1. A nurse is caring for a client who repeatedly refuses meals. The nurse overhears an

assistive personnel (AP) telling the client, “If you don’t eat, I’ll put restraints on your

wrists and feed you.” The nurse should intervene and explain to the AP that this

statement constitutes which of the following torts? a. Malpractice

b. Battery- physical

c. Assault- verbal

d. Negligence

2. A nurse is providing discharge instructions to the parent of a newborn. Which of the

following statement by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?

a. I will suction my baby’s mouth before I suction his nose.

b. I will lubricate the tip of the syringe with water prior to suction his nose.

I should insert the syringe into the center of his mouth.

I should compress the bulb after inserting it into the mouth.

3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching about car seat safety to a parent of a newborn.

Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the

teaching?

I will place my baby in a forward- facing car seat in my back seat (facing the

rear)

b. I can place my baby in the front seat with the airbag turned off. (dont put

newborn in front)

c. I will position my baby at a 45 degrees angle in the car seat.

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d. I can turn my baby car seat around when she weighs 15 pounds.