ATI LPN
Ethics and Legal Issues in Healthcare Questions
Question 1 of 5
Proliferative retinopathy is often treated using:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Laser surgery is a standard treatment for proliferative retinopathy to prevent vision loss; the others are diagnostic or unrelated.
Question 2 of 5
Which type of competence-based education is characterized by basic performance in the workplace?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Behaviorist competence focuses on observable performance in the workplace.
Question 3 of 5
There is a nurse caring for elderly patient with dementia and cancer, the patients husband asks for information about 'terminal sedation.' What type and how much medication could be used for peaceful death? The nurse gives him this information and arranges for the patient to be discharged home in his husband care. This type of action is best described as:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Providing such information may be legal but is unethical without proper medical oversight and patient consent.
Question 4 of 5
Conduct and use research to extend nursing theory and improve health practice among community is:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Home care nurses often engage in research to improve community health practices.
Question 5 of 5
Paternalism is interference with person's liberty justified by reasons for his welfare.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Paternalism involves limiting autonomy for a person's own good, a recognized ethical concept.