The nurse puts a restraint jacket on a client without the client’s permission and without the physicians order. The nurse may be guilty of:

A confused client who fell out of bed because side rails were not used is an example of which type of liability?

A student nurse who is employed as a nursing assistant may perform any functions that:

The scope of Nursing practice is legally defined by:

Miss Mary, an 88-year old woman, believes that life should not be prolonged when hope is gone. She has decided that she does not want extraordinary measures taken when her life is at its end. Because she feels this way, she has talked with her daughter about her desires, completing a living will and left directions with her physician. This is an example of:

The nurse is working with parents of a seriously ill newborn. Surgery has been proposed for the infant, but the chances of success are unclear. In helping the parents resolve this ethical conflict, the nurse knows that the first step is:

Which statement about an institutional ethics committee is correct?

A document that lists the medical treatment a person chooses to refuse if unable to make decisions is the:

A health care issue often becomes an ethical dilemma because:

The most important factor in providing nursing care to clients in a specific ethnic group is: