NR 420NURSE 420 EXAM 2 LATEST - L EXAM 50

NR 420/NURSE 420 EXAM 2 LATEST - L EXAM 50

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT AN LREADY GRADED

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• A client states: “ I do not want to be awakened for breakfast-I didn’t sleep at all last night.” What

is the first action for the RN to take?

• Notify the client’s provider
• Talk with the client to work out a mutual plan
• Consult with the patient’s family to get suggestions
• Contact the dietitian
• An elderly client who has a documented history of dementia is intermittently alert and can

currently tell you her name. Who should sign the client’s informed consent for an invasive diagnostic procedure?

• The client’s husband, who is blind
• The client herself, who has an advance directive
• The client’s friend who has durable power of attorney for health care for the client
• The client’s daughter, who is competent and visiting her mother from out of state
• Nursing staff members are in the lounge on their morning break. A nursing assistant thinks that a

unit secretary has acquired HIV and then tells the staff that the secretary probably caught it from her husband who is a drug addict. Which legal tort has she violated?

• Libel
• Slander
• Assault
• negligence
• When referring to the standard of care, which phrase best describes the meaning of a nursing

standard of care?

• The belief that nurses will always behave in a wise/prudent manner.
• The directive that ensures all nurses will always act in ways that help patients get better
• The ethical principle that states that a nurse shall do no harm
• The minimal level of nursing care and expertise that is expected to be delivered to a patient.
• Which one of the following characteristics describes a “reasonable and prudent RN?
• At least 5 years of applicable RN experience
• Specialized RN skills for the assigned nursing area
• Average RN judgment and skill level in delivering patient care
• A BSN degree
• An RN witnesses an assistive personnel (AP) under her supervision reprimand an elderly client

for spilling urine form his urinal on the bed sheets. The AP verbally threatens to put a diaper on the client if he does use the urinal more carefully next time. Which one of the following wrong doings is the AP committing?

• False imprisonment
• Assault
• Invasion of Privacy
• slander
• An RN accidentally sticks her hand with the syringe needle after administering an IM injection to

a client. Which one of the following should the nurse do first?

• Notify the charge nurse of the incident
• Go to employee health services 1 / 2

• Complete an incident report
• Wash hand thoroughly with soap and water.
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