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NSG-310 Exam Questions and Answers2024-2025
A staff development nurse is orienting several new employees to the facility. The nurse
explains that any good compliance program: (Select all that apply.)
a. functions to identify and correct potential concerns.
b. ensures a confidential way for staff to report violations.
c. promotes conformity to the facility's legal requirements.
d. protects staff from retaliation for good-faith reports.
e. works to ensure that union negotiations become public knowledge. - Answer-a.
functions to identify and correct potential concerns.
b. ensures a confidential way for staff to report violations.
c. promotes conformity to the facility's legal requirements.
d. protects staff from retaliation for good-faith reports.
A faculty member is explaining to the senior nursing class that to become licensed,
applicants must: (Select all that apply.)
a. demonstrate good moral character.
b. graduate from an approved program.
c. maintain a certain grade point average.
d. pass the standard licensure examination. - Answer-a. demonstrate good moral
character.
b. graduate from an approved program.
d. pass the standard licensure examination.
A faculty member explains to students that laws regulating state nursing licensure
incorporate which actions? (Select all that apply.)
a. Disciplining licensees
b. Entry into the profession
c. Establishing curricula
d. Handling nurse imposters
e. Safeguarding nurses' rights - Answer-a. Disciplining licensees
b. Entry into the profession
d. Handling nurse imposters
A nurse is explaining to some co-workers that the basic premise behind the
confidentiality section of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
is that:
a. health information belongs to the patient.
b. it is unethical to disclose health records.
,c. minor transgressions are not the real issue.
d. only electronic patient records are protected. - Answer-a. health information belongs
to the patient.
A physician asks a nurse to witness a consent form the patient has already signed,
even though the nurse did not see the patient sign the form. The best action by the
nurse is to:
a. ask the patient if the signature on the form is his or hers.
b. refuse because the nurse did not witness the signing.
c. tell the physician the consent cannot be witnessed now.
d. write "consent procedure witnessed" on the consent. - Answer-a. ask the patient if the
signature on the form is his or hers.
Several nurses are discussing a patient and family in the cafeteria. The best response
by one of the nurses to this discussion is:
a. "Let's discuss this once we get back to the nurses' station."
b. "Shh! The patient's family might be in the cafeteria now."
c. "This is confidential information and shouldn't be discussed."
d. "We should really keep our voices down, so others can't hear us." - Answer-c. "This is
confidential information and shouldn't be discussed."
A student nurse working in an ER takes a picture of a visiting friend in the middle of the
crowded waiting room while posing with eight patients. Everyone in the photo is smiling
and waving at the camera. The student nurse posts the photo on social media later to
show how much fun working in an ER can be. Which statement best applies to this
described scenario?
a. Nurses breach patient privacy when they post enough information to allow
recognition of a patient.
b. Postings on social media platforms are an everyday happening that is innocent and
harmless.
c. Social media is transforming traditional nurse-patient interactions and how they are
demonstrated.
d. Extreme caution is required when discussing or demonstrating any patient-related
experience. - Answer-a. Nurses breach patient privacy when they post enough
information to allow recognition of a patient.
Which statement is NOT true regarding nurses' use of social media?
a. Confidentiality and privacy laws, such as HIPAA, apply to online postings.
b. Clicking "restricted access" does not quality as a private site.
c. A state board may act on complaints of privacy violations.
d. Privacy laws apply to photos, but not to videos if you avoid showing a face. - Answer-
d. Privacy laws apply to photos, but not to videos if you avoid showing a face.
, Whose code of ethics for nurses establishes principled guidelines designed to protect
the integrity of patients related to their care, health, safety, and rights?
a. American Nurses Association
b. American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
c. National Academy of Medicine Division of the National Academies of Science,
Engineering and Medicine
d. Evidence-Based Practice - Answer-a. American Nurses Association
During a routine visit, the nurse notes that a child has several bruises at various stages
of healing. The child reports, "Mommy doesn't like it when I don't do my chores." Failure
to report these findings is an example of what form of nursing malpractice?
a. Negligence
b. Slander
c. Liable
d. Defamation - Answer-a. Negligence
When practicing effective and correct communication, the nurse should demonstrate
which actions? (Select all that apply.)
a. Speaking in a clear voice
b. Being concise when providing patient education
c. Being concrete when communicating with patients
d. Focusing entirely on abstract communication techniques with patients
e. Ensuring that communication with patients is complete
f. Providing courteous communication when interacting with patients - Answer-a.
Speaking in a clear voice
b. Being concise when providing patient education
c. Being concrete when communicating with patients
e. Ensuring that communication with patients is complete
f. Providing courteous communication when interacting with patients
What may be the consequences for a simple patient privacy violation through social
media? (Select all that apply.)
a. Dismissal from nursing school
b. Jail time
c. Revocation of nursing license
d. Monetary fine
e. State Board of Nursing censure - Answer-a. Dismissal from nursing school
c. Revocation of nursing license
d. Monetary fine
e. State Board of Nursing censure
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