications
associated with the RN's behavior? - answer✔✔No charge will be made against the RN because
the RN's actions are reasonable.
The nurse asks a nursing student to describe case management. Which student response indicates
a lack of understanding about this concept? - answer✔✔"It represents a primary health
prevention focus managed by a single case manager."
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