The primary purpose of a nurse

having a license is?

A.Limit practice
B.Protect the public
C.Define the scope of practice
D.Outline legislative action

Your nursing license may be in jeopardy if:

A. You appropriately delegated medication
administration to a trusted RN employee who
administers a fetal dose
B. You delegate client assessment task to an NA
who has been floated to your outpatient clinic
for the day
C. You provide nursing care services consistent
with established standards of practice in your
jurisdiction
D. The medical assistant tin your supervising
physician's office exceeds the scope of her
authority, but your take prompt action to correct
the problem

One of the ethical obligations for nursing is

accountability. Accountability means that the
staff nurse is responsible for:
A. The behavior of patients who are
noncompliant
B. The consequences of his or her actions,
even mistakes in judgment
C. The behavior of other staff members who
are negligent in their nursing care.
D. The consequences of an administration
decision to decrease nursing staff
3

Which is an accurate statement regarding the

role of a nurse as a patient advocate?
A. A nurse helps patients gain greater
independence and self-determination
B. A nurse measures the risk and benefits of
various health situations while factoring in
cost
C. A nurse has the moral obligation to prevent
harm and do good for patients
D. A nurse may override patient's wishes for
their own good
4

The primary purpose of a client's medical

record is to
A. Satisfy requirements of accreditation
agencies
B. Communicate accurate, timely
information about clients
C. Provide validation for hospital charges
D. Provide the nurse with a defense against
malpractice

The RN has a full workload and must

reassign some of her patients to the NA.
The most appropriate client to reassign to
the NA is?
A. Client returning from the RR and has
colostomy surgery
B. CVA patient hospitalized for two days
C. Oncology client who is in severe pain
D. Newly admitted client with suspected
pancreatitis
6

What confirms the presence of

endometriosis?
a. X-ray
b. History and Physical Examination
c. Laparoscopic biopsy
d. Ultrasound

The nurse's home-care is returning from a

skilled nursing care facility following
rehabilitation from a cerebrovascular
accident (CVA) and now walks with walker.
The nurse rearranges the furniture, removes
throw rugs and has grab bars installed in the
client's bathroom. These actions reflect the
nurse's attention to which ethical principle?
A. Beneficence
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Justice

Mary is offered an opportunity to join in a

research project concerning testing a new
HIV drugs in the laboratory. The researcher
tried to take her consent first. Taking Mary's
consent is based on the principle of?
A. Justice
B. Paternalism
C. Competence
D. Autonomy

Coercing a patient into taking medication by

threatening punishment could legally be
considered:
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. False imprisonment
D. Probable cause

10

Which of the following would not constitute

negligent conduct?
A. Medication error
B. Failure to follow a physician's order
C. Failure to challenges a physician
D. Disagreeing a physician

11

The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client

without the client's permission and without
the physician's order. The nurse maybe
guilty of:
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. Neglect

12

A confused patient who fell out of bed

because side rails were not used is an
example of which type of liability?
A. Felony
B. Battery
C. Assault
D. Negligence

13

The four elements of a professional

negligence claim are:
A. Duty, fulfillment of duty, professional
relationship and wrongful act
B. Professional responsibility, fault, harm to
the client, and wrongful act
C. Duty, breech of duty, casual connection
between act and the harm, harm to the
client
D. Professional relationship, intentional
wrongful act, proximate cause, and
damage to the client
14

A research is entitled "A study on the

relationship between farming and having
skin cancer among members of Brgy. Biak
Na Bato". If the researcher decides to get
every 10th name in her sample list, the
sampling method used is?
A. Probability sampling
B. Research sampling
C. Ex post facto sampling
D. Non probability sampling
15

The following are the ages of the

respondents: 60, 56, 60, 24, 28, 60, 32, 50,
75, 21, 56, 60, 18, 60, and 40. Which of the
following statements is/are true?
A. The mean age is higher than the mode.
B. The median is higher than the mean.
C. The mode is higher than the median.
D. B and C are correct
E. All of the above

16

In which part of the PDCA cycle will you

ensure that improvement is permanent?
A. Plan
B. Do
C. Check
D. Act

17

Who among the following is a new member

of the board of nursing?
A. Hon. Gloria B. Dumlao
B. Hon. Carfredda C. Cawaon
C. Hon. Florence C. Divinagracia
D. Hon. Glenda S. Arquiza

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Which of the following millennium

development goals is/are not health or
health-related?
A. achieve universal primary education
B. promote gender equality and empower
women
C. global partnership for development
D. A and B
E. A and C

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The nursing staff is sitting in the lounge taking

their morning break. A nursing assistant tells
the group that she heard that the unit secretary
has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS). The nursing assistant proceeds to tell
the nursing staff that the secretary contracted
the disease from her husband, who is
supposedly a drug addict. Which legal tort has
the nursing assistant violated?
A. Slander
B. Assault
C. Libel
D. Negligence
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The primary purpose of a nurse

having a license is?
A.Limit practice
B.Protect the public
C.Define the scope of practice
D.Outline legislative action

