CEN Professional Issues

Question 1

HIPPA law was passes in ______(year) and ensure

Answer 1

1996; confidentiality of patient’s records

Question 2

When someone revert to an earlier level of professional development?

Answer 2

regression

Question 3

Psychological defense mechanism when one consciously forgets painful feelings?

Answer 3

Suppression

Question 4

when someone directs energy from unacceptable thoughts into socially acceptable behavior?

Answer 4

Sublimation

Question 5

If a facility treats a patient against the patient’s will, the facility could face legal charges of

Answer 5

false imprisonment or assault and battery

Question 6

Stages of crisis are

Answer 6

Shock
Disorganization: demanding and angry
Reorganization: Difficulty making decisions
Resolution: accepts the crisis

Question 7

Which situations is legally required to be REPORTED in all 50 States?

Answer 7

CHILD ABUSE or NEGLECT

Question 8

A natural disaster in an example of what type of crisis?
_______
A____________crisis involves changes in self-concept as a result of growth and development______

Answer 8

Adventitious; maturational crisis

Question 9

Conduction research in order to solve a particular problem identified is

Answer 9

Applied research

Question 10

Research performed by solving problems by controlling variables and biases

Answer 10

Scientific method

Question 11

The only acceptable decision-making approach in health care

Answer 11

Deontology : actions are either right or wrong bases on rules and morals

Question 12

Actions are either right or wrong bases on the action’s consequences and usefulness

Answer 12

Teleology:

Question 13

The greatest good for the greatest number is the morally right thing to do

Answer 13

Utilitarianism

Question 14

In a shooting incident the nurse should place the patient’s hands in

Answer 14

Brown paper bags (regardless victim or shooter)

Question 15

Experiencing moral distress Four A’s model

Answer 15

Ask, affirm, assess, Act

Question 16

Ethical principle that means a nurse cannot intentionally or non-intentionally harm the patient

Answer 16

Nonmaleficence

Question 17

If patient is being sarcastic or insulting, what is the patient feeling toward the stress in his/her life

Answer 17

Anger

Question 18

best teaching strategy for poor reader

Answer 18

using examples and reviewing content regularly

Question 19

APIED

Answer 19

Assessment
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation 
Documentation

Question 20

Administrative hearing can lead to

Answer 20

loss of privileges
monetary consequences
Discipline

Question 21

When face with ethical dilemma, the nurse should

Answer 21

Gather information that is pertinent to the ethical dilemma

Question 22

to preserve evidence

Answer 22

use paper bags to store clothing
Do not fold patient’s clothing before putting it in bag
Each piece of cloth should be in separate paper bag

Question 23

If nurse is sued by family for wrongful death, what type of court case is suspected

Answer 23

Civil

Question 24

To be considerate literate, at what grade level must an individual be able to read

Answer 24

5th grade

Question 25

Priority in sexual assault is to

Answer 25

Assess injuries

Preserve evidence

Question 26

For a bullet wound, the nurse should capture pictures

Answer 26

shows location
size of the injury
orientation of the injury