Fundamentals of Nursing 7th edition
a) I will sign as a witness to your signature
b) you will need to find a witness on your own
c) whoever is available at the time will sign as a witness for you
d) I will call the nursing supervisor to seek assistance regarding your request
22. The nurse has made an error in documenting an assessment finding on a client and obtains the client's record to correct the error. The nurse corrects the error by:
a) documenting a late entry into the client's record
b) trying to erase the error for space to write in the correct data
c) using Wite-Out to delete the error to write in the correct data
d) drawing one line through the error, initiating and dating the line, and then documenting the correct information
23. The nurse employed in a hospital is waiting to receive a report from the laboratory via the fascimile (fax) machine. The fax machine activates and the nurse expects the report but instead receives a sexually oriented photograph. The appropriate initial nursing action is to:
a) call the police
b) cut up the photograph and throw it away
c) call the nursing supervisor and report the incident
d) call the laboratory and ask for the individual's name that sent the photograph
24. The nursing instructor provides a lecture to nursing students regarding the issue of client's rights and asks a nursing student to identify a situation that represents an example of invasion of client privacy. Which of the following, if identified by the student, indicates an understanding of a violation of this client right?
a) performing a procedure without consent
b) threatening to give a client a medication
c) telling the client that he or she cannot leave the hospital
d) observing care provided to the client without the client's permission
25. The nursing staff is sitting in the lounge taking their morning break. A nursing assistant tells the group that she thinks that he unit secretary has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and proceeds to tell the nursing staff that the secretary probably contracted the disease from her husband, who is supposedly a drug addict. Which legal tort has the nursing assistant violated?
a) libel
b) slander
c) assault
d) negligence
Fundamentals of Nursing 7th edition:
ANSWERS AND RATIONALE
21) D
- Living wills are required to be in writing and signed by the client. The client’s signature must be witnessed by specified individuals or notarized. Many states prohibit any employee, including a nurse of a facility where the client is receiving care, from being a witness. Option B is nontherapeutic and not a helpful response. The nurse should seek the assistance of the nursing supervisor.22) D
- If the nurse makes an error in documenting in the client’s record, the nurse should follow agency policies to correct the error. This includes drawing one line through the error, initialing and dating the line, and then documenting the correct information. A late entry is used to document additional information not remembered at the initial time of documentation. Erasing data from the client’s record and the use of Wite-Out are prohibited.23) C
- Sexual harassment in the workplace is prohibited by state and federal laws. Sexually suggestive jokes, touching, pressuring a co-worker for a date, and open displays of or transmitting sexually oriented photographs or posters are examples of conduct that could be considered sexual harassment by another worker. If the nurse believes that he or she is being subjected to unwelcome sexual conduct, these concerns should be reported to the nursing supervisor immediately. Option A is unnecessary at this time. Options B and D are not appropriate initial actions.24) D
- Invasion of privacy takes place with unreasonable intrusion into an individual’s private affairs. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of battery. Threatening to give a client a medication constitutes assault. Telling the client that the client cannot leave the hospital constitutes false imprisonment.25) B
- Defamation is a false communication or a careless disregard for the truth that causes damage to someone’s reputation, either in writing (libel) or verbally (slander). An assault occurs when a person puts another person in fear of a harmful or an offensive contact. Negligence involves the actions of professionals that fall below the standard of care for a specific professional group.Go to the next page ---> Fundamentals of Nursing 7th edition (26-30)
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