QUESTION Why is it important for a health-care organization to create a culture of safety? A. It reflects the diversity of the patient population. B. Interpreters make it easier to understand patients who do not speak English. C. It can contribute to a decrease in errors. D. Staff are better protected. ANSWER: ANS: C
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A visitor takes the elevator to the eighth floor to visit her husband who is a patient. The visitor overhears two nurses speaking about her husband. They are discussing his possible prognosis and if he should be told. What ethical principle have the nurses violated? A. Autonomy B. Confidentiality C. Beneficence D. Justice […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION Which of the following is a common goal for a health-care organization? A. Survival B. Limited existence C. Cooperation with the competition D. Downsizing ANSWER: ANS: A
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A nurse is reviewing the health practitioner orders on each of his assigned patients. Which ethical principle is the nurse practicing? A. Autonomy B. Beneficence C. Nonmaleficence D. Justice ANSWER: ANS: C
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION During the hand-off in the critical care unit, the day shift nurse tells the night nurse that the patient who was admitted for hepatitis and a subarachnoic hemorrhage is an alcoholic and a heroin addict. The patient is difficult and should be “grateful that his health insurance will pay for this. He doesn’t deserve […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A nurse is caring for a patient who has a malignant brain tumor. The patient has undergone several surgeries and radiation therapy to treat the tumor. The health-care provider recommends another surgery. After the health-care provider leaves, the patient tells the nurse he does not want any more treatments. In the role of patient […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A patient reports significant pain level of 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 to the nurse who is caring for her on the night shift. The patient tells the nurse that she has been at this level since her surgery earlier in the day. The nurse checks the medication administration record and […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION Sources of coercive power come from which of the following? A. Responsibility B. Recognition C. Expertise D. Punishment ANSWER: ANS: D
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A patient received the wrong dose of a narcotic, and the error was caught during the shift’s narcotic count. The nurse performing the count was not the nurse who signed out the medication. The nurse’s next action should be to: A. Speak about the error with the nurse who gave the medication. B. Report […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
QUESTION A patient has breast cancer. She was diagnosed quite late in the illness and is terminal. She knows that she has breast cancer and has undergone a mastectomy. No one has told her the extent of her illness. The nurse comes in to change her dressings and ha The patient looks at the nurse […]
Date: September 3rd, 2020
