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The acts enacted by states to provide immunity from liability to persons who provide emergency care at an accident scene are called:
- A. Good Samaritan laws.
- B. HIPAA.
- C. Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA).
- D. OBRA.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Good Samaritan laws protect providers of care in an emergency situation. HIPAA's focus is confidentiality of information and right to privacy. The PSDA concerns a client's autonomous decision-making. OBRA was passed in the late 1980s to promote nursing home reform due to quality issues.
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Rehabilitation services begin:
- A. when the client enters the health care system.
- B. after the client requests rehabilitation services.
- C. after the client's physical condition stabilizes.
- D. when the client is discharged from the hospital.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Rehabilitation services should begin when the client enters the health care system.
The nurse acts as an advocate for the nursing profession by performing all of the following activities except:
- A. encouraging political involvement by nurses with their legislators.
- B. acting as a first-aid provider for a children's athletic team.
- C. precepting newly licensed nurses in the work situation.
- D. encouraging as many persons to become nurses as possible.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The nurse acts as an advocate for the nursing profession by encouraging appropriate persons to become nurses, by being a positive role model and mentor, and by communicating the needs of nurses in the most professional manner possible, to those making the laws.
All of the following tasks could be delegated to a nursing assistant or unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) except:
- A. monitoring intravenous infusion.
- B. assisting a client to the bathroom.
- C. offering fluid intake every 1-2 hours.
- D. monitoring/recording the amount of fluid taken.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Monitoring an intravenous infusion must be performed by an RN or LPN. Assisting during activity, offering fluids and recording intake are in the job scope of the nursing assistant.
In conducting a health screening for 12-month-old children, the nurse expects them to have been immunized against which of the following diseases?
- A. measles, polio, pertussis, hepatitis B
- B. diptheria, pertussis, polio, tetanus
- C. rubella, polio, pertussis, hepatitis A
- D. measles, mumps, rubella, polio
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: By 12 months, children should have received DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) and polio vaccines. MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) is given after 12 months, and hepatitis A is not routine at this age.
This is an example of:
- A. professional nurturing.
- B. networking.
- C. mentoring.
- D. collegiality.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Networking involves the process of developing and using contacts throughout one's professional career for information, advice, and support. Nurturing and mentoring are both examples of assistance to other colleagues in formal and informal relationships for support and career building. Collegiality is the professional camaraderie or rapport established among persons through shared experiences.