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Ethics & Legality in Nursing Leadership
Ethics & Legality in Nursing Leadership
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1
The person(s) giving consent must fully comprehend all EXCEPT:
Who will be performing the procedure
Alternative treatments that are available
The risks involved in the procedure
Expected or desired outcomes
2
Health care consent in Minnesota may be given by all of the following parties EXCEPT:
A legal guardian
A patient's spouse
A married minor
A mature minor
3
The current position of the legal system is "joint liability." This means liability of all but:
Employing organizations
Nurses
Ethics committees
Physicians
4
All of the following are common causes for nursing license suspension EXCEPT:
Providing care while under the influence of drugs/alcohol
Exhibiting paternalism
Participating professionally in criminal abortions
Not reporting substandard medical or nursing care
5
When a nurse is negligent, which of the following principles does he fail to hold up?
Beneficence
All of the above
Nonmaleficence
Fidelity
6
Historically, ____ were most likely to be held liable for nursing care.
Physicians
Nurse managers
Chief Nursing Officers
Nurses
7
A nurse failing to give medications accurately, completely, or on time is an example of:
Inury
Foreseeability of harm
Duty to use due care
Failure to meet standard of care
8
In order to practice across state lines, graduates must take the NCLEX in their home state
False
True
9
If you live in an NLC state, you can practice across state lines in all cases UNLESS:
You practice in a party state
You are a licensed nurse practitioner
You are a nurse practitioner
You practice in a remote state
10
Name this theory: "whether an action is ethical depends on intentions rather than outcome"
Utilitarianism
Ethical Relativism
Intentionalism
Deontology
11
Nurses can practice across state lines for all of the following states within the NLC EXCEPT:
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
12
According to the MN Nurse Practice Act, a "nurse" is:
Licensed Practical Nurse
Advance Practice registered nurse
Registered Nurse
All of the above
13
The first state to join the NLC joined in 1999. This state was:
Maryland
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
14
All of the following are strategies to avoid malpractice claims EXCEPT:
Put patient rights and welfare first
Practice within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act
Practice within the area of expected group competence
Upgrade skills by seeking specialty certification
15
Professional negligence is another term for:
Liability
Breach of duty
Malpractice
Duty to use due care