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NSG 2113 Nursing Science Focused on Legal & Ethical practice Exam Review Questions with all Answers verified for accuracy Updated 2024/2025
Professional Regulation - correct answer - Provincial/territorial legislation grants authority to a nursing regulatory body
Tort - correct answer a c...
NSG 2113 Nursing Science Focused on Legal &
Ethical practice Exam Review Questions with all
Answers verified for accuracy Updated
2024/2025
Professional Regulation - correct answer - Provincial/territorial legislation
grants authority to a nursing regulatory body
Tort - correct answer a civil wrong committed against a person or property
Intentional tort - correct answer willful acts that violate a person's rights
• Assault (ex. Threatening)
• Battery (ex. Improper use of psychiatric equipment)
• Invasion of privacy
• False imprisonment (ex. Keeping someone captive)
Steps in admitting to a mistake - correct answer
1. Inform the physician
2. Inform the patient
3. Incident report
4. Document things as honestly as possible
Consent must include (6) - correct answer - The nature of the treatment
- The expected benefits of the treatment
- The material risks of the treatment
- The material side effects of the treatment
- Alternative courses of action
,- The likely consequences of not having the treatment
Types of consent - correct answer 1. Expressed
- Directly given, either orally or in writing. It is positive, direct, unequivocal
consent, requiring no interference or implication to supply its meaning
2. Implied
- Occurs often with nursing procedures (we don't ask if we can give them
routine medications, we offer them)
- Patient has the right to refuse any treatments, procedure, medication
3. Included
- Unless it is not reasonable to do so in the circumstances, a health
practitioner is entitled to presume that consent to a treatment includes:
A) Consent to variations or adjustments in the treatment
B) Consent to the continuation of the same treatment in a different setting
Exemptions to consent - correct answer 1. Emergency
- Permits examination and treatment without consent in an emergency
2. Serious harm
- Permits submission to an assessment regardless of consent when a person
has threatened to harm/ has harmed themselves or someone else
Two types of form - correct answer - Form 1: if a patient is going to commit
suicide, they can intervene
- Form 2: a family member can go to a justice of the peace and get a form that
allows for intervention
Things to know when working with a UCP - correct answer 1. Know the
UCP is competent to perform the task
2. Ensure the UCP:
- Understands the extent of her/his responsibilities in performing the task
, - Knows when and whom to ask for assistance
- Knows when, how and to whom to report the outcomes of the procedure
Legal liability issues in nursing practice - correct answer 1. Short staffing
2. Floating
3. Physicians' orders
4. Dispensing advice over the phone
5. Contracts and employment agreements
Advanced directive - correct answer a mechanism enabling a mentally
competent person to plan for a time when mental capacity is lost
Legal responsibility to follow the laws enacted to protect the public health (3) -
correct answer • Reporting suspected abuse and neglect
• Reporting communicable diseases
• Reporting other health-related issues enacted to protect the public's health
Steps in risk management (4) - correct answer 1. Identify possible risks
2. Analyze risks
3. Act to reduce risks
4. Evaluate steps taken
8 professional standards - correct answer accountability, continuing
competence, ethics, leadership, knowledge, knowledge application,
relationship with client, relationship with colleague
2 things you do when patients request that certain information is not
transmitted to other hcps - correct answer 1. Designated information cannot
be transmitted to the designated provider
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