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Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing Thirteenth, North American Edition
Chapter 5 : Legal and Ethical Issues Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is a true statement with regard to laws?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Laws are written rules for conduct and actions. Ethical standards dictate the rightness or wrongness of human behavior. Ethics are moral principles and values. Laws do have a formal enforcement system.
Question 2 of 5
Which type of law concerns offenses that violate the public's welfare?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Criminal law concerns offenses that violate the public's welfare. Statutory law is law that any local, state, or federal legislative body enacts. Common is based on earlier court decisions, judgment, and decrees. Administrative law means that regulatory agencies enforce the rules and regulations that concern health, welfare, and safety of federal and state citizens.
Question 3 of 5
Allowing unauthorized people to observe a client during treatment is an example of which of the following?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The right to privacy means that people have the right to expect that they and their property will be left alone. False imprisonment occurs when healthcare workers physically or chemically restrain a person from leaving a healthcare institution. Battery is actual physical contact with another person without that person's consent. Assault is an act that involves a threat or attempt to do bodily harm.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following is a true statement about a living will?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A living will states the client's wishes regarding healthcare if terminally ill. It does not specify information regarding nontreatment only, it is not a legal consent, and it is not a type of financial agreement.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse understands that laws and ethics are made in order to maintain order and harmony within society. What is the difference between laws and ethics?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Laws are written rules for conduct and actions and ensure the protection of rights, and ethics are moral principles and values that guide the behavior of honorable people. Ethical standards dictate the rightness or wrongness of human behavior. The other answers do not address this as clearly.