Chapter 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice

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A state attorney decides to charge a nurse w/ manslaughter for allegedly administering a lethal medication. This is an example of what type of law?

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Public law
Private law
Civil law
Criminal law

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Pregunta 2 de 28

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Newly hired nurses in a busy suburban hospital are required to read the sate Nurse Practice Act as part of their training. Which topics are covered by this act?

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Violations that may result in disciplinary action
clinical procedures
medication administration
scope of practice
delegation policies
medicare reimbursement

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 28

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Jean a veteran nurse, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor negligence charge in the case of a 75 year old woman who died after slipping into a coma during routine outpatient eye surgery at an eye surgery center. Jean admitted that she failed to monitor the woman's vital signs during the procedure. The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurses's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved. The patient was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before. As part of her plea arrangement, the nurse agreed to serve 6 months of probation - the first 2 months on house arrest - and surrender her nursing license.

Those bringing the changes against Jean are called

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Appellates
Defendants
Plaintiffs
Attorneys

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Pregunta 4 de 28

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Jean a veteran nurse, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor negligence charge in the case of a 75 year old woman who died after slipping into a coma during routine outpatient eye surgery at an eye surgery center. Jean admitted that she failed to monitor the woman's vital signs during the procedure. The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurses's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved. The patient was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before. As part of her plea arrangement, the nurse agreed to serve 6 months of probation - the first 2 months on house arrest - and surrender her nursing license.

Jean's attorney was careful to explain in her defense that Jean had specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical judgment and had met certain criteria established by a nongovernmental association, as a result of which she was granted recognition in a specified practice area. What is this sort of credential called?

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accreditation
lincensure
certification
board approval

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Pregunta 5 de 28

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Jean a veteran nurse, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor negligence charge in the case of a 75 year old woman who died after slipping into a coma during routine outpatient eye surgery at an eye surgery center. Jean admitted that she failed to monitor the woman's vital signs during the procedure. The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurses's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved. The patient was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before. As part of her plea arrangement, the nurse agreed to serve 6 months of probation - the first 2 months on house arrest - and surrender her nursing license.

If review of this patient's record revealed that she had never consented to the eye surgery, of which intentional tort might the surgeon have been guilty?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

assault
battery
invasion of privacy
false imprisonment

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 28

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Jean a veteran nurse, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor negligence charge in the case of a 75 year old woman who died after slipping into a coma during routine outpatient eye surgery at an eye surgery center. Jean admitted that she failed to monitor the woman's vital signs during the procedure. The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurses's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved. The patient was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before. As part of her plea arrangement, the nurse agreed to serve 6 months of probation - the first 2 months on house arrest - and surrender her nursing license.

What must be established to prove that malpractice or negligence has occurred in this case?

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The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurse's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved
The fact that this patient should not have died - she was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before
The nurse intended to harm the patient and was willfully negligent
The nurse had a duty to monitor the patient's vital signs, failed to do so, the patient died, and it was Jean's failure to do her duty that caused the patient's death

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 28

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Jean a veteran nurse, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor negligence charge in the case of a 75 year old woman who died after slipping into a coma during routine outpatient eye surgery at an eye surgery center. Jean admitted that she failed to monitor the woman's vital signs during the procedure. The surgeon who performed the procedure called the nurses's action pure negligence, saying that the patient could have been saved. The patient was a vibrant grandmother of 10 who had walked 3/4 of a mile the morning of her surgery and had sung in her church choir the day before. As part of her plea arrangement, the nurse agreed to serve 6 months of probation - the first 2 months on house arrest - and surrender her nursing license.

When the attorney representing the patient's family calls Jean and asks to talk w/her about the case so that he can better understand her actions, how should Jean respond?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

I'm sorry, but I can't talk w/you. You'll have to contact my attorney.
Answer the attorney's questions honestly and make sure he understands her side of the story
Appeal to the attorney's sense of compassion and try to enlist his sympathy by telling him how busy it was that morning
Why are you doing this to me? This could ruin me!

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 28

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A nurse administers the wrong medication to a patient and the patient is harmed. The physician who ordered the medication didn't read the documentation that the patient was allergic to the drug. Which statement is true regarding liability for the administration of the wrong medication?

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The nurse is not responsible, because the nurse was merely following the doctor's needs
Only the nurse is responsible, because the nurse actually administered the medication
Only the physician is responsible, because the physician actually ordered the drug
Both the nurse and the physician are responsible for their respectice actions

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 28

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A nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient on the floor by the bathroom door. AFter calling for assistance and examining the patient for injury, the nurse helps the patient back to bed and then fills out an incident report. Which statements accurately describe aspects of this procedure?

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An incident report is used as disciplinary action against staff members
an incident report is used as a means of identifying risks
an incident report is used for quality control
the facility manager completes the incident report
an incident report makes facts available in case litigation occurs
filing of an incident report should be documented in the patient record

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 28

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A nursing students asks the charge nurse about legal liability when performing clinical practice. Which statement regarding liability is true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Students are not responsible for their acts of negligence resulting in patient injury
Student nurses are held to the same standard of care that would be used to evaluate the actions of a registered nurse
hospitals are exempt from liability for student negligence if the student nurse is properly supervised by an instructor.
Most nursing programs carry group professional liability making student personal professional liability insurance unnecessary

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 28

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Drug or alcohol abuse is currently the most frequent reason the State boards of nursing may revoke or suspend a nurse's license or registration.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

VERDADERO
FALSO

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Pregunta 12 de 28

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All states privilege nurse-patient communication.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

VERDADERO
FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 28

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Negligence may be an act of or .

