Test Bank - for Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing 7th Edition, by RN
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Chapter1 LegalConceptsandtheJudicialProcess
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MULTIPLE rCHOICE. r Choose r the rone ralternative r that r best r completes r the r statement r or r answers r the rquestion.
1) A r nurse r would r like r to r advocate r for r a rmodification r of r the r state's r nursing r practice r act r and r believes r the
1) best r strategy r is r to r contact r the r persons r with r authority r to r write r and r change r this r statutory
r law.rWhom r should r the r nurse r contact?
A) State rnursing rassociation r B) rState rboard r of rnursing rC) r State r governor
D) r State r legislature
2) A r group r of rnurses rare rreviewing rthe rdecision r of rlegal r action r in r which r a rpatient rbrought rsuit r against r r rrr
2) a rhospital rfor r injuries r sustained r in r a rfall. r The rcase r went r to rtrial rand r the rjury rfound r for
r the rhospital. r Which r legal r precedent r would r the r nurses r select r if r the r patient r were r to r take r this
r same r suitrand r evidence r to r another r trial r court r in r hopes r of r a r different r decision?
A) Stare rdecisis
B) Res rjudicata
C) Doctrine rof rprecedent
D) None rneeded r as r this r is r an r example r of r a r landmark rdecision.
3) The rcircumstances r of r a r lawsuit rcause r it r to r be runder r the rjurisdiction r of rmore rthan r one rcourt. r In r this r
3) rcase, rthe rnurse r expects rthat r which rcourt r will r have rthe rgreatest rpersonal rjurisdiction?
A) State rtrial rcourt B) rFederal rSupreme rCourt
C) rState rSupreme rCourt D) rFederal rdistrict rcourt
4) Several rstate rnursing rassociations rare r working rtogether rin ran r attempt rto rchange ra rconstitutional r
4) law. rThese rnursing rassociations rshould r ask rfor rwhich raction r on rthis rlaw?
A) Amendment B) r Redefinition C) r Repeal D) rExpansion
5) An remergency rdepartment rpatient r was rinjured r while rattacking rhis rneighbor rwith ra rknife. rAfter r
5) rtreatment rthe rpatient r was rarrested r and rcharged r with rbattery rand r assault. r The rnurse rin
rreviewing rthis r information r would r identify r which r classification r or r type r of r law r to rbe r applied
r in r thercase r against r this r defendant?
A) Constitutional r law r B) r Criminal r law r C) r Private r law D) rCivil
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6) A rnurse r is rreviewing r legal rlaw rconcepts. rA rperson r who rwas r injured rin r a rmotor r vehicle raccident r
6) sued r the rdriver r to r recover r hospital rcosts. r Which r type r of r law r would r the rnurse
r identifyras r being r enforced r in r this r situation?
A) Tort r law B) rConstitutional rlaw
C) r Public r law D) rProcedural r law
7) An r emergency rdepartment r nurse r has r agreed r to r testify ras r an r expert r witness r in r a r lawsuit r
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child. r The r opposing rattorney rquestions r the r nurse's r qualifications r as r a r pediatric r nurse. r Which
r typerof r law r does r this r scenario r reflect?
A) Procedural r law B) r Due r process r of r law
C) rSubstantive rlaw D) rPrivate rlaw
8) A rnurse r is r scheduled r to rappear rbefore rthe rstate rboard rof r nursing r in r regard r to raction r against r the
8) nurse's rlicense. r Which roccurrences rwould rviolate rthe rnurse's rdue rprocess rof rlaw?
Note: r Credit rwill rbe rgiven ronly rif rall rcorrect rchoices rand rno rincorrect r choices rare rselected.
Select r all rthat r apply.
A) The rnurse rwas rsuspended rby rher rprivate remployer rpending routcome rof rthis raction.
B) A rsnow rstorm r forced rpostponement rof rthe rboard r meeting r until rnext rmonth.
C) The rtime rof r the rhearing r was rchanged r without r adequate r notice rto r the rnurse.
D) The rnurse r was r told r the rmeeting r was r in r regard r to r a rcomplaint r about r the r agency
r where r thernurse r was r employed.
E) Other r nurses r involved r in r the r situation r leading r to r the r action r were r not
r similarlyrsummoned r before r the r board.
