Chapter 05 Legal And Ethical Issues in Nursing 6th Edition by Ginny Wacker Guido

Chapter 05 Legal And Ethical Issues in Nursing 6th Edition by Ginny Wacker Guido

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Question 1

Type: MCSA

In given situations, the nature and degree of reasonable care expected of people providing care may differ depending upon which factor?

1. The individual’s status as a professional
2. The individual’s sense of ethical responsibility
3. The individual’s sense of societal obligations
4. The individual’s understanding of the law

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: Individuals of a specific profession have their own unique care standards. These define the minimal requirements of an acceptable level of care that can be expected of a given profession. They are developed to see that no unnecessary harm comes to the patient and to protect and safeguard the public as a whole.

Rationale 2: Too much variation of care practices may exist if standards were only based on an individual provider’s sense of ethics.

Rationale 3: Too much variation of care practices may exist if standards were only based on societal obligations.

Rationale 4: Too much variation of care practices may exist if standards were only based on laws.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation

Learning Outcome: 5.1 Define standards of care from a legal and a nursing perspective.

 

Question 2

Type: MCSA

What would the nurse identify as the most basic purpose of standards of care?

1. To protect and safeguard the public as a whole
2. To ensure that all patients receive state-of-the-art care
3. To protect health care providers and prevent their giving less than quality care
4. To ensure administrative agencies are protected from frivolous lawsuits

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: The standards are meant to protect the public from receiving varying degrees of quality of care.

Rationale 2: State-of-the-art care changes rapidly and cannot be ensured by writing standards of care.

Rationale 3: Standards of care are not primarily written to protect health care providers.

Rationale 4: Frivolous lawsuits are not prevented by writing standards of care.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment

Learning Outcome: 5.1 Define standards of care from a legal and a nursing perspective.

 

Question 3

Type: MCMA

Hospital administration requires that the committee seeking to change nursing policy and procedures review external sources for these standards. Where should the committee look for these standards?

Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.

Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Current nursing literature
2. Individual nurse’s experience and education
3. Federal organizations
4. The hospital’s position job descriptions.
5. State boards of nursing

Correct Answer: 1,3,5

Rationale 1: Current nursing literature is a good source of timely information regarding standards of care.

Rationale 2: The individual nurse’s experiences and education is not likely to be sufficient documentation of the existence of a standard of care.

Rationale 3: Federal organizations, particularly those that reimburse for care, frequently set standards of care.

Rationale 4: Job descriptions are more likely to provide internal standards of care.

Rationale 5: State boards of nursing often set standards of care for nurses in their state.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Implementation

Learning Outcome: 5.2 Compare and contrast internal versus external standards of care.