Exam 7: Legal Issues

The parents of a toddler,who dies after being brought to the emergency room,launch a lawsuit claiming that the failure of nurses to pursue concerns related to their son's deteriorating condition contributed to his death.The senior nurse executive is viewed as:

Which of the following is a publicly funded national health care program in Canada?

To satisfy duty of care to a patient,a nurse manager is legally responsible for all of the following except:

Battery is termed which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Which province in Canada does not have a set of common laws?

Sally observes a colleague reading the chart of a patient who is not assigned to him.She approaches him and inquires why he is reading the chart.His reply is he has a similar diagnosis in one of my patients and "I want to see if this information could help me care for my patient." Sally is concerned there is a breach of patient confidentiality and informs her nurse manager of the incident.The term used to describe Sally's reporting this situation is:

One of your staff nurses asks for your advice because a patient refuses to sign a consent form for surgery.The patient says that he will not sign because he does not understand the nature of the surgery.You advise that: (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following demonstrates a movement away from a culture of blame and liability to one in which a systematic approach is used to enhancing patient safety?

Which of the following has the highest standard of proof associated with it?

Mr.M.complains to you that one of your staff asked him details about his sexual relationships and financial affairs.He says that these questions were probing and unnecessary to his care,but he felt that if he refused to answer,the nurse would be angry with him and would not provide him with good care.Mr.M.'s statements reflect concern with:

As a charge nurse you counsel your RN staff member that he has satisfied his duty of care by notifying a child's physician of his concerns about deterioration in the child's status at 0330 hours.The physician does not come in.The child dies at 0630 hours.As the charge nurse,you could be held liable for:

The nurse manager organizes an orientation for new staff members.As part of the orientation the nurse manager reviews the unit's policy and procedure manual,which is a part of which type of law?

A colleague asks you to give her your password access so that she can view her partner's health care record.This request violates the patient's right to:

A staff nurse who was fired for reporting client abuse to the appropriate state agency files a whistle-blower lawsuit against the former employer.Reasons that the court would use in upholding a valid whistle-blower suit claiming retaliation include which of the following?

With regard to nursing practice,nurse managers are held responsible for: (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following is an unregulated health care worker?

A nurse on your inpatient psychiatric unit is found to have made sexually explicit remarks to a patient with a history of previous sexual abuse.The patient sues,claiming malpractice.Which of the following conditions would probably not apply in this situation?

The chart of a patient who has undergone abdominal surgery indicates that one set of vital signs were taken at 7 minutes after surgery; the next set were completed 10 hours after surgery.This level of assessment illustrates which element of malpractice?

Nurses cannot refuse to work under what circumstances? (Select all that apply.)

The term negligence includes which aspects of the following? (Select all that apply.)