What is a significant action a nurse can take to prevent being named in malpractice suits?

What is a significant action a nurse can take to prevent being named in malpractice suits?

a. Refuse to care for suit-prone patients.
b. Carry professional liability insurance.
c. Maintain updated professional knowledge and skills.
d. Check with a nursing supervisor before undertaking care.

What is the best definition for what the nurse actually does while practicing nursing?

a. Ideal role
b. Perceived role
c. Performed role
d. Practice role

How is the nursing process treated by the NCLEX-CAT, RN?

a. It is a five-step process that involves as-sessment, analysis, planning, implementa-tion, and evaluation.
b. It is a four-step process that involves as-sessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
c. It is unimportant, and no questions are asked about it.
d. It is the most important part of the exami-nation.

A psychiatric nurse employed in a busy outpatient psychiatric clinic notes that the foreign-born psychiatrist who covers the clinic in the afternoons regularly bills clients for 60-minute sessions that only last 30 to 40 minutes.

Under the Federal False Claims Act, select what the nurse must report concerning the physician.
a. Upcoding
b. Overbilling
c. False representation of services
d. Medicare fraud

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What is a significant action a nurse can take to prevent being named in malpractice suits?

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