__________ ensure that health care providers and agencies comply with state regulations. - ANS State licensing boards
__________ sets quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities. - ANS The Joint Commission
QSEN - ANS Quality and Safety Education for N...
N3632 Foundations Final Exam Questions
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__________ ensure that health care providers and agencies comply with state regulations. -
ANS State licensing boards
__________ sets quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities. - ANS The
Joint Commission
QSEN - ANS Quality and Safety Education for Nurses - assists nursing programs in
preparing nurses to provide safe, high-quality care.
What are the six QSEN competencies? - ANS Safety
Patient-Centered Care
Evidence Based Practice
Informatics
Quality Improvement
Teamwork and Collaboration
__________ is the right to make one's own personal decisions, even when those decisions
might not be in that person's own best interest. - ANS Autonomy
__________ is the action that promotes good for others. - ANS Beneficence
__________ is the fulfillment of promises. - ANS Fidelity
__________ is fairness in care delivery and use of resources. - ANS Justice
__________ is a commitment to do no harm. - ANS Nonmaleficence
__________ is a commitment to tell the truth. - ANS Veracity
What are the 2 types of unintentional torts? - ANS negligence and malpractice
An example of __________ is when a nurse fails to implement safety measures for a client at
risk for falls. - ANS Negligence
An example of __________ is when a nurse administers a large dose of medication due to a
calculation error. The client has cardiac arrest and dies. - ANS Malpractice
,What are the 2 types of quasi-intentional torts? - ANS Breach of confidentiality and
defamation of character
An example of __________ is when a nurse releases a client's medical diagnosis to a member
of the press. - ANS Breach of confidentiality
An example of __________ is when a nurse tells a coworker that they believe the client has
been unfaithful to their partner. - ANS Defamation of character
What are the 3 types of intentional torts? - ANS assault, battery, false imprisonment
__________ is when the conduct of one person makes another person fearful and
apprehensive. - ANS Assault
Ex: A nurse threatens to place an NG tube in a client who is refusing to eat.
__________ is intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person that involves an injury or
offensive contact. - ANS Battery
Ex: A nurse restrains a client and administers an injection against their wishes.
__________ is when a person is confined or restrained against their will. - ANS False
imprisonment
Ex: A nurse uses restraints on a competent client to prevent the leaving the health care facility.
Negligence issues that prompt most malpractice suits include failure to: - ANS Follow
professional and facility-established standards of care
Use equipment in a reasonable and knowledgeable manner
Communicate effectively and thoroughly with clients
Document care the nurse provided
Notify the provider of a change in the client's condition
Complete a prescribed procedure
What are the five elements necessary to prove negligence? - ANS 1. Duty to provide care
as defined by a standard
2. Breach of duty by failure to meet standard
3. Foreseeability of harm
4. Breach of duty has potential to cause harm
5. Harm occurs
, What is the nurses role in informed consent? - ANS to witness the client's signature on the
informed consent form and to ensure that the provider has obtained the informed consent
responsibly
Who is responsible for clarifying information in informed consent for the patient? - ANS The
provider
__________ define and direct the level of care that nurses should give, and they implicate
nurses who o not follow these in malpractice lawsuits. - ANS Standards of care
__________ communicates a client's wishes regarding end-of-life care should the client become
unable to do so. - ANS Advance directive
__________ is a legal document that expresses the client's wishes regarding medical treatment
in the event the client becomes incapacitated and is facing end-of-life issues. - ANS Living
will
__________ is a document in which clients designate a health care proxy to make health care
decisions for them if they are unable to do so. - ANS Durable power of attorney for health
care
The __________ provides baseline data to use in the development of the nursing care plan. -
ANS Admission assessment
When does discharge planning begin? - ANS Upon admission
__________ refers to the use of precise practices to reduce the number, growth, and spread of
microorganisms. - ANS Medical asepsis
Ex: administering oral medications (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals), managing NG tubes, and
providing personal hygiene
__________ refers to the use of precise practices to eliminate all microorganism from an object
or area and prevent contamination. - ANS Sterile technique
Ex: parenteral medication administration, insertion of urinary catheters, surgical procedures, and
sterile dressing changes
True or False: Microbes can move by gravity from a non-sterile item to a sterile item. - ANS
True
True or False: Bottle caps from a sterile solution should be placed on the sterile field. - ANS
False. Bottle caps from a sterile solution should be placed face up on a clean (non-sterile)
surface.
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