Exam 1

Question 1

Local, state, or federal constitution

Answer 1

Constitutional law

Question 2

Enacted by legislative body (nurse practice act)

Answer 2

Statutory Law

Question 3

Deliberate commission of a forbidden act or omission of an act required by law

Answer 3

Crime

Question 4

Serious crime

Answer 4

Felony

Question 5

Crime that is considered not as serious as a felony but is still serious and may be cause for revocation of a nursing license

Answer 5

Misdemeanor

Question 6

Legal responsibility for one’s actions or failure to act appropriately

Answer 6

Liability

Question 7

Injury that occurred because of another person’s intentional or unintentional actions or failure to act

Answer 7

Tort

Question 8

Harm done to a client as a result of neglecting duties, procedures, or ordinary precautions

Answer 8

Negligence

Question 9

What is the number one act of negligence?

Answer 9

Failing to question a doctor order that seems incorrect

Question 10

Professional negligence

Answer 10

Malpractice

Question 11

Threat or an attempt to do bodily harm, and includes physical or verbal intimidation

Answer 11

Assault

Question 12

Physical contact with another person without that person’s consent

Answer 12

Battery

Question 13

Tests, treatments, and medication are to be explained, documented, and signed by the client. This is a doctors job, a nurse can only witness.

Answer 13

Informed Consent

Question 14

Two types of defamation

Answer 14

Slander and Libel

Question 15

Written statement or photograph that is false or damaging

Answer 15

Libel

Question 16

Malicious verbal statements that are false or injurious

Answer 16

Slander

Question 17

Unnecessary confinement or restraint

Answer 17

False Imprisonment

Question 18

The law that defines and regulates the practice of nursing in the United States. These laws define the title of nursing and regulate the aspects of the field.

Answer 18

Nurse Practice Act

Question 19

The legislative power to initiate, regulate, and enforce the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act is delegated to a specific state agency

Answer 19

State Board of Nursing

Question 20

Able to make one’s own decisions

Answer 20

Autonomy

Question 21

Trustworthy and dependable

Answer 21

Responsibility

Question 22

Answer’s for one’s own actions

Answer 22

Accountability

Question 23

Do no harm

Answer 23

Nonmaleficence

Question 24

For the good or benefit of others

Answer 24

Beneficence

Question 25

Keeping promises

Answer 25

Fidelity

Question 26

Obligation to be fair, equal for all

Answer 26

Justice

Question 27

To tell the truth

Answer 27

Veracity

Question 28

Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture

Answer 28

Ethnocentrism

Question 29

Prejudice in favor of one thing v. Another unfairly

Answer 29

Bias

Question 30

Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience

Answer 30

Prejudice

Question 31

A way of life of a group of people – the behaviors l, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept and pass from generation to the next

Answer 31

Culture

Question 32

Refers to spiritual beliefs

Answer 32

Religion

Question 33

Category of people whom identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences

Answer 33

Ethnicity

Question 34

The study of the typically controversial ethical issues emerging from new situations and possibilities brought about by advances in biology and medicine (abortion, ART)

Answer 34

Bioethics

Question 35

Protects a person from liability if they give emergency care within the limits of first aid and if they act in a “reasonable and prudent manner”

Answer 35

Good Samaritan Law

Question 36

Questionable behavior, meeting your needs instead of the client’s

Answer 36

Boundary Crossings

Question 37

Excessive personal disclosures, asking client to keep secrets

Answer 37

Boundary Violations

Question 38

Seductive, sexually demeaning, or harassing behavior

Answer 38

Professional Sexual Misconduct

Question 39

Do not exploit the power to access private client information

Answer 39

Power Versus Vulnerability

Question 40

A legal document in which a person either states choices for a medical treatment or names someone to make treatment choices if he or she loses decision-making ability

Answer 40

Advance Directive

Question 41

Person chooses what measure to be taken or not taken if terminally ill

Answer 41

Living will

Question 42

Client directs the doctor to make decisions for them. Dr must agree to accept

Answer 42

Directive to Physicians

Question 43

Client directs who will be decision maker

Answer 43

Durable Power of Attorney

Question 44

Person’s wishes for psychiatric care boundaries

Answer 44

Mental Health Advance Declaration