Exam 3: Legal and Ethical Considerations

One obstetric nurse remarks,"I don't see how these young single women can keep on having babies without being married.Everyone knows a child needs a father." This nurse is exhibiting:

The LPN/LVN acquiring a signature on a surgical informed consent document must ensure that the:

The LPN/LVN may exhibit beneficence by:

The LPN/LVN reminds a group of nursing students that the values they demonstrate in their practice have their roots in:

The LPN/LVN has trimmed the toenails of a patient with diabetes too short,which resulted in a toe amputation from infections.This LPN/LVN is guilty of:

The nurse is aware that values clarification supports nursing practice by: (Select all that apply.)

The LPN/LVN explains to a patient that the hospital has an Institutional Ethics Committee whose main function is to:

The physician has written an order for morphine sulfate,100 mg.The LPN/LVN inquires if he meant to write 10 mg.The physician confirms that he meant 100 mg.The LPN/LVN should:

A good friend of the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)confides that she is in a serious romantic relationship with a man the LPN/LVN had as a patient when he was diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).The policies of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)prevent the nurse from warning her friend.This situation is a moral:

Prioritize the steps in solving an ethical dilemma.

When a student asks the instructor to define the philosophic stand of utilitarianism,the instructor gives the example of:

The values that direct human behavior and are concerned with defining right from wrong are known as ____________________.

The nurse reminds a resident in a long-term care facility that he has autonomy in many aspects of his institutionalization.One example is:

The physician has written an order for Synthroid,137 mg.The LPN/LVN is aware that the drug is measured in micrograms.The nurse should:

The LPN/LVN arrives on duty at 7 AM and is faced with the ethical dilemma of inadequate staffing for the day shift.The LPN/LVN should invoke a "safe harbor" by: (Select all that apply.)

The LPN/LVN explains to a patient that health care ethics are based on: (Select all that apply.)

When the LPN/LVN assists an older woman to stand after a fall in a shopping mall parking lot,the woman twists and sprains her ankle.The LPN/LVN is protected from litigation or an unintentional tort by:

The LPN/LVN charted that "the patient was drunk and acted in a crazy manner." The team leader has cautioned that such documentation would leave the LPN/LVN open to charges of commission of the intentional tort of: