Deck 7: Legal Issues

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of administrative law?  

A)the Regulated Health Professions Act, which defines the role of the nurse  
B)the roles of colleges of nursing, which enforce rules  
C)the way nurses collect and use personal health information  
D)the way to identify the difference between negligence and incompetence

Answer 1

the roles of colleges of nursing, which enforce rules  

Question 2

What is the term for a wrong or injury that a person suffers because of someone else's action, either intentional or unintentional?  

A)negligence  
B)tort  
C)private law  
D)breach

Answer 2

tort  

Question 3

Which of the following would apply to a nurse removing life support from a terminally ill patient without permission?  

A)legislative law  
B)indictable offence  
C)misdemeanour  
D)summary offence

Answer 3

indictable offence  

Question 4

What type of law would apply to nurses caught falsifying medical records to conceal their thefts of narcotics?  

A)administrative law  
B)common law  
C)criminal law  
D)constitutional law

Question 5

Which of the following best defines a wilful act that violates another person's rights or property?  

A)intentional tort  
B)fraud  
C)assault  
D)battery

Question 6

How are the majority of lawsuits against nurses and other health care professionals classified?  

A)as accidental claims  
B)as unintentional tort  
C)as civil law  
D)as indictable offences

Question 7

Which law deals with the rights and obligations between two or more people who make agreements that can be enforced by law?  

A)tort law  
B)public law  
C)contract law  
D)private law

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a summary offence?  

A)a nurse giving an injection without consent  
B)a nurse who unintentionally causes the death of a patient  
C)a nurse failing to provide competent care  
D)a nurse signing an employment contract

Question 9

Which of the following types of law best defines a person's rights and obligations in relation to the government?  

A)common law  
B)misdemeanours  
C)constitutional law  
D)public law

Question 10

Which of the following best defines a set of rules and principles that describe the powers of a government and the rights of the people?  

A)constitutional law  
B)statutory law  
C)common law  
D)administrative law

Question 11

What system of binding rules governs the behaviour of people in their relationships with others and with the government?  

A)ethics  
B)laws  
C)morals  
D)intentional tort

Question 12

Which of the following terms would apply to an employer placing the label "Unwanted Persons" at the top of a hospital bulletin board and placing a photograph of a nurse on the bulletin board under the label?  

A)fraud  
B)defamation  
C)libel  
D)slander

Question 13

Which of the following legal categories would falsification of educational records upon new employment at an agency come under?  

A)assault  
B)fraud  
C)battery  
D)intentional tort

Question 14

A nurse refuses to give a patient their clothing or car keys. What is this an example of?  

A)defamation  
B)libel  
C)false imprisonment  
D)slander

Question 15

A nurse failed to check on a post-operative patient, according to hospital policy, during the first four hours following admission back to the unit from the Operating Room. Which legal issue would this best exemplify?  

A)negligence  
B)unintentional tort  
C)malpractice  
D)common law

Question 16

What is the term used to define formal laws written and enacted by a federal or provincial legislature?  

A)statutory law  
B)constitutional law  
C)administrative law  
D)common law

Question 17

What is the term for the unjustifiable attempt or threat to touch a person without consent that results in fear of immediately harmful or threatening contact?  

A)assault  
B)battery  
C)fraud  
D)malpractice

Question 18

Which of the following legal terms applies to defamation by written words or images?  

A)slander  
B)libel  
C)criminalization  
D)fraud

Question 19

Which of the following legal terms applies to speaking harmful and defamatory words?  

A)slander  
B)libel  
C)false imprisonment  
D)gossiping

Question 20

Which of the following is a component of negligence?  

A)failing to fulfil the legal responsibility to obey laws  
B)failing to provide a reasonable standard of care  
C)failing to protect personal information  
D)failing to keep patients free of interference

Question 21

In a jurisdiction where there is no specific legislation regarding consent, which of the following  elements is  usually noted when defining a valid consent?  

A)There must be urgency in the decision-making process. 
B)There must be efficiency in the decision-making process. 
C)The patient must have capacity to consent. 
D)The patient must articulate a moral agency.

Question 22

A clinic reports to Public Health the numbers of cases of sexually transmitted infections in the past year. What is this an example of?  

A)an exception to confidentiality  
B)a PIPEDA infraction  
C)a violation to the right to privacy  
D)a constitutional right

Question 23

In Canada, what federal privacy law imposes obligations on how federal government departments collect, manage, use, and share personal information?  

A)the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act  
B)the Health Information Act  
C)the Privacy Act  
D)the Health Information Protection Act

Question 24

Which of the following is characteristic when making nursing notes?  

A)being nonjudgmental  
B)having significant gaps  
C)falsifying facts and events  
D)maintaining confidentiality

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of an advantage to electronic health records?  

A)provides limitations to access  
B)maintains documents within the institution  
C)speeds up the time it takes to document  
D)identifies when improper access has occurred

Question 26

A pregnant woman admits herself to the hospital to give birth under the care of her obstetrician and gives permission for the obstetrician to examine her. What is this an example of?  

A)coercive consent  
B)explicit consent  
C)implied consent  
D)informed consent

Question 27

How can a nurse reduce the risk of malpractice litigation?  

A)by keeping up to date with knowledge and skills, and seeking attention for patients with changing health status  
B)by involving patients in decision making, documenting objectively, and avoiding physicians  
C)by keeping up to date with current knowledge, seeking physician attention for patients with changing health status, and challenging the patient  
D)by keeping up to date with current and outmoded knowledge, and providing patients with challenges

Question 28

Which of the following terms is best defined as "acting in a heinous, reckless, or extreme way, and bringing about mental or psychological pain"?  

A)defamation of character  
B)intentional infliction of emotional distress  
C)invasion of privacy  
D)false imprisonment