HESI-Leadership And Management /124 Questions
And Answers Graded (A+)
Quiz :Which act provides the laws that control and regulate the nursing
practice in each state to protect the public from harm? - Answer :Nurse
Practice Act
Quiz :What are some requirements of Nurse Practice Acts? - Answer :1.
assignments should be commensurate with the nursing personnel's education
preparation, skills, experience and knowledge
2. The nurse should supervise the care provided by nursing personnel for
which he or she is administratively responsible
3. Sterile or invasive procedures should be assigned to or supervised by RN
Documentation is a legal and proessional requirement that includes electronic
medical recordsand other notations placed in a client's medical record
Quiz :unintentional torts - Answer :negligence and malpractice
Quiz :negligence - Answer :performing an act that a reasonably prudent
person under similar circumstances would not do, or failing to perform an act
that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do
Quiz :malpractice - Answer :Negligence by a professional person
Quiz :four elements necessary to prove malpractice - Answer :1. Duty
2. Breach of duty
3. Injury/Damage (actual physical injury)
4. Causation: a connection exists between conduct and the resulting injury,
referred to as proximate cause or remoteness of damage
Quiz :Incident reports alert administration to possible liability claims and the
need for investigation; they do not protect against legal actions being taken for
negligence or malpractice - Answer :
Quiz :assault - Answer :mental or physical threat (e.g. forcing [without
touching] a client to take a medication or treatment
, Quiz :battery - Answer :actual and intentional touching of one another, with
or without the intent to do harm (e.g. hitting or striking a client). If a mentally
competent adult is forced to have a treatment he or she has refused, battery
occurs
Quiz :invasion of privacy includes - Answer :false imprisonment
exposure of a person
defamation
Quiz :exposure of a person - Answer :exposure or discussion of a client's case.
After death, a client has the right to be unobserved, excluded from
unwarranted operations, and protected form unauthorized touching of the
body.
Quiz :defamation - Answer :divulgence of privileged information or
communication (e.g. through charts, conversations, or observations)
Quiz :fraud - Answer :illegal activity and willful and purposeful
misrepresentation that would cause or has caused loss or harm to a person or
property.
Quiz :two examples of fraud - Answer :presenting false credentials for the
purpose of entering nursing school, obtaining a license, or obtaining
employment (e.g. falsification of records)
describing a myth regarding a treatment (e.g. telling a client that a placebo has
no side effects and will cure the disease, or telling a client that a treatment or
diagnostic test will not hurt, when indeed pain is involved in the procedure)
Quiz :commission of a crime involves - Answer :1. a person commits a deed
contrary to criminal law
2. a person omits an act when there is a legal obligation to perform such an act
3. criminal conspiracy occurs when two or more persons agree to commit a
crime
4. assisting or giving aid to a person in the commission of a crime makes that
person equally guilty of the offense
5. ignoring a law is not usually an adequate defense against the commission of
a crime
6. assault is justified for self-defense. how ever, to be justified, only enough
force can be used to maintain self-protection
7. search warrants are required before searching a person's property
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