NCLEX-PN

NCLEX-PN practice questions, page 23 of 29, with answer review and explanations.

Question 111

According to the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, professional nurses have an ethical obligation to:

  1. clients (patients).
  2. the profession of nursing.
  3. provide high-quality care.
  4. all of the above.

Question 112

The role of the incident report in risk management is:

  1. liability protection.
  2. to provide data for analysis by a risk manager to determine how future problems can be avoided.
  3. to discipline staff for errors.
  4. all of the above.

Question 113

Which of the following individuals may legally give informed consent?

  1. an 86-year-old male with advanced Alzheimer’s disease
  2. a 14-year-old girl needing an appendectomy who isnotan emancipated minor
  3. a 72-year-old female scheduled for a heart transplant
  4. a 6-month-old baby needing bowel surgery

Question 114

A wrong committed by one person against another (or against the property of another) that might result in a civil trial is:

  1. a tort.
  2. a crime.
  3. a misdemeanor.
  4. a felony.

Question 115

The family carries out its health care functions in which of the following ways?

  1. Family provides very little preventive health care to its members at home.
  2. Family provides sick care to its members.
  3. Family pays for most health services.
  4. Family decides when and where to hospitalize its members.