NC6 ACT-PEP
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- Legislation can regulate all except
- the amount the facility can charge for a specific item (procedure)
- When can a nurse legally use force against a patient?
- only in self-defense if the nurse has reason to believe she is being or about to be attacked
- Requirements for licensure in a particular state are set by
- the individual state boards of nursing
- Ladder approach to nursing education means that
- each level builds on the knowledge base of the previous one
- Who would be the most likely educational level of the person responsible for an independent nursing research project?
- PhD-RN
- The first immunization was developed for
- small pox
- Your patient is refusing to take his sleeping pill which is ordered to be given at 9 PM. Your best reply would be
- Your doctor wants you to have this pill but it is your option to refuse.
- According to the ANA statement, the nurse's obligation is to
- the patient
- Continuing education is the responsibility of the
- nurse
- The majority of health problems in the United States today are related to
- chronic illness
- The type of nursing that assigns 24 hour responsibility for a patient's care until discharge is
- primary nursing
- Why would a nurse want to get a specialty certification?
- to document expertise in a given area
- When telling a patient their rights, the nurse is acting in which role?
- patient advocate
- What does the general public use as evidence that a hospital is delivering high quality care?
- accreditation
- How does collective bargaining work?
- management and staff work out an agreement
- What is the primary purpose of continuing education?
- to assist the nurse in maintaining competency
- The nurse in the emergency room is told by the doctor to draw up novocaine. The nurse thought she heard him say anectine, drew it up and the doctor administered it. Who is at fault?
- the nurse for failure to reconfirm the drug order
- In a group session, one person is dominating the conversation. What is the best way to handle this situation?
- thank the person for their opinion and ask for the opinions of others
- A nurse is aware of an individual's past medical history which includes possible cancer because she took care of him in the hospital. Her husband, an insurance broker, is considering writing a life insurance policy for him and is unaware of the past hist
- defamation by slander
- The best legal documentation of patient teaching is
- providing written instructions
- The nurse intentionally gives an overdose of morphine to a cancer patient. This type of attempted murder is
- criminal assault and battery
- It is now mandatory in many states when death is imminent or has occurred, the nurse must ask the family for organ donations. The way the nurse handles this situation is primarily influenced by
- personal feelings and professional ethics
- Mrs. Bannon asks, "What is my blood pressure?" You should
- tell her the exact number
- Criminal law seeks to do all except
- compensate
- Mr. Lopez demands to see his chart. You should
- contact your supervisor to determine hospital policy
- Most of the U.S. population lives in
- urban areas
- Who was the first nurse to describe assessment, intervention and evaluation as necessary nursing activities?
- Florence Nightingale
- A 47 year old man was severely injured in a motorcycle accident and is now a quadriplegic who required total assistance for activities of daily living, has a foley catheter for urinary elimination, is incontinent of bowel, has a gastrostomy tube in place
- skilled care facility
- The Women's Rights movement has had what effect on nursing?
- nurses are demanding equal rights as health care professionals
- Which statement is true about applying for a license in another state after being licensed in one state?
- You must meet the state requirements and pay the fees.
- Early organized caretakers of the sick were most commonly
- religious orders
- Establishing a nursing diagnosis is part of which phase of the nursing process?
- assessment
- Who developed the behavioral system model for nursing?
- Dorothy Johnson
- What function in research might an associate degree nurse fulfill?
- data collection
- Which accreditation is mandatory for nursing programs?
- state
- During which era was there a rapid population shift from rural to urban living?
- Industrial Revolution
- The diploma nurse's role would be clinical patient care while the LPN's role is basic patient care. What is the role of the associate nurse?
- holistic patient care
- The doctor has just explained the bronchoscopy procedure to your patient and has left the unit. You ask the patient to sign the consent form and he tells you that he did not understand what the doctor was saying. You should
- call the doctor to come back
- The Standards of Nursing Practice was written by
- American Nurses' Association
- In order for a patient to give informed consent he must know all except
- the names of all persons involved in the procedure
- Laws that regulate professional titles, the scope of practice and gives the state enforcement power are from
- state statutes
- During which phase of the nursing process is the care plan revised as needed?
- evaluation
- Which type of audit would be done by a committee of peers not actually involved in the care and done while care is being given (while the patient is still admitted)?
- external concurrent audit
- What was the main purpose for the formation of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses?
- to form a group of people with similar interests and education
- Nurses can best effect change by
- belonging to professional organizations
- According to Mildred Montag, the new graduate ADN nurse is best prepared for
- technical bedside care
- The turning point in medicine that shifted the most common health problem from infection to chronic disease was
- discovery of antibiotics
- Ethical decision making should be based on
- the patient's wishes
- As a result of the increase in the homeless population, what changes in health care have occurred?
- increased health outreach programs
- The Mosaic health code includes these three
- strict isolation of contagious diseases, prohibited the contamination of wells, prohibited the eating of pork or other foods that might cause disease