9) A r group r of r nurses r are r part r of r an r interdisciplinary r team r at r a r local r county r hospital. r This r9) r
rcounty- r supported r hospital r elects r to r limit r surgical r procedures r for r morbid r obesity r to r male
patients. rFemale rpatients rreceive rpharmacologic rtherapy, r counseling, r and r instruction r for
r diet rand r exercise, r but r are r excluded r from r operative r procedures. r Which r legal r concept r would
r the r nursesridentify r as r being r illegal r based r on r the r hospital's r action?
A) Stare rdecisis B) r Due r process r of r law
C) r Res rjudicata D) r Equal rprotection r under rthe rlaw
10) Nurses r are rdiscussing rthe rrole rof rthe rjudge r in rjudicial rproceedings. r In r which r situation rwould r the r
10) nurses r identify ra r judge r to r serve r both r as r a r fact- rfinder r and r determiner r of r questions r of r law?
A) The r jury r asks r the r judge r to r address r both r types r of r questions.
B) The rattorneys r for rthe rplaintiff r agree rto rsuch ra rcondition.
C) The rcase r is r so r complex r that r the rjury ris r unable r to rdecide r the rquestion.
D) Trial rby rjury r is r waived r by rboth r sides.
11) During r a r jury r trial, r the r presence r of r a r nurse- r patient r relationship r is r questioned. r What r kind r of r
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question r is r this r and r who r would r determine r it?
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, A) Law rto rbe r determined r by rthe r jury B) r Fact r to rbe r determined r by rthe r jury
C) rFact r to rbe rdetermined r by rthe r judge D) r Law r to r be r determined r by rthe rjudge
12) A r patient r says, r "I r was r told r my r back r pain r is r the r result r of r care r that r I r received r when r I r was r in r the r
12) hospital r a r year r ago. r How r long r do r I rhave r to rfile r a r lawsuit?" r Which r statements r made
r by r thernurse r are r appropriate?
Note: r Credit rwill rbe rgiven ronly rif rall rcorrect r choices rand rno rincorrect r choices rare rselected.
Select r all rthat r apply.
A) "A r general r rule r is r 2 r years r from r the r time r you r knew r what r caused
r your rinjury." r B) r "In r some r cases r it r depends r if r the r injury r was r due r to
r trauma r orrdisease." r C) r "State r laws r differ r on r the r statute r of r limitation
r for r personal rinjury."
D) "You rshould rmove rto rWashington rbecause rtheir rstatute rof rlimitation r is rlonger."
E) "It r is r too r late rif r you r knew r you r had r back rpain r right r after r the r fall."
13) An r employee r asks r for r time r off r to r be ra rjuror r in r a rcase rbefore r the rstate r appellate r court. rThe runit r is
13) very rbusy rand r this r employee's r absence r would r affect rpatient rcare. r How r should
r thernurse r manager r respond r to r this r request?
Note: r Credit rwill rbe rgiven ronly rif rall rcorrect r choices rand rno rincorrect r choices rare rselected.
Select r all rthat r apply.
A) Ask rthe r employee r more rquestions rabout rthe rrequest.
B) Tell rthe remployee r that r service ras ra rjuror r for r this rcase ris rnot rrequired.
C) Give r the remployee r the rtime r off rbecause rjury rservice ris rrequired r upon rsubpoena.
D) Insist rthat rthe r employee r contact rthe rcounty rclerk rto rrequest rrelease rfrom rjury rduty.
E) Refuse r the rrequest r and r refer r the r employee r to r the rpersonnel r department r for
r review r ofrthe r employee r manual.
14) A rnurse rhas r been rcalled r to rtestify rin r a rcase rthat r will r be r tried r in r family rcourt. r Which r situations rdoes
14) rthe rnurse ranticipate rwill r be rinvolved r as rrelated rto rthis rcase?
Note: r Credit rwill rbe rgiven ronly rif rall rcorrect r choices rand rno rincorrect r choices rare rselected.
Select r all rthat r apply.
A) Divorce
B) Child rcustody
C) Adoption
D) Estate rdivision rE) rChild rabuse
15) A rnurse rreads r that r a rcase r involving r the rcare rprovided r in r a r hospital r will r be r reviewed r by rthe r United
15) rStates rSupreme rCourt. rWhich r situations rdoes rthe rnurse rsuspect rto rhave roccurred?
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