What is the best way for a nurse to avoid a lawsuit?
a. Carry malpractice insurance
b. Spend time with the patient
c. Provide compassionate, competent care
d. Answer all call lights quickly
Question 2What is a cost-effective delivery of care used by many hospitals that allows the LPN/LVN to work with the RN to meet the needs of patients?
a. Focused nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Case management
d. Primary nursing
Question 3An older adult is admitted to the hospital with numerous bodily bruises, and the nurse suspects elder abuse. What is the best nursing action?
a. Cover the bruises with bandages.
b. Take photographs of the bruises.
c. Ask the patient if anyone has hit her.
d. Report the bruises to the charge nurse.
Question 4What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN?
a. NLN Accreditation Standards
b. Nurse Practice Act
c. NAPNE Code
d. American Nurses' Association Code
Question 5The nurse is caring for a patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Although the nurse may disagree with this order, what is his or her legal obligation?
a. To question the doctor
b. To seek advice from the family
c. To discuss it with the patient
d. To follow the order
Question 6When a nurse protects the information in a patient's record what ethical responsibility is the nurse fulfilling?
a. Privacy
b. Disclosure
c. Confidentiality
d. Absolute secrecy
Question 7Whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to improvement of patient environment as a method of health promotion?
a. Clara Barton
b. Linda Richards
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Florence Nightingale
Question 8The nurse is preparing the patient for a thoracentesis. What must be completed before the procedure may be performed?
a. Physical assessment
b. Interview
c. Informed consent
d. Surgical checklist
Question 9Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as a result of:
a. increased education concerning causes of illness.
b. improved insurance payments.
c. decentralized care centers.
d. increased number of health care givers.
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