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Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing, Theory and Application 8th Edition-Bessie L Ma

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1. What defines the legal boundaries of nursing at the state level? A) The state’s Attorney General B) The Nurse Practice Act C) The ANA standards of practice D) The ANA Code for Nurses... 2. How is the question of whether a nurse acted with reasonable care generally pr A) The expert testimony of nursing witnesses B) The defendant’s explanation of what the nurse did C) The trial judge, after checking the outcome of prior similar court case D) The testimony of expert medical witnesses 3. A doctor orders a medical procedure that the staff nurse has reason to believe states the legal consequences of carrying out, or refusing to carry out, the proc A) The staff nurse cannot be held legally liable for any harm to the patie B) The nurse may lose his or her license by refusing to carry out the pr C) The nurse can be held legally liable for any harm if the procedure is D) The nurse can be held accountable for practicing medicine without a 4. The nurse witnesses a patient sign an operative permit form. Legally, what doe A) Observed the client sign the consent form B) Is certain the client understands the proposed procedure C) Believe the client is capable of understanding the proposed procedu D) Assumes the client has had an adequate evaluation to agree to the 5. How is the legal expansion of nursing roles accomplished? A) The expansion of job descriptions in an agency B) Written contracts between the nurse and the client C) A written agreement between the nurse and the physician D) Revision of the Nurse Practice Act 6. What is the responsibility of a charge nurse who discovers that a medication er A) Share that information with the charge nurse on the previous shift B) Document the incident as per hospital policy C) Write a memo to the nurse who made the error requesting incident r D) Write a note in the client’s chart that an incident report will be compl 7. What is the best reason that nurse-managers have an ongoing responsibility to ..................................CONTINUED.................................. [Show More]

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