1. A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for not using the urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if he does not use the urinal more carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing? A. Assault B. Battery C. False imprisonme...
NUR 330 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Solutions
1. A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for not using the
urinal properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if he does not use the
urinal more carefully next time. Which of
the following torts is the AP committing?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. False imprisonment
D. Invasion of privacy ✅A: CORRECT
By threatening the client, the AP is committing assault. Her threats could make the
client become fearful and apprehensive.
B.
INCORRECT:
Battery is actual physical contact without the client's consent. Because the AP has only
verbally threatened the client, battery has not occurred.
C.
INCORRECT:
Unless the AP restrains the client, there is no false imprisonment involved.
D.
INCORRECT:
Invasion of privacy most often involves disclosing information about a client to an
unauthorized individual.
2. An adult client who is competent tells the nurse that he is thinking about leaving the
hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is not in the client's best
interest, so she administers a PRN
sedative medication the client has not requested along with his usual medication. Which
of the following
types of tort has the nurse committed?
A. Assault
B. False imprisonment
C. Negligence
D. Breach of confidentiality ✅A.
INCORRECT:
Assault is an action that threatens harmful contact without the client's consent. The
nurse has made no threats in this situation.
B.
CORRECT:
The nurse gave the medication as a chemical restraint to keep the client from leaving
the facility against medical advice. This is false imprisonment because the client neither
requested nor consented to receiving the sedative.
C.
, INCORRECT:
Negligence is a breach of duty that results in harm to the client. It is unlikely that the
medication the nurse administered without his consent actually harmed the client.
D.
INCORRECT:
The nurse has not disclosed any protected health information, so there is no breach of
confidentiality involved in this situation.
3. A client who will undergo neurosurgery the following week tells the nurse in the
surgeon's office that he will prepare his advance directives before he goes to the
hospital. Which of the following statements by
the client indicates to the nurse that he understands advance directives?
A. "I'd rather have my brother make decisions for me, but I know it has to be my wife."
B. "I know they won't go ahead with the surgery unless I prepare these forms."
C. "I plan to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine."
D. "I will get my regular doctor to approve my plan before I hand it in at the hospital."
✅A.
INCORRECT
The client may designate any competent adult to be his health care proxy. It does not
have to be his spouse.
B.
INCORRECT:
Although the hospital staff must ask the client whether he has prepared advance
directives and provide written information about them if he hasn't, they may not refuse
care based on the lack of advance directives.
C.
CORRECT:
The client has the right to decide and specify which medical procedures he wants when
a life-threatening situation arises.
D.
INCORRECT:
The client does not need his provider's approval to submit his advance directives.
However, he should give his primary care provider a copy of the document for his
records
4. A client is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. Which of the following
actions are
appropriate for the nurse who is providing preoperative care regarding informed
consent? (Select all
that apply.)
A. Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent.
B. Witness the client's signature on the consent form.
C. Explain the risks and benefits of the procedure.
D. Describe the consequences of choosing not to have the surgery.
E. Tell the client about alternatives to having the surgery. ✅A.
CORRECT:
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