Introduction to Nursing Ethics and Law Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides an essential overview of ethical and legal principles as they apply to nursing practice. Students will explore fundamental concepts such as patient autonomy, confidentiality, informed consent, and professional accountability. Through analysis of real-world case studies and legal precedents, the course examines the practical application of ethical decision-making models and relevant statutory frameworks governing healthcare. Emphasis is placed on understanding the responsibilities and rights of nurses, patients, and other healthcare stakeholders, preparing students to navigate complex situations with integrity and legal awareness in diverse clinical environments.
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Quality and Safety for Transformational Nursing Core Competencies 1st Edition by Kim Amer
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Chapter 1: Risk and Threats to Safe Quality Care in Hospital Settings
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Q1) The nurse is reviewing actions implemented to address quality of care issues. Which action is a direct response to the Institute of Medicine publications on quality patient care?
A) Implementing a protocol to screen for hospital acquired infections
B) Creating a new program within schools of nursing that focus on quality
C) Restricting nurses from designing and implementing quality care changes
D) Developing safety and quality care competencies by the American Nurses Association Correct
Answer: A
Q2) The organization administrator is analyzing demographics of patients admitted to the organization for care. What characteristic is consistently being seen amount newly admitted patients?
A) Poor health promotion behaviors
B) Compliance with medication regimens
C) Adherence to recommended diet
D) Successful smoking cessation Correct
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Quality and Safety Models
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Q1) The nurse manager is planning to increase the nurse-patient ratio on a care area. How will this change in staffing improve the quality of patient care? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Less use of restraints
B) Fewer pressure sores
C) Lower patient mortality rates
D) Less use of long-term catheters
E) Lower amounts of documentation Correct
Answer: A,B,C,D
Q2) A Shared Governance committee is working on a project to improve the quality of patient care provided in a major city hospital. What would the committee use as the definition of quality?
A) Lack of errors
B) Lack of falls
C) No medication errors
D) Defined by the patient Correct
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Transition to Practice: an Essential Element of
Quality and Safety
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Q1) The number of new nurses hired for a patient care area equals the number of seasoned staff currently employed on the same unit. What is prone to occur on this patient care area? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Falls
B) Pressure ulcers
C) Failure to rescue
D) Few practice errors
E) Improved care quality Correct
Answer: A,B,C
Q2) Several nursing leaders are asked to participate on a task force to study the feasibility of a national standardized transition to practice nursing program. What is the major reason for the development of such a program in the United States?
A) Practice settings are failing
B) Education programs are failing
C) New graduates need to be prepared to work on day one
D) Response to changes in health care over the last 20 years Correct
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Power, Empowerment, and Change in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) The nurse identified a patient safety issue, however is hesitant to report this finding to management. What fears are causing the nurse to not report this finding? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Being stereotyped
B) Being labeled as selfish
C) Being of being supported
D) Being sidelined for promotions
E) Being told that the finding is not a problem Correct
Q2) The graduate nurse, researching the concept of emancipatory nursing practice, is searching for a theory to support current nursing behavior of taking orders and following the medical model for care. Whose theory would support what the graduate nurse is seeking?
A) Foucault
B) Freire
C) Rogers
D) Hooks Correct
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Chapter 5: Quality and Safety Education Strategies
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Q1) The nurse manager meets with the nursing staff to discuss the latest quality improvement findings. During this meeting the manager emphasizes the value of each nurse in keeping the patients free from harm. Which Crew Resource Management principle is the nurse manager demonstrating?
A) Effective communication
B) Leadership and role identification
C) Error anticipation and mitigation
D) Situational awareness Correct
Q2) The nurse is utilizing the 6.0.-second situation assessment tool to determine which patient to see first after morning report. Which patient would be considered the most critical?
A) Patient respiratory rate 8 and lethargic
B) Patient without intravenous lines wearing oxygen
C) Patient lying on right side in bed responds to verbal stimuli
D) Patient in bed with both side rails down talking on the telephone Correct
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Chapter 6: Evaluating a Program: Metrics and Stakeholders
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Q1) An organization is referring to the Institute of Medicine's goals when identifying metrics to measure patient safety. Which goals would the organization most likely select as metrics? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Equitable
B) Morbidity
C) Length of stay
D) Bedside manner
E) Number of staff Correct
Q2) The nurse manager is designing an evaluation based upon the number of metrics achieved. Which type of evaluation is the manager designing? A) Goal
B) Metric
C) Process
D) Outcome Correct
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Chapter 7: Interprofessional Team Building
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Q1) The nurse manager is working with the head of the medical department to structure daily conferences with nursing, physicians, and pharmacy. What will the manager explain as the purpose of these conferences? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Validate nursing concerns
B) Minimize the hierarchy
C) Support safe systems
D) Share information
E) Increase openness Correct
Q2) Interprofessional team meetings have been occurring sporadically on a patient care area. Which observation indicates that these meetings need to be reinforced to support quality patient care?
A) Nurses assisting each other with patient care activities
B) Nursing assistive personnel (NAP) volunteering to work extra shifts
C) Nurses sharing results of committee projects during routine staff meetings
D) Nurses complaining that physicians are too busy to address patient care issues
Correct
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Chapter 8: Transforming Care at the Bedside Tcab
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Q1) The nurse manager is implementing the rapid cycle change process on a Transforming Care at the Bedside care area. Place in order the steps in which the manager will instruct the staff on this process.Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down.Choice
A) Solution piloted
B) Select a solution
C) Change adopted
D) Analyze problems
E) Brainstorm solutions Correct
Q2) The nursing staff on a patient care area wants to implement a change to a care process. What role will the nurse manager have with the implementation of this change?
A) Discuss the change with the hospital administrator.
B) Make sure all nursing staff is engaged in the process.
C) Expect the nursing staff to make the change independently.
D) Obtain permission for the change from the medical director. Correct
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Chapter 9: Informatics and Nursing: Using Technology to Improve Quality
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Q1) A healthcare organization is investigating the implementation of video technology to support patient care in the home. What would be potential outcomes from the use of this technology? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Improved patient health
B) Cost savings for the patient and organization
C) Enhanced patient support for healthcare needs
D) Less travel costs for the patient and care provider
E) Reduction in the number of staff needed for patient care Correct
Q2) The nurse is making a visit to a patient after computerized monitoring equipment was delivered to the home. On which area is the most important for the nurse to focus when reviewing the equipment with the patient?
A) Tasks
B) Equipment
C) User's ability
D) Environment Correct
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Chapter 10: Patient-Centered Care
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Q1) Prior to providing a patient with a newly prescribed medication the nurse reviews the name of the medication and the primary actions. Which dimension of person-centered care is this nurse performing?
A) Transition and community
B) Involvement of family and friends
C) Coordination and integration of care
D) Information, communication, and education Correct
Q2) The nurse is planning to implement steps within Leiningers' Wheel of Culture. Which factors will the nurse identify as influencing care expressions, patterns, and practices?
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Technology
B) Economics
C) Kinship
D) Politics
E) Diet Correct
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Chapter 11: Quality Health Care, Policy and Law
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Q1) One state, through the state board of nursing, is considering joining the Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC). What impact will this decision have on the practice of nursing in that state?
A) Improvement in the number of nurses passing the state board exam
B) Smaller numbers of nurses requesting licensure in the state
C) More uniformity in laws within the nursing profession
D) Higher cost for a nursing license Correct
Q2) A nurse strives to provide ethical care to assigned patients. On which strategies will the nurse focus to achieve this goal? Standard Text: Select all that apply.
A) Safety
B) Wellness
C) Health promotion
D) Cost-containment
E) Limited use of resources Correct
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Chapter 12: Future-Focused Quality Nursing
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Q1) The nurse manager asks a staff nurse to think about a situation and analyze personal behaviors. Which multiplier is this manager practicing?
A) Investor
B) Liberator
C) Challenger
D) Talent magnet Correct
Q2) A nurse manager is having difficulty leading the nursing staff and gives direction to prove how much she knows. What leadership style is the manager demonstrating?
A) Tyrant
B) Know-it-all
C) Empire builder
D) Decision maker Correct
Q3) While conducting a health history the nurse listens to the patient describe manifestations of an illness. What purpose does listening serve?
A) Learning occurs through listening
B) Provides time to formulate questions
C) Communicates interest to the patient
D) Ensures a thorough assessment Correct
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