1. All of the following are true about the nursing code of ethics except:
Providesspecific answersto many ethical dilemmas
2. The nurse is assigned to see a home-bound client on a daily basis to prepare the client’s medications.
The nurse fails to visit the client and does not request that another nurse visit the client. The client is
later admitted to the hospital after taking the wrong dosage of medication. Which ethical concept does
this situation reflect?
Abandonment
3. A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed. Which of the
following could this represent?
Battery
4. When applying the nursing process, which of the following should always be addressed first?
Assessment
5. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
Open systems
6. Which of the following are the steps to the nursing process? Select all that apply
Planning
Implementation
Diagnosis
Evaluation Assessment
7. What type of tort may occur if a client is not allowed to leave the hospital after receiving emergency
care until the bill is paid?
False imprisonment
8. Which of the following is the best substitute for self-determination if an individual is no longer
competent to make their own health care decisions?
Advance directive
9. Does clinical reasoning and judgment require various ways of thinking in the role of a nurse?
True
10. A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to apply the nursing
process, what would the nurse do next?
Assess the hip and ask the client about their pain
11. The client’s short term outcome was to walk in the hallway by the end of the day. The nurse reviews
the client outcome, determines that it was not met, and modifies the interventions. Which phase of the
nursing process is this?
Evaluation
12. Which of the following phases of the nursing process determines client problems, risks, and
strengths?
Diagnosis
13. What is another term that can be used for professional negligence?
Malpractice
Malpractice is more serious than mere negligence because it indicates professional misconduct or
unreasonable lack of skill in performing professional duties.
14. An example of invasion of privacy would be:
Discussing Mrs. Green’ssurgery in the hospital cafeteria
15. The client must have a treatment requiring an informed consent. Whose role is it to review the
proposed treatment and its associated risks with the client?
Physician
16. Team building, nurse retention, and patientsatisfaction are all benefits of being sensitive to
personality types.
True
17. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in practice?
Using models or theories of nursing aids practitionersin providing their care in an organized manner.
18. Which of the following theorists authored the Model of Goal Attainment?
Imogene King
The King Model of Goal Attainment developed by Imogene M. King. It is also called the King Intervention
Model
19. A client suffered a ruptured appendix and had to have an open appendectomy. She is post-op day 1.
She is able to perform many of her activities of daily living independently, such as wash her face, brush
her teeth, feed herself, and reposition. However, she requires assistance to care for her indwelling
urinary catheter, Jackson-Pratt drain, and change her dressing. Which of the following describesthe level
of care the nurse provides according to Orem’s self-care model?
Partially compensated care
20. What are the primary ethical issues involved in genetic research?
Violations of confidentiality and informed consent
21. Which of the following would not be appropriate to chart?
The nurse thinks the patient is rude
Wrong med giving or accident report
22. Identify the four concepts that are common in most nursing theories.
Client, health, environment, nursing
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