NCLEX-PN National Council Licensure Examination(NCLEX-PN) - Practice Questions

Question 4

Select the ethical principles that are paired with their description. (Choose all that apply.)

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Justice: Being honest and fair
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Beneficence: Do no harm
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Veracity: Treating all patients equally
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Self-determination: Facilitating patient choices
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Beneficence: Do good
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Nonmaleficence: Do no harm
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Self-determination: Accountability

Reference / correct answer:

Self-determination: Facilitating patient choices

Beneficence: Do good

Self-determination: Accountability

The principle of justice requires us to be fair and just to all.

Fidelity is being faithful to one’s promises. By the very nature of the implicit nurse-client relationship, the nurse must be faithful and true to their professional promises and responsibilities by providing high quality, safe care in a competent, scientifically grounded manner while upholding the clients’ choices, desires and innate rights.

Beneficence means doing good, it is more than not doing harm. Nonmaleficence is “Do not harm”, as stated in the historical Hippocratic Oath. Patient self-determination and autonomy is the ethical principle that supports the patient’s right to make their own choices without coercion or the undue influence of others.

Lastly, veracity is truthfulness and being honest with the patients.

Question 5

States throughout our nation vary somewhat in terms of things that nursing assistants can and cannot legally do.

Which statements about these state to state differences are accurate? (Choose all that apply.)

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Nursing assistants can change catheter tubings but not catheters
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Nursing assistants can change sterile dressings
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Nursing assistants have an expanding role in many states.
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Nursing assistants cannot assess the physical status of the patients.
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Nursing assistants can apply topical medication lotions to intact skin.
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The trend is moving toward nurses only staffing patterns.

Question 6

Which of the following are necessary elements of malpractice? (Choose all that apply.)

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A breach of duty
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An intentional act
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A nonintentional act
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Foreseeability
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Patient harm
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Causation

NCLEX-PN – National Council Licensure Examination(NCLEX-PN)