NCLEX TEST - 2 ETHICS AND LAW

1. A patient wants to leave the hospital without signing discharge papers. What is the nurses PRIORITY action?. Call security. Document the refusal. Assess understanding of risks. Have the patient sign AMA.

2. A competent adult refuses IV fluids. What principle supports this decision?. Beneficence. Justice. Autonomy. Fidelity.

3. Which situation requires IMPLEMENTATION rather than assessment?. Stable patient refusing meds. Confused patient pulling IV lines. Patient asking about diagnosis. Patient requesting AMA.

4. Which patient is legally allowed to leave AMA?. 16-year-old with parents. Adult intoxicated patient. Competent adult with chest pain. Suicidal patient.

5. A caller asks if a patient is admitted to the psychiatric unit. What is the correct response?. 'Yes, but I cant give details'. 'Let me check'. 'I cannot provide that information'. Transfer to administration.

6. Discussing patient care in a hospital hallway is: Allowed if brief. Allowed if clinical. A HIPAA violation. Ethical but not legal.

7. Which principle is MOST important in NCLEX priority questions?. Autonomy. Beneficence. Justice. Nonmaleficence.

8. An officer requests blood alcohol results for an official DUI investigation. What should the nurse do?. Refuse due to HIPAA. Ask family permission. Provide the information. Call administration first.

9. Which situation requires mandatory reporting?. Adult denies domestic abuse. Child with suspicious bruises. Elder refusing help. Adult verbal argument.

10. An adult patient with bruises denies abuse. What is the nurses priority?. Call police. Ignore findings. Perform assessment. Confront partner.

11. A patient wants to leave the hospital without signing discharge papers. What is the nurses PRIORITY action?. Call security. Document the refusal. Assess understanding of risks. Have the patient sign AMA.

12. A competent adult refuses IV fluids. What principle supports this decision?. Beneficence. Justice. Autonomy. Fidelity.

13. Which situation requires IMPLEMENTATION rather than assessment?. Stable patient refusing meds. Confused patient pulling IV lines. Patient asking about diagnosis. Patient requesting AMA.

14. Which patient is legally allowed to leave AMA?. 16-year-old with parents. Adult intoxicated patient. Competent adult with chest pain. Suicidal patient.

15. A caller asks if a patient is admitted to the psychiatric unit. What is the correct response?. 'Yes, but I cant give details'. 'Let me check'. 'I cannot provide that information'. Transfer to administration.

16. Discussing patient care in a hospital hallway is: Allowed if brief. Allowed if clinical. A HIPAA violation. Ethical but not legal.

17. Which principle is MOST important in NCLEX priority questions?. Autonomy. Beneficence. Justice. Nonmaleficence.

18. An officer requests blood alcohol results for an official DUI investigation. What should the nurse do?. Refuse due to HIPAA. Ask family permission. Provide the information. Call administration first.

19. Which situation requires mandatory reporting?. Adult denies domestic abuse. Child with suspicious bruises. Elder refusing help. Adult verbal argument.

20. An adult patient with bruises denies abuse. What is the nurses priority?. Call police. Ignore findings. Perform assessment. Confront partner.

21. A patient wants to leave the hospital without signing discharge papers. What is the nurses PRIORITY action?. Call security. Document the refusal. Assess understanding of risks. Have the patient sign AMA.

22. A competent adult refuses IV fluids. What principle supports this decision?. Beneficence. Justice. Autonomy. Fidelity.

23. Which situation requires IMPLEMENTATION rather than assessment?. Stable patient refusing meds. Confused patient pulling IV lines. Patient asking about diagnosis. Patient requesting AMA.

24. Which patient is legally allowed to leave AMA?. 16-year-old with parents. Adult intoxicated patient. Competent adult with chest pain. Suicidal patient.

25. A caller asks if a patient is admitted to the psychiatric unit. What is the correct response?. 'Yes, but I cant give details'. 'Let me check'. 'I cannot provide that information'. Transfer to administration.

26. Discussing patient care in a hospital hallway is: Allowed if brief. Allowed if clinical. A HIPAA violation. Ethical but not legal.

27. Which principle is MOST important in NCLEX priority questions?. Autonomy. Beneficence. Justice. Nonmaleficence.

28. An officer requests blood alcohol results for an official DUI investigation. What should the nurse do?. Refuse due to HIPAA. Ask family permission. Provide the information. Call administration first.

29. Which situation requires mandatory reporting?. Adult denies domestic abuse. Child with suspicious bruises. Elder refusing help. Adult verbal argument.

30. An adult patient with bruises denies abuse. What is the nurses priority?. Call police. Ignore findings. Perform assessment. Confront partner.

31. A patient wants to leave the hospital without signing discharge papers. What is the nurses PRIORITY action?. Call security. Document the refusal. Assess understanding of risks. Have the patient sign AMA.

32. A competent adult refuses IV fluids. What principle supports this decision?. Beneficence. Justice. Autonomy. Fidelity.

33. Which situation requires IMPLEMENTATION rather than assessment?. Stable patient refusing meds. Confused patient pulling IV lines. Patient asking about diagnosis. Patient requesting AMA.

34. Which patient is legally allowed to leave AMA?. 16-year-old with parents. Adult intoxicated patient. Competent adult with chest pain. Suicidal patient.

35. A caller asks if a patient is admitted to the psychiatric unit. What is the correct response?. 'Yes, but I cant give details'. 'Let me check'. 'I cannot provide that information'. Transfer to administration.

36. Discussing patient care in a hospital hallway is: Allowed if brief. Allowed if clinical. A HIPAA violation. Ethical but not legal.

37. Which principle is MOST important in NCLEX priority questions?. Autonomy. Beneficence. Justice. Nonmaleficence.

38. An officer requests blood alcohol results for an official DUI investigation. What should the nurse do?. Refuse due to HIPAA. Ask family permission. Provide the information. Call administration first.

39. Which situation requires mandatory reporting?. Adult denies domestic abuse. Child with suspicious bruises. Elder refusing help. Adult verbal argument.

40. An adult patient with bruises denies abuse. What is the nurses priority?. Call police. Ignore findings. Perform assessment. Confront partner.

41. A patient wants to leave the hospital without signing discharge papers. What is the nurses PRIORITY action?. Call security. Document the refusal. Assess understanding of risks. Have the patient sign AMA.

42. A competent adult refuses IV fluids. What principle supports this decision?. Beneficence. Justice. Autonomy. Fidelity.

43. Which situation requires IMPLEMENTATION rather than assessment?. Stable patient refusing meds. Confused patient pulling IV lines. Patient asking about diagnosis. Patient requesting AMA.

44. Which patient is legally allowed to leave AMA?. 16-year-old with parents. Adult intoxicated patient. Competent adult with chest pain. Suicidal patient.

45. A caller asks if a patient is admitted to the psychiatric unit. What is the correct response?. 'Yes, but I cant give details'. 'Let me check'. 'I cannot provide that information'. Transfer to administration.

46. Discussing patient care in a hospital hallway is: Allowed if brief. Allowed if clinical. A HIPAA violation. Ethical but not legal.

47. Which principle is MOST important in NCLEX priority questions?. Autonomy. Beneficence. Justice. Nonmaleficence.

48. An officer requests blood alcohol results for an official DUI investigation. What should the nurse do?. Refuse due to HIPAA. Ask family permission. Provide the information. Call administration first.

49. Which situation requires mandatory reporting?. Adult denies domestic abuse. Child with suspicious bruises. Elder refusing help. Adult verbal argument.

50. An adult patient with bruises denies abuse. What is the nurses priority?. Call police. Ignore findings. Perform assessment. Confront partner.