Exam 11: Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice

A nurse is having a hearing before the state board of nursing for a possible misconduct occurrence.The nurse is worried about possible sanctions, which can include:

A nurse lawyer explains to attendees at a legal conference that when judges decide cases that involve disputes between people in part based on laws determined in previous court cases, this creates or expands the area of law known as __________ law.

A nurse administered the wrong dose of insulin to an assigned patient after bypassing the facility policy to have insulin doses double checked.The patient's blood glucose level remained within normal limits afterward, and the physician was notified per protocol.The patient and family were extremely upset and demanded to be moved to another floor.Later, the patient filed a malpractice suit against the hospital.The nurse lawyer reviewing the case would conclude that:

A nurse has received a charging document.The nurse manager advises the nurse that this document means :

A nurse has delegated some tasks to the unlicensed nursing assistant.At the end of the shift, the nurse discovers that most of the tasks have not been done.Which action by the nurse would be best?

A patient is having an operation in the morning.During the nurse's shift, the patient asks several questions that lead the nurse to determine that the patient does not understand the procedure.The best action by the nurse is to:

A patient is constantly disrupting therapeutic medical devices, such as intravenous lines and catheters.The staff wants to restrain the patient.Before doing this, the best action by the nursing staff would be to:

A nurse is performing a procedure on a patient, and the patient suddenly says, "I don't want you to do that anymore." The best action by the nurse is to: