NCLEX style Chapter 20 Hill& How Flashcards
A critically ill client is having progressive shortness of breath, no urinary output, and has multiple stat physician orders. This scenario describes which of the following? Direct supervision A basic client situation Basic nursing care A complex nursing situation
a complex nursing situation
Which of the following is not included in the nurse practice act?
Definition of nursing
Salary negotiation
Scope of practice
Functions of the state’s board of nursing
salary negotiation
A nurse removes life support before the client has been pronounced dead by the physician. This is what type of criminal action. Felony Misdemeanor Assault and battery Intentional tort
felony
a client develops respiratory distress immediately after the nurse administered an improper medication. Legal action is brought against the nurse for which of the following? Libel Felony Malpractice Assault
malpractice
A nurse charts assessment data, intervention, and client responses in a chronological order. This type of charting reflects the nurse's subjective viewpoint. Which type of charting is described? Focus charting Narrative charting Charting by exception (CBE) PIE documentation
narrative charting
Which of the following statements is true about do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders?
A nurse or physician may write a DNR order.
Partial or slow codes may be requested by a client.
DNR orders must always be updated by a client.
If a written DNR does not exist and a nurse does not try to resuscitate the client, the nurse is making a medical decision.
if a written DNR does not exist and a nurse doesnt try to resuscitate the client, the nurse is making a medical decision.
Which of the following is true regarding end-of-life issues?
Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia are the same.
DNR is an active, not a passive, decision or action.
A client has the right to refuse further treatment.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the National Hospice Association have issued contradicting statements regarding physician participation in assisted suicide.
a client has the right to refuse further treatment
The nurse should follow which of the following documentation recommendations?
Verbal orders should not be accepted except in emergency situations.
Do not make chart entries out of order.
Rewriting parts of the record is necessary in certain situations.
Nurses may not witness signing of wills.
verbal orders should not be accepted except in emergency situations.
Which of the following aspects of client care should not be reported due to privacy laws?
Communicable disease
Rape
Refusal of treatment based on personal beliefs
Professional misconduct
refusal of treatment based on personal beliefs
Negligence
________ is conduct that falls below the standards established by the law for the protection of others against the unreasonable risk of harm.
