Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

ATI LPN · Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Question 1 of 55

Ensuring fair and equal treatment to all patients exemplifies which ethical principle?

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Question 2 of 55

Adaptation of professional nursing skills and social needs resulting for crisis:

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Question 3 of 55

Prediabetes is associated with all of the following except:

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Question 4 of 55

What is the nurse's responsibility in medication administration?

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Question 5 of 55

The required theory of industrialized and technological societies, as well as the political activity itself is:

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Question 6 of 55

A patient has asked the nurse to explain her laboratory results. The nurse informs the patient that he must first assist another patient to the bathroom and then he will explain the results. The nurse assists the other patient to the bathroom and then returns to explain the results to the patient. What moral principle has the nurse displayed?

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ATI LPN · Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Question 7 of 55

Which of the following is an issue that has come up after the original Tarasoff ruling?

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Question 8 of 55

You are a fourth-year medical student on a subinternship in obstetrics. You notice that the resident has come in with alcohol on his breath and some abnormal behavior. No one except you seems to notice. What should you do?

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Question 9 of 55

Which of the following does the text identify as a common problem in obtaining informed consent from research participants?

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Question 10 of 55

All consider unethical behaviors except:

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Question 11 of 55

Respecting a patient's cultural preferences in care is an example of which ethical principle?

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Question 12 of 55

A nurse advocating for a patient's right to informed consent is demonstrating which ethical principle?

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Question 13 of 55

A nurse is involved in a situation where the patient's decision conflicts with what the nurse believes is in the patient's best interest. What should the nurse do in this ethical dilemma?

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Question 14 of 55

A nurse is caring for a patient who has expressed a desire to refuse a life-saving treatment.

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Question 15 of 55

Two importance of the code of ethics (Importance 1)

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Question 16 of 55

A nurse is asked by a family member to disclose a patient's medical information without the patient's consent.

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Question 17 of 55

What is the nurse's responsibility regarding advance directives?

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Question 18 of 55

Which of these statements is true?

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Question 19 of 55

You are a resident managing a private patient with cellulitis. The patient has a history of congestive heart failure and a normal EKG. The patient is on digoxin, an ACE inhibitor and a diuretic, but not a beta-blocker. You cannot find a contraindication to the use of beta-blockers either in the chart or in discussion with the patient. You ask the private attending why there is no beta-blocker and he looks at you as if you had anoxic encephalopathy. He says, 'I have been in practice for 40 years. Don't you think I know what I am doing? Beta-blockers are dangerous in congestive failure.' The patient looks proudly at the attending and says, 'I have the smartest doctor in the world.' What should you do about this disagreement?

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ATI LPN · Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Question 20 of 55

A nurse is faced with an ethical dilemma that requires immediate action.

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Question 21 of 55

A name-brand ice cream contains the following nutrition information for each serving: 30 g carbohydrates, 19 g fat, 5 g protein. The total number of calories in a serving would be

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Question 22 of 55

Which of the following diabetes drugs acts by decreasing the amount of glucose produced by the liver?

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Question 23 of 55

A pathological impulse or drive that the person could not control compelled that person to commit a criminal act. This type of crime would be addressed by the

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Question 24 of 55

Which method is most commonly associated with a lack of informed consent?

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Question 25 of 55

A nurse providing culturally competent care is practicing which ethical principle?

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Question 26 of 55

A 52-year-old man with cerebral palsy is being evaluated for screening colonoscopy. He has a mental age of 8 and a second grade reading level in terms of comprehension. He lives alone and survives on a combination of public assistance and a low paying part-time job sweeping floors. You have thoroughly explained the procedure to him in terms of risks and benefits. He repeatedly refuses the procedure entirely on the basis of 'I just don't want it.' What should you do?

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ATI LPN · Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Question 27 of 55

Which ethical principle is involved when a nurse keeps patient information confidential?

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Question 28 of 55

You are a resident invited to a dinner given by a pharmaceutical company. In addition to the dinner there is a lecture given on a medical subject as well as a $500 gift certificate to a department store for attending the presentation. Which of the following is the most appropriate action in this case?

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Question 29 of 55

The nurse was just hired to work in a hospice day care facility. She reflects on her ethical framework and decides that she believes in establishing relationships with an emphasis on caring. Which framework can the nurse use?

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Question 30 of 55

From assessment errors, which is correct:

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Question 31 of 55

All of the following can diagnose diabetes except:

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Question 32 of 55

Ethics is an important professional issue for nurses as it involves:

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Question 33 of 55

This type of law results from judicial decisions, is heard in court, and is the most common type of case a nurse is involved in.

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Question 34 of 55

A 77-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor has been hospitalized for the past 5 days. Her daughter comes to visit her. The patient has asked that her daughter not be told her diagnosis. After visiting with her mother, the daughter asks to speak to the nurse. She says, 'My mother claims she has pneumonia, but I know she is not telling me the truth.' The daughter asks the nurse to tell her what is truly wrong with her mother. The nurse should tell her that:

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Question 35 of 55

Hemi agreed to participate in a research experiment being conducted by a professor in psychology. He was told that the experiment would last two hours and would be somewhat boring but was not expected to be harmful in any way. After one hour, Hemi got tired of the tasks he was asked to do and told the experimenter he had changed his mind and wanted to quit. Can the experimenter tell him he has to continue?

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Question 36 of 55

These are the factors that affect the supply of nursing manpower, except one:

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Question 37 of 55

This is the person being accused of the crime

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Question 38 of 55

Three forms of negligence (Form 1)

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Question 39 of 55

What is the primary purpose of a nurse's documentation?

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Question 40 of 55

Sometimes, there are good reasons for overriding the truth-telling principle. Such as:

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Question 41 of 55

Which ethical principle is associated with maintaining patient confidentiality?

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Question 42 of 55

Which ethical principle is violated when a nurse discloses patient information without consent?

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Question 43 of 55

Characteristics of competency-based program include the following, except one:

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Question 44 of 55

A nurse is caring for a client who has requested information about their prognosis that the physician has not yet discussed with them.

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ATI LPN · Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Question 45 of 55

Mrs. Franklin, an 81-year-old Alzheimer's patient hospitalized under your care has been asked to participate in a clinical trial testing a new drug designed to help improve memory. You were present when the clinical investigator obtained a signed informed consent from Mrs. Franklin a few days ago. However, when you visit Mrs. Franklin today and ask her if she is ready to begin the study tomorrow, she looks at you blankly and seems to have no idea what you are talking about. What should you do?

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Question 46 of 55

A 65-year-old heavy smoker with a lengthy history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease comes to the office due to recent-onset hemoptysis. He reports 3-5 episodes of coughing up blood in the past month. He also reports a 9.1-kg (20-lb) weight loss in the past 2 months. Chest radiograph reveals a suspicious lesion, and a bronchoscopy followed by biopsy establishes the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. When the patient is informed of his condition and the prognosis, he asks that no one in his family be told the news yet. He seems tearful but cognitively intact. His wife, who usually brings him to his visits and is also his health care proxy, calls the next day to inquire about the pathology report. She says she is deeply concerned because her husband is reluctant to discuss his condition. Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

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Question 47 of 55

In nursing field, what is need for counselling

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Question 48 of 55

A nurse is caring for a terminally ill client who is experiencing severe pain. The client's physician has prescribed a dose of pain medication that the nurse believes is inadequate. What should the nurse do?

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Question 49 of 55

Beauchamp and Childress state that the following is one justification of a right to privacy:

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Question 50 of 55

A nurse advocating for the best possible care for a patient is demonstrating which ethical principle?

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Question 51 of 55

Which of the following is a practical obstacle to maintaining confidentiality?

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Question 52 of 55

A nurse is caring for a patient who has made racist remarks towards a fellow patient. According to nursing ethics, what action should the nurse take?

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Question 53 of 55

A nurse is caring for a patient who refuses a life-saving treatment due to personal beliefs. What action should the nurse take to address this legal and ethical issue?

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Question 54 of 55

You are a psychiatrist in session with a patient who tells you he thinks his boss at work is persecuting him. The patient has had mild schizophrenia. The patient asks you if you can keep a secret and then tells you that he is planning to kill his boss 'when the time is right.' You say, 'Of course, everything you tell me during the session will always be confidential.' What should you do?

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Question 55 of 55

A 28-year-old married woman who works with you in the clinic as a nurse privately comes to you because she 'missed a period' this month. An over-the-counter urine pregnancy test confirms that she is pregnant. First-trimester laboratory testing reveals that she is also HIV positive. When you inform the patient of her HIV status, she is devastated. She hesitantly reveals that she had unprotected sexual intercourse with a former boyfriend several months ago. You explain that her husband's HIV status must be evaluated. The patient is horrified and says 'No, I cannot tell him about this. He would never forgive me!' Which of the following is the most appropriate first step?

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