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Question 1 of 5

The nurse is caring for the client who has active tuberculosis of the lungs. The client does not have a DNR order. The client experiences a cardiac arrest, and there is no resuscitation mask at the bedside. The nurse waits for the crash cart before beginning resuscitation. According to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, which disciplinary action should be taken against the nurse?

A. Report the action to the State Board of Nurse Examiners.

B. The nurse should be terminated for failure to perform duties.

C. No disciplinary action should be taken against the nurse.

D. Refer the nurse to the American Nurses Association.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: No disciplinary action should be taken against the nurse.

Question 2 of 5

The mother of a 20-year-old African American male client receiving dialysis asks the nurse, 'My son has been on the transplant list longer than that white woman. Why did she get the kidney?' Which statement is the nurse's best response?

A. The woman was famous, and so more people will donate organs now.

B. I understand you are upset your son is ill. Would you like to talk?

C. No one knows who gets an organ. You just have to wait and pray.

D. The tissues must match or the body will reject the kidney and it will be wasted.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The tissues must match or the body will reject the kidney and it will be wasted.

Question 3 of 5

The nurse is teaching an in-service on legal issues in nursing. Which situation is an example of battery, an intentional tort?

A. The nurse threatens the client who is refusing to take a hypnotic medication.

B. The nurse forcibly inserts a Foley catheter in a client who refused it.

C. The nurse tells the client a nasogastric tube insertion is not painful.

D. The nurse gives confidential information over the telephone.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The nurse forcibly inserts a Foley catheter in a client who refused it.

Question 4 of 5

The client has been in a persistent vegetative state for several years. The family, who have decided to withhold tube feedings because there is no hope of recovery, asks the nurse, 'Will the death be painful?' Which intervention should the nurse implement?

A. Tell the family the death will be painful but the HCP can order medications.

B. Inform the family dehydration provides a type of natural euphoria.

C. Relate other cases where the clients have died in excruciating pain.

D. Ask the family why they are concerned because they want the client to die anyway.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Inform the family dehydration provides a type of natural euphoria.

Question 5 of 5

The nurse is assessing a client diagnosed with chronic pain. Which characteristics would the nurse observe?

A. The client's blood pressure is elevated.

B. The client has rapid shallow respirations.

C. The client has facial grimacing.

D. The client is lying quietly in bed.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: The client has facial grimacing.

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