A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for not using the urinal

properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if she does not use the urinal more

carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing?

Assault

A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he is thinking about leaving

the hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is not in the client's best interest,

so she prepares to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not requested along with

his usual medication. Which of the following types of tort is the nurse about to commit?

False imprisonment

A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is scheduled for

surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that he will prepare his advance directives

before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following statements made by the client should

indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives?

I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine."

A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. The nurse

should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent? (Select all that apply.)

Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent. Witness the client's signature Zon the

consent form.

A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurse on the unit seemed

drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, she found the nurse asleep in a chair in

the break room when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions should the nurse

take?

Report the observations to the

When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the client is

coughing and sneezing. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when preparing the

sterile field?

Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-organisms into the surgical wound.

A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it on a clean work surface

in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the following flaps should the nurse unfold

first?