Your nursing license may be in jeopardy if:

A. You appropriately delegated medication
administration to a trusted RN employee who
administers a fetal dose
B. You delegate client assessment task to an NA
who has been floated to your outpatient clinic
for the day
C. You provide nursing care services consistent
with established standards of practice in your
jurisdiction
D. The medical assistant tin your supervising
physician's office exceeds the scope of her
authority, but your take prompt action to correct
the problem

One of the ethical obligations for nursing is

accountability. Accountability means that the
staff nurse is responsible for:
A. The behavior of patients who are
noncompliant
B. The consequences of his or her actions,
even mistakes in judgment
C. The behavior of other staff members who
are negligent in their nursing care.
D. The consequences of an administration
decision to decrease nursing staff
3

Which is an accurate statement regarding the

role of a nurse as a patient advocate?
A. A nurse helps patients gain greater
independence and self-determination
B. A nurse measures the risk and benefits of
various health situations while factoring in
cost
C. A nurse has the moral obligation to prevent
harm and do good for patients
D. A nurse may override patient's wishes for
their own good
4

The primary purpose of a client's medical

record is to
A. Satisfy requirements of accreditation
agencies
B. Communicate accurate, timely
information about clients
C. Provide validation for hospital charges
D. Provide the nurse with a defense against
malpractice

The RN has a full workload and must

reassign some of her patients to the NA.
The most appropriate client to reassign to
the NA is?
A. Client returning from the RR and has
colostomy surgery
B. CVA patient hospitalized for two days
C. Oncology client who is in severe pain
D. Newly admitted client with suspected
pancreatitis
6

What confirms the presence of

endometriosis?
a. X-ray
b. History and Physical Examination
c. Laparoscopic biopsy
d. Ultrasound

The nurse's home-care is returning from a

skilled nursing care facility following
rehabilitation from a cerebrovascular
accident (CVA) and now walks with walker.
The nurse rearranges the furniture, removes
throw rugs and has grab bars installed in the
client's bathroom. These actions reflect the
nurse's attention to which ethical principle?
A. Beneficence
B. Nonmaleficence
C. Fidelity
D. Justice

Mary is offered an opportunity to join in a

research project concerning testing a new
HIV drugs in the laboratory. The researcher
tried to take her consent first. Taking Mary's
consent is based on the principle of?
A. Justice
B. Paternalism
C. Competence
D. Autonomy

Coercing a patient into taking medication by

threatening punishment could legally be
considered:
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. False imprisonment
D. Probable cause

10

Which of the following would not constitute

negligent conduct?
A. Medication error
B. Failure to follow a physician's order
C. Failure to challenges a physician
D. Disagreeing a physician

11

The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client

without the client's permission and without
the physician's order. The nurse maybe
guilty of:
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. Neglect

12

A confused patient who fell out of bed

because side rails were not used is an
example of which type of liability?
A. Felony
B. Battery
C. Assault
D. Negligence

13

The four elements of a professional

negligence claim are:
A. Duty, fulfillment of duty, professional
relationship and wrongful act
B. Professional responsibility, fault, harm to
the client, and wrongful act
C. Duty, breech of duty, casual connection
between act and the harm, harm to the
client
D. Professional relationship, intentional
wrongful act, proximate cause, and
damage to the client
14

A research is entitled "A study on the

relationship between farming and having
skin cancer among members of Brgy. Biak
Na Bato". If the researcher decides to get
every 10th name in her sample list, the
sampling method used is?
A. Probability sampling
B. Research sampling
C. Ex post facto sampling
D. Non probability sampling
15

The following are the ages of the

respondents: 60, 56, 60, 24, 28, 60, 32, 50,
75, 21, 56, 60, 18, 60, and 40. Which of the
following statements is/are true?
A. The mean age is higher than the mode.
B. The median is higher than the mean.
C. The mode is higher than the median.
D. B and C are correct
E. All of the above

16

In which part of the PDCA cycle will you

ensure that improvement is permanent?
A. Plan
B. Do
C. Check
D. Act

17

Who among the following is a new member

of the board of nursing?
A. Hon. Gloria B. Dumlao
B. Hon. Carfredda C. Cawaon
C. Hon. Florence C. Divinagracia
D. Hon. Glenda S. Arquiza

18

Which of the following millennium

development goals is/are not health or
health-related?
A. achieve universal primary education
B. promote gender equality and empower
women
C. global partnership for development
D. A and B
E. A and C

19

The nursing staff is sitting in the lounge taking

their morning break. A nursing assistant tells
the group that she heard that the unit secretary
has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS). The nursing assistant proceeds to tell
the nursing staff that the secretary contracted
the disease from her husband, who is
supposedly a drug addict. Which legal tort has
the nursing assistant violated?
A. Slander
B. Assault
C. Libel
D. Negligence
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