ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 2 : Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
How can the medical record be used in litigation?
Correct Answer: A,B,C,D
Rationale: The information when used in court becomes a public record. The information can be used as proof of adherence to standards, omission of care, and documentation of time lapses. Both plaintiff and defendant can use the document.
Question 2 of 5
During a lunch break an emergency department (ED) nurse truthfully tells another nurse about the condition of a patient who came to the ED last night. What is the ED nurse guilty of?
Correct Answer: A,D
Rationale: The disclosure is an invasion of privacy and a violation of HIPAA. Because the information is true and verbal, it cannot be considered slander or libel.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse failed to monitor a patient's respiratory status after medicating the patient with a narcotic analgesic. The patient's respiratory status worsened?. The patient's family claimed the nurse committed malpractice. What must be present for the nurse to be held liable?
Correct Answer: A,B,C
Rationale: For the court to uphold the charge of malpractice, and to find the nurse liable, the following elements must be present: duty exists, there is a breach of duty, and harm must have occurred.
Question 4 of 5
Personal beliefs about the worth of an object idea custom or attitude that influence a person's behavior in a given situation are referred to as
Correct Answer: values
Rationale: Values are personal beliefs about the worth of an object, an idea, a custom, or an attitude. Values vary among people and cultures; they develop over time and undergo change in response to changing circumstances and necessity. Each of us adopts a value system that will govern what we feel is right or wrong (or good and bad) and will influence our behavior in a given situation.
Question 5 of 5
Acts whose performance is required permitted or prohibited are defined by ____ of care.
Correct Answer: standards
Rationale: Standards of care define acts whose performance is required, permitted, or prohibited.