Ethics and Law in Nursing Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles of ethics and law as they apply to nursing practice. Students will examine key ethical theories, moral decision-making frameworks, and legal standards that affect professional responsibilities, patient rights, and the delivery of healthcare. Topics include confidentiality, informed consent, professional boundaries, accountability, and advocacy, as well as the impact of legislation and policy on nursing. The course emphasizes the integration of ethical reasoning and legal considerations into daily clinical practice, fostering critical thinking and professionalism in the healthcare environment.
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Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professions 3rd Edition by Elsevier
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Chapter 1: The Us Legal System
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Q1) Which is a situation in which the goal of law is not accurately portrayed?
A) A woman takes her husband to court to obtain a divorce.
B) An individual sues his neighbor over a property line.
C) A man slashes his neighbor's tires over a dispute.
D) A child is taken from her neglectful mother and placed in foster care by the state.
Answer: C
Q2) Who has the power to regulate healthcare through their capacity to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens?
A) City government
B) County government
C) State government
D) Federal government
Answer: C
Q3) This branch of government proposes legislation and enforces laws.
A) Legislative
B) Executive
C) Judicial
D) Municipal
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Basics of Ethics
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Q1) What is the difference between ethics and laws?
A) Illegal acts are most likely unethical.
B) Unethical acts are illegal.
C) Ethical acts are legal.
D) Legal acts are ethical.
Answer: A
Q2) What is accreditation?
A) Officially recognizing a person or organization for meeting standards established by an industry
B) Obtaining enough continuing education credits
C) Recognizing the achievements of healthcare providers publicly
D) Recognizing a healthcare provider for their years of service
Answer: A
Q3) Medical ethics committees formed in very large medical facilities:
A) make decisions with the physicians' input only.
B) make decisions based on logic and the codes and standards of the facility.
C) make decisions based on emotions.
D) make decisions with the patient's input only.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Ethical and Bioethical Issues
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Q1) The following key question is raised in debates about voluntary abortion.
A) When does human life begin?
B) How old must a patient be to receive a voluntary abortion?
C) Should parents be told about a minor requesting an abortion?
D) Should the father of the child have to approve the abortion?
Answer: A
Q2) Euthanasia is a bioethical dilemma because:
A) many people do not believe in it.
B) physicians have to make the decision to let someone live or die.
C) many people feel that we should allow a patient to have autonomy over the method of their death.
D) many people do not believe in using artificial means to live.
Answer: C
Q3) In the argument of when life begins, which of the following is not part of the argument?
A) The moment the sperm and ovum are joined
B) When the fertilized egg becomes an embryo at 8 to 14 days
C) When it becomes a fetus between the 18th and 19th week
D) When the child is born
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Workplace Issues
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Q1) The length of record retention is determined by:
A) the local government.
B) the state government.
C) the federal government.
D) the American Medical Association.
Q2) What would be illegal to ask in an interview?
A) The candidate's age
B) The candidate's work history
C) The candidate's references
D) Why the candidate left their previous job
Q3) High levels of ______ are essential in the medical field.
A) dependability
B) integrity
C) honesty
D) professionalism
Q4) How can a lost medical record be damaging to a physician?
A) It shows a patient that his or her physician is careless.
B) It may look like an attempt to hide the record in a lawsuit.
C) It may cause the patient to think something is wrong.
D) The patient may think the physician is lying about his or her condition.
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Chapter 5: Code and Standards Infractions
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Q1) The Office of the Inspector General investigates:
A) the American Medical Association.
B) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
C) the Department of Labor.
D) the Department of Health and Human Services.
Q2) Physicians are governed not only by state laws but also by:
A) the American Medical Association.
B) the Association of American Physicians.
C) the American Medical Group Association.
D) all of the above.
Q3) Consequence that is levied against a legal or ethical violation is called:
A) compliance.
B) due process.
C) sanction.
D) disciplinary action.
Q4) The Medical Practice Act that governs healthcare professionals is regulated: A) locally.
B) state by state.
C) federally.
D) by all of the above.
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Chapter 6: The Medical Malpractice Lawsuit and the Trial Process
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Q1) When the defendant shows that the plaintiff's actions or inaction was a contributing factor in the damages, this is considered:
A) ordinary negligence.
B) negligence.
C) comparative negligence.
D) straight negligence.
