Other than having a legal record of patient care, documentation is important as:
a. evidence of physician orders
b. evidence of professional standard compliance
c. evidence of staffing patterns
d. evidence of consent for treatment
Question 2A health care organization can do two things to comply with criminal law to protect the public. These are:
a. background checks and drug screens
b. drug screens and vaccination requirements
c. vaccination and OSHA requirements
d. background checks and vaccination requirements
Question 3A patient is requesting a priest to come and visit. Which type of law is the nurse following when the nurse calls for a clergy to visit the patient?
a. administrative c. federal
b. constitutional d. state
Question 4A state board of nursing that develops rules specifying the duties of registered nurses is displaying a type of law under which specific branch of the government at the state level?
a. tort c. administrative
b. legislative d. judicial
Question 5Which of the following is not one of the reasons that the implementation of the electronic medical record has been slow in the United States?
a. stark antidefamation law c. HIPAA
b. federal antikickback statute d. antitrust laws
Question 6Which United Statesbased entity has the largest electronic health record system?
a. U.S. Indian Health Services
b. U.S. Public Health Service
c. U.S. Department of Health Services and Resources
d. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Question 7Nurses should be sure that their documentation includes a number of key criteria in order to be thorough and help protect them from liability. Which of the following is not necessarily correct regarding thorough documentation practices?
a. complies with professional practice standards, such as those provided by the ANA
b. can use the FATE acronym to ensure good charting practices
c. is written evidence of what was done, the patient's response, and any revisions made in the patient's plan of care
d. a method of communication among health care providers responsible for the patient's care
Question 8Nurse C, a nurse with 20 years of OB-GYN experience, was asked to float to the ER. She refused. Was she correct in this decision and why?
a. She was correct because if she did this once she may be expected to float on a regular basis.
b. She was incorrect because she felt she had enough seniority to not have to float.
c. She was incorrect because she just did not want to float.
d. She was correct because with her lack of experience in the ER, she felt she could not safely care for her patients.
Question 9Risk management programs:
a. help protect hospitals from bioethical problems
b. have an emphasis upon quality improvement and protection from financial liability
c. can be combined with quality management goals; hence no need for specially trained people
d. only investigate nurses who do not practice according to evidence-based practice
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