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Pregunta 14 de 28

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Consent must be .

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Pregunta 15 de 28

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Consent is not needed in an emergency if there is an immediate threat to life or health and if the patient is unable to consent and a legally authorized person cannot be reached.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

VERDADERO
FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 28

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Your role as a nurse is to that a signed consent form is present in the patient's chart and to any patient questions about the consent.

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 28

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Unless obtaining consent for a nurse-prescribed and nurse-initiated intervention, as a nurse you sign the consent form as a to having seen the patient sign the form, not as having the consent yourself.

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 28

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The patient should sign a indicating one's refusal to consent and releasing the nurse, physician, and agency from responsibility for outcomes of this act. This statement should be .

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 28

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Practicing nurses enter into legally valid and binding contracts with both their and their .

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Pregunta 20 de 28

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Contracts w/patients are not implied.

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VERDADERO
FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 28

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If a patient refuses health education or refers you to a family member, this in the patient's record. If the patient requests not to be given any more info, document the patient's initial to teaching, the patient's that it be stopped, and if you complied, your reason for doing so.

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 28

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An HIV-positive client discovers that his name is published in a research report on HIV care provided by his nurse. He is hurt and files a lawsuit against her. Which of the following offenses has the nurse committed?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Defamation of client
Invasion of privacy
Negligence of duty
Unintentional tort

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 28

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A client states that his recent fall was caused by the fact that his scheduled antihypertensives were mistakenly administered by two nurses, an event that is disputed by both of the nurses. Which of the following measures should the nurses prioritize when anticipating that legal action may follow?

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enlist support from nursing/non-nursing colleagues from the unit
consult w/practice advisors from the state board of nursing
document's the client claims and events surrounding the alleged incident
consult w/the hospital's legal dept asap

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 28

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A registered nurse has had her license suspended. What governing body has the authority to revoke or suspend a nursing's license?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

the national league for nursing
the supreme court
the employing health care institution
the state board of nurse examiners

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 28

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A client is scheduled for a colonoscopy. The nurse realizes immediately after administering medications to induce conscious sedation that the client has not signed the informed consent. If the nurse has the client sign the informed consent, which element of informed consent would be violated?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

voluntariness
disclosure
comprehension
competence

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 28

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A nurse exits the room of a confused client w/out raising the side rails on the bed. The failure to raise the side rails would be which of the following elements of liability related to malpractice?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

damages
duty
breach of duty
causation

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 28

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Which of the following situations is an example of battery that the nurse may experience while performing her nursing duties at the health care facilities?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

telling the client that he cannot leave the hospital
witnessing a procedure done on a client w/out his consent
taking a client's photograph w/out his consent
performing a surgical procedure w/out getting consent

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 28

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The nurse fails to contact the physician regarding a client who had an open-reduction internal fixation of the tibia and has experienced increasing pain (unrelieved by pain medication) for the past 4 hours. Which element of liability has been violated?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

breach of duty
damages
duty
causation

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Unit I: Foundations of Nursing Practice Chapter 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice

Chapter 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice

Chapter 7: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice

Pregunta 1 de 28

A state attorney decides to charge a nurse w/ manslaughter for allegedly administering a lethal medication. This is an example of what type of law?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 28

Newly hired nurses in a busy suburban hospital are required to read the sate Nurse Practice Act as part of their training. Which topics are covered by this act?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

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Pregunta 4 de 28

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Pregunta 5 de 28

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Pregunta 6 de 28

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Pregunta 7 de 28

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Pregunta 8 de 28

A nurse administers the wrong medication to a patient and the patient is harmed. The physician who ordered the medication didn't read the documentation that the patient was allergic to the drug. Which statement is true regarding liability for the administration of the wrong medication?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 28

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 28

A nursing students asks the charge nurse about legal liability when performing clinical practice. Which statement regarding liability is true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 28

Drug or alcohol abuse is currently the most frequent reason the State boards of nursing may revoke or suspend a nurse's license or registration.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 28

All states privilege nurse-patient communication.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

Negligence may be an act of or .

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 28

Rellena el espacio en blanco para completar el texto.

Consent must be .

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 28

Consent is not needed in an emergency if there is an immediate threat to life or health and if the patient is unable to consent and a legally authorized person cannot be reached.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

Your role as a nurse is to that a signed consent form is present in the patient's chart and to any patient questions about the consent.

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

Unless obtaining consent for a nurse-prescribed and nurse-initiated intervention, as a nurse you sign the consent form as a to having seen the patient sign the form, not as having the consent yourself.

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

The patient should sign a indicating one's refusal to consent and releasing the nurse, physician, and agency from responsibility for outcomes of this act. This statement should be .

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

Practicing nurses enter into legally valid and binding contracts with both their and their .

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 28

Contracts w/patients are not implied.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 28

Rellena los espacios en blanco para completar el texto.

If a patient refuses health education or refers you to a family member, this in the patient's record. If the patient requests not to be given any more info, document the patient's initial to teaching, the patient's that it be stopped, and if you complied, your reason for doing so.