Q2) An individual's responsibility for his or her conduct for failure to meet a standard of care is called:
A) strict liability.
B) product liability.
C) liability.
D) straight liability.
Q3) This type of defense is a denial of negligence.
A) Denial
B) Affirmative
C) Emergency care
D) Good Samaritan
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Chapter 7: Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts
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Q1) In which situation would a medical facility probably avoid false imprisonment charges?
A) A competent, elderly cancer patient needs surgery and refuses to stay in the hospital.
B) A minor female is held against her parent's will without a court order.
C) A severely intoxicated adult male is held in the hospital emergency department and the physician refuses to release him.
D) A 20-year-old rape victim refuses to press charges to stay at the hospital for treatment.
Q2) Consent is implied:
A) when the patient's life is threatened if the procedure is not performed.
B) when the physician acts in the patient's best interest.
C) when the physician finds other concerns during the course of surgery.
D) during all of these situations.
Q3) Committing battery means:
A) a person tried to maliciously hurt a person.
B) a person touched another person with his or her consent or legally justifiable reason.
C) touching something in close proximity to a person without his or her consent.
D) all of the above are true.
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Chapter 8: Statutory Reporting and Public Duties
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Q1) Preparations containing limited quantities of narcotics (e.g., cough medicine) are considered Schedule __ drugs.
A) II
B) III
C) IV
D) V
Q2) Munchausen's disease by proxy is a disorder in which:
A) the child makes up false abuse allegations.
B) the child pretends to be ill or injured.
C) the parent intentionally makes their child ill for attention.
D) the parent abuses the child and tries to blame the child.
Q3) What initiated the required reporting of child abuse cases?
A) Child Abuse Act
B) Child Abuse Prevention Act
C) Child Abuse and Prevention Act
D) Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
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Chapter 9: Professional Liability Insurance
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Q1) Which individual is probably an independent contractor?
A) A private nurse who sits with a patient just moved from intensive care
B) A registered nurse who works a weekend double shift only
C) A laboratory employee who works inside a hospital but is employed by an independent lab
D) A physician who visits his or her patients during rounds in a hospital
Q2) The prime objective of obtaining liability coverage is to:
A) avoid patient malpractice lawsuits.
B) protect assets in the event of a settlement in the claimant's favor.
C) avoid paying malpractice claims.
D) provide protection against high legal costs.
Q3) Generally, an insurance carrier will settle a lawsuit if the claimant has a ___% chance of winning at trial.
A) 25
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
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Chapter 10: Death and Dying Issues
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Q1) This document allows an individual to make bank transactions and write checks to pay the bills while an individual is medically incapacitated.
A) Durable power of attorney
B) Living will
C) Healthcare proxy
D) Do not resuscitate
Q2) This Act states that all patients have the right to create a living will.
A) Patient Self-Determination Act
B) The Right to Die Act
C) Advance Directive Act
D) Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act
Q3) The development of formal ethics committees in hospitals and the development of advance health directives arose out of whose court case?
A) Nancy Cruzan
B) Terri Schiavo
C) Karen Ann Quinlan
D) All of the above
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Chapter 11: Conflict Management
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Q1) A fire has broken out on the fifth floor in a hospital, and Mrs. Smith is on the fourth floor. She demands to receive care before anybody on the fifth floor. What type of conflict behavioral style is this?
A) Competing
B) Accommodating
C) Avoiding
D) Compromising
Q2) When you are thinking about a conflict and your inner voice is talking to yourself, what type of conflict response is this?
A) Emotional response
B) Cognitive response
C) Physical response
D) Positive response
Q3) The process by which a neutral third party facilitates dispute resolution is called:
A) mediation.
B) negotiation.
C) arbitration.
D) communication.
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Chapter 12: Business Aspects of Healthcare
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Q1) Government carriers include all of the following, except:
A) Medicaid.
B) Medicare.
C) Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
D) TRICARE.
Q2) A disadvantage to an HMO is:
A) they are too large.
B) some areas may not have a participating physician.
C) they give too many referrals to specialists.
D) you have to pay first, and then get reimbursed.
Q3) If an insurance plan is 80/20, what is the term for this plan?
A) Point-of-service
B) HMO
C) PPO
D) Workers' compensation
Q4) An ERISA plan is a self-insured model.
A)True
B)False
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