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NUR 111 Exam Review Questions AndCorrect Answers
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Started the emphasis on infection control
Clara Barton - ANSWER Nurse during the Civil War; founded the American Red Cross
Linda Richards - ANSWER First trained nurse in America and introduced nurse uniforms
Mary Mahoney - ANSWER First African American nurse; advocated for equal opportunity
Dorthea Dix - ANSWER Advocated social reform for mentally ill
Lillian Wald - ANSWER Founded public health nursing and advocated for school nursing
Which level of government enforces nursing laws? ANSWER State government develops
their own nursing practice act-statutory laws
2 types of tort law ANSWER intentional and unintentional
What is a tort? ANSWER A civil wrong committed against a person or property
Negligence is the "doing" of an act that injures a person/damages personal property
without intent to injure. (unintentional tort)
Malpractice is acts and omissions committed by a professional in the course of
, performing his/her professional duties. (unintentional tort)
What is assault and what type of tort - ANSWER Act of creating in apprehension of
offensive insulting or physically injurious touching-threatening a patient to comply
(INTENTIONAL TORT)
What is battery and what type of tort is it - ANSWER Touching a patient without patients
consent-intentional
What is false imprisonment and what type of tort? - ANSWER Holding someone against
their wishes. (Intentional)
Invasion of privacy is and what type of tort - ANSWER Intruding on a patients private
affairs, or disclosure of private information. (Intentional)
What the healthcare provider must disclose to obtain informed consent - ANSWER
Diagnosis or condition requiring treatment,
the purposes of treatment,
what patient can expect to feel or experience,
intended benefits of treatment,
possible risks or negative outcomes
advantages and disadvantages of possible alternatives.
True or false: a patient must state understanding before signing a consent form -
ANSWER True
To be protected by the good Samaritan law a nurse must: - ANSWER Provide care that
the nurse is capable of,
Nurse must also follow through with care until they are able to pass along the patient
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