Exam 8: Legal Implications in Nursing Practice

According to the standards of care mandated by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA),which of the following is an institution required to establish?

Which of the following statements is true,regarding standards of care?

The nurse has just obtained the licence to practice and is determining whether individual malpractice insurance is necessary.Which of the following is the most important factor in the nurse's decision to carry malpractice insurance?

What is the main difference between the tort of negligence and criminal negligence that causes death?

A patient has an order for intramuscular morphine sulphate,as needed,for pain,and the nurse accidentally administers an incorrect dosage.Which law best addresses this situation?

Mr.Smith,62 years old,is leaving the hospital against medical advice the day after his surgery.The nurse informs him that he is not allowed to leave and proceeds to call a "code purple" to lock down the unit.What type of intentional tort does the nurse's action demonstrate?

In the course of nursing practice,a nurse may be liable for actions that constitute an unintentional tort.Which one of the following is an example of an unintentional tort?

Because of an influenza epidemic among the nursing staff,a nurse has been moved from the ophthalmology unit to the general surgery unit.The supervisor recognizes that the nurse is inexperienced in this specialty.What would be the nurse's initial recourse?

A junior nursing student is preparing to give her patient an injection.What standard of care applies to the student nurse's conduct when providing care normally provided by a registered nurse (RN)?

The nurse is about to obtain consent from a patient who is scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure the next morning.What does the nurse's signature as a witness on the informed consent form indicate?

The nurse is providing care to a female patient who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and who has a poor prognosis.When the patient's husband comes in to visit,the nurse expresses her sympathy to the man for his wife's terminal illness.The patient's husband bursts into tears and says that he did not know about his wife's diagnosis.This nurse's action exemplifies which of the following violations?

What is the purpose of a pretrial conference?

Which of the following statements about caring for patients with communicable diseases,such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS),is true?

An RN interprets a scribbled medication order by the attending physician as 25 mg,administers the dose to the patient,and then discovers that the dose was,in fact,15 mg.Who would ultimately be held responsible for the error?

On admission to the hospital,a patient with terminal cancer says that he has a living will.Which of the following does this document state as the patient's desire?

The nurse recognizes that issues concerning death and dying may influence nursing practice.Which of the following statements is true,concerning the legalities related to death and dying?

An unconscious patient with a head injury needs immediate life-saving surgery.His wife speaks only French,and the health care providers who are not fluent in French are having a difficult time explaining his condition to her.Which of the following is the most correct answer regarding this situation?

A physician asks a family nurse practitioner to prescribe a medication that the nurse practitioner knows is incompatible with the patient's current medication regimen.Which of the following would occur if the nurse practitioner implements the physician's request?

The nurse must be aware of the types of individuals who can give consent for procedures and treatments.Which one of the following individuals may legally give informed consent?