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Chapter #: 3
Topic: Legal
1. minimal competency under the Nurse Practice Act.
2. the ability to distinguish what is right or wrong for the Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Correct answer: 4
patient.
3. the demonstration of satisfactory knowledge of policies Rationale: The nurse is legally obligated to provide
as:
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: Refusing to allow an alert and oriented patient to
leave against medical advice may support an allegation of
false imprisonment.
Page Reference: 32-33
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Correct answer: 1
Rationale: The failure to meet an ordinary duty or standard
of care resulting in injury is termed negligence. Malpractice is
a specialized form of negligence.
Page Reference: 33
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 3
Rationale: Talking in an unrestricted area that reveals
confidential information without authorization may support
an allegation of invasion of privacy.
Page Reference: 33
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: Any individual who fails to meet a duty of due
care resulting in injury may be alleged to have committed
negligence. Only professionals commit malpractice.
Page Reference: 34
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Knowledge
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: Vicarious liability is indirect liabilityfor
example, the liability of an employer for the acts of an
employee.
Page Reference: 36
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Correct answer: 4
Rationale: The hallmark of risk reduction is knowledge of
the professional standards of care, delivery and
documentation of that care, and a consistent showing that the
standards are met.
Page Reference: 36
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 3
Rationale: When the patient communicates consent in
writing or verbally, consent is termed express.
Page Reference: 38
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: Implied consent may be implied in fact from an
assumption based on patient behavior.
Page Reference: 38
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: An emergency situation constitutes an exception
to the general requirement of informed consent prior to
treatment.
Page Reference: 39
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Correct answer: 3
Rationale: Restraining the patient involved a specific act
with purposeful intent. These are the criteria for an intentional
tort.
Page Reference: 32-33
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Correct answer: 4
Rationale: Maintaining standards of practice is the best way
to reduce risk.
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Synthesis
Correct answer: 4
Rationale: All four elements of negligence are present: duty
and standard of care, breach of duty, causation, and injury.
Page Reference: 34-35
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Application
Correct answer: 3
Rationale: This form of advance directive allows the
individual to grant legal authority to another to make health
care decisions if he or she is no longer competent.
Page Reference: 40
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Correct answer: 4
Rationale: Telling the visitor of the patient's HIV status
violated the patients right to privacy. The nurse could have
ensured the visitors safety by providing gloves and
explaining universal precautions.
Page Reference: 36
Topic: Legal
Cognitive Level: Knowledge
Correct answer: 2
Rationale: Consent is implied in the law, which maintains
that someone in need of emergency care for survival would
give consent.
Page Reference: 38