Exam 5: Legal and Ethical Issues

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

The manager in the coronary care unit believes that the most important ethical considerations in performance evaluations are that they include the employee's good qualities and that they give positive direction for professional growth.This belief is an example of:

An individual in a wheelchair is applying for the position of receptionist in an outpatient clinic.The nurse manager understands that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires that employers:

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

The parents of a toddler who dies after being brought to the ER 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 named in the suit:

One means of ensuring that nurses floated to other patient care areas in healthcare organizations are qualified to work in those areas is:

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

You volunteer at a free community clinic.A 13-year-old girl claims to have been diagnosed with SLE and presents with chlamydia.The team leader at the clinic advises that:

While walking past a patient's room,you overhear one of the RN staff telling a patient that the patient has no right to refuse chemotherapy treatment because the family and the doctor think the treatment is the best option for the patient.This patient is 40 years of age and alert.When you meet later to discuss what you heard with the RN,it is important to:

A patient refuses a simple procedure that you believe is in the patient's best interest.The two ethical principles that are directly in conflict in such a situation are:

Which ethical principle is primarily involved in informed consent?

To reduce the incidence of falls in a skilled nursing unit,the nurse manager contacts the risk manager.Risk management is a process that attempts to identify potential hazards and:

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:

On your nursing unit,you employ LPNs,RNs,and advanced practice nurses.You will need to be familiar with at least:

A staff nurse who was fired for reporting patient abuse to the appropriate state agency files a whistleblower lawsuit against the former employer.Reasons that the court would use in upholding a valid whistleblower suit claiming retaliation include that the nurse:

During a staff shortage,you hire an RN from a temporary agency.The RN administers a wrong IV medication that results in cardiac arrest and a difficult recovery for the patient.Liability in this situation:

A staff nurse in the area that you manage has excelled in the delivery of patient education.You are considering implementing a new job description that would broaden her opportunity to teach patients and orient new staff members to the value of patient education.The ethical principle that you are most directly reinforcing is:

In a telehealth organization,a nurse who is licensed in New York and Pennsylvania provides teaching to a patient who resides in Pennsylvania.The patient charges that the teaching failed to provide significant information about a potential side effect,which led to delay in seeking treatment and untoward harm.Under which state nurse practice act and standards would this situation be considered?

Three gravely ill patients are candidates for the only available bed in the ICU.As the supervisor,you assign the bed to the patient with the best chance of recovery.This decision reflects which of the following ethical principles?

In keeping with standards of The Joint Commission (TJC),the nurse manager organizes an orientation for new staff members.As part of the orientation,the nurse manager reviews the employee handbook.Employers may be bound to statements in the employee handbook: