Palmer Post Test Exam
Palmer Post Test Exam
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INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions.
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the
letter of your choice of the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE
ALLOWED
1. The midwife is verbally accusing the nurse that the latter cause the *1/1
medication errors without citing an evidence. The midwife can be sued
for __________.
A. Assault
B. Slander
C. Defamation
D. Libel
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. Malpractice
D. Negligence
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3. While the nurse is preparing the articles needed for the procedure, she *1/1
overheard the medical technologist telling the patient in a derogatory
manner that the nurse "doesn`t know anything about the procedure".
What can the medtech be sued for?
A. Slander
B. Battery
C. Assault
D. Libel
4. The nurse administers a medication to the wrong patient. The nurse is *1/1
liable for
A. Negligence
B. Malpractice
C. Assault
D. Battery
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A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Malpractice
D. Negligence
6. The nurse has failed to obtain informed consent before performing a *1/1
procedure on a patient. Which type of torts result from this nursing
action?
A. Assault
B. Libel
C. Negligence
D. Malpractice
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7. A registered nurse has had her license suspended after being *1/1
convicted of being impaired at work. What governing body has the
authority to revoke or suspend a nurse's license?
C. Supreme Court
D. Ombudsman
8. The cancer patient has been frequently complaining of pain and *0/1
demands that the pain reliever be administered even before the due time.
The nurse prepares to inject NSS as a placebo. Which principle will she
transgress?
A. Respect
B. Veracity
C. Justice
D. Fidelity
Correct answer
B. Veracity
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9. You are a staff nurse in the Neurology Unit of the Hospital. You failed *1/1
to report to duty due to typhoon Yolanda that hit your place causing
massive destruction. Whatever sentinel event that may happen at the
time of your absence, you may be exonerated from any liability under the
legal doctrine of _____.
B. Force majeure
C. Justice
10. You are staff nurse in a government hospital. An administrative case *0/1
was filled against you. Which of he following government agencies
prescribes the mechanism for the investigation and punishment for your
case?
B. Ombudsman
C. Civil court
Correct answer
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11. You are a staff nurse in a private hospital. Your co-worker spreads *0/1
malicious rumor against you. Which of the following agencies will you file
the case of unprofessional behavior against your co-worker
C. Department of Labor
Correct answer
12. A sentinel event for a fractured patient undergoing hip replacement *0/1
occurred in the Operating Room. The surgeon may held liable for the
incident under which of the following legal doctrines?
A. Respondeat superior
B. Force majeure
D. In flagrante derelicto
Correct answer
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13. A staff nurse was caught by her supervisor administering high doses *0/1
of morphine to a patient with leukemia for a fee of 25, 000 thousand
pesos given by the mother. The nurse is liable for ______.
A. Assault
B. Tort
C. Bribery
D. Malpractice
Correct answer
C. Bribery
14. Nurse Boon is assigned to a cranky and demanding patient suffering *1/1
from a peripheral neuropathy. One day the patient was chilling and
needed blankets and a hot water bag (HWB). Nurse Boon placed the HWB
without cover and placed it directly to the patient`s foot. The patient
suffered 2nd degree burns. Nurse Boon may be sued by relatives for
________.
A. Breach of duty
B. Negligence
C. Justice
D. Malpractice
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15. Helen, a newly hired nurse was pulled out from the Pediatric Unit by *0/1
the Supervisor and assigned to Surgical ward temporarily for the shift at
four o`clock in the afternoon. She has to feed a post-operative patient
with a tracheostomy and nasogastric tube (NGT) as well. The feeding
was mistakenly infused to the tracheostomy instead of infusing it to the
NGT. Helen can be liable for ________.
A. Assault
B. Malpractice
C. Tort
D. Negligence
Correct answer
D. Negligence
16. Rene is a staff nurse who was assigned in the medical ward. The *1/1
physician ordered 20 units of insulin injection to a client with diabetes.
Nurse Rena administered 20 cc. Of insulin instead. After 30 minutes the
client developed hypoglycemia and died. Nurse is liable for _______.
A. Negligence
B. Tort
C. Malpractice
D. Assault
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17. Nurse Gina is on 7-3 shift in the ER. The unit is crowded with patients *1/1
and relatives. She is attending to two patients, Roy having chest pains
and Rey with severe abdominal pains. The doctor ordered Nitroglycerine
0.5 mg sublingually for Rex but the nurse mistakenly administered the
drug to Rey. The nurse is liable to be charged with _______.
A. Tort
B. Negligence
C. Maleficence
D. Non-maleficence
18. A 70- year-old has been rushed to the hospital due to bradycardia and *1/1
palpitation. The physician suggested that a pacemaker be inserted to
correct the symptoms. The patient voluntarily decides not to have the
pacemaker Inserted. This is respected by the family. This is an example
of what ethical principles
A. Beneficence
B. Autonomy
C. Non maleficence
D. Justice
Other:
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19. The ER nurse clarifies the doctor's prescription on the dose of the *1/1
pain medication based on the pain scale assessment and patient's age.
which ethical principle is applied?
A. Fidelity
B. Truthfulness
C. Justice
D. Non-maleficence
20. Nurse Pat promised to a post- surgical patient, that she would come *1/1
back to assist in his order. This follows the principle of ambulation after
carrying out the physician's
A. beneficence
B. justice
C. autonomy
D. fidelity
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21. Incident Reports (IRs) shall be collected for the day and due *1/1
investigations scheduled by the quality Department. Upon completion of
the investigation, the IRS ____.
A. 8 years
C. 5 years
D. 10 years
Correct answer
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23. The PRC-Board of Nursing (PR-BON) ha5 the power to regulate *1/1
Nursing Practice in the Philippines. The regulatory functions include
the following except
24. Ms., Sanchez is a new nursing graduate and in dire need for *0/1
the hospitalization of her ailing mother She is being offered to endorse
a detergent product on TV Commercial wearing a mini skirt and a
plunging neckline shirt. In doing this performance Ms. Sanchez is
violating the ________.
Correct answer
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25. Nurse Rey with the members of the team. from a tertiary hospital is *1/1
going for their annual outreach program Operation TULI". There were
3000 patients who came in the morning with only 4 doctors, 3 nurses and
1 pharmacist. Due to the volume of patients, Nurse Rey, was asked
to participate in per forming circumcision with the rest of the
doctors. Nurse Rey can be 1iable of committing
A. assault
B. invasion of privacy
C. tort
D. malpractice
26. The nurse develops the following hypothesis: Elderly women receive *1/1
less aggressive treatment for terminally-ill spine patients than younger
women. Which variable would be considered to be the independent
variable?
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A. Quantitative research
B. Ethnographic research
C. Case studies
D. Qualitative research
Correct answer
A. Quantitative research
28. In emergency situation when a patient is unable to give consent for *1/1
life saving treatment, what type of consent allows to assume
APPROPRIATE medical treatment ?
A. Implied consent
B. Informed consent
C. Express consent
D. Involuntary consent
A. Nurse Manager
B. Anesthesiologist
C. Physician
D. Midwife
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B. Problem-solving is by everyone
Correct answer
31. A risk is any event that causes problems or benefits on the *0/1
healthcare institution. The Medical Director knows that potential risks
must be identified across the hospital in order to prevent the following,
EXCEPT
A. financial loss
B. incident reports
C. accidents
D. injuries
Correct answer
B. incident reports
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32. The QA nurse conducts a regular audit of the medical records the *1/1
PRIMARY purpose of conducting audit in a health facility is to _____.
33. The QA team has been bombarded by complaints of patients on their *1/1
long waiting period in the OPD, before the health care professionals are
examining them. In response to this concern, which type of quality
assessment should the team implement?
A. Outcome evaluation
B. Process evaluation
C. Ongoing evaluation
D. Structures evaluation
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34. For Nurse Merle to continually practice nursing, she must satisfy the *1/1
requirements set by the PRC and comply how many units of CPD upon
renewal?
A. 45 units
B. 10 units
C. 25 units
D. 15 units
35. Ms. Cruz is the supervisor of a hospital on night shift. Several nurses *0/1
did not report due to Jeepney strike. When the supervisor is executing
proper allocation of nurses to the PRIORITY wards to address this
concern, she is observing what type of principle?
A. Beneficence
B. Non-maleficence
C. Justice
D. Fidelity
Correct answer
C. Justice
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36. Which of the following is the quality TOOLBOX when nurse Catriona *0/1
makes use of an illustration of all processes, decision-points, action
steps and waiting stages in order to define problems and process
improvement in health care ?
A. Flow chart
C. Scatter diagram
D. Pareto chart
Correct answer
A. Flow chart
37. The assistant chief nurse understands that the implication of quality *1/1
Improvement for client care can be measured by the over all value of
cares. Outcomes can be measured by which of the following?
A. Client’s recommendation
B. Clinical outcome
C. Cost of care
D. Client satisfaction
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38. In conducting quality improvement, Nurse Mila should look into *0/1
which of the following as her basis, EXCEPT:
C. Incident reports
D. Patient's chart
Correct answer
D. Patient's chart
39. The FIRST step in the Quality Improvement process is which of the *0/1
following?
A. Assess program
B. Examine data
D. Set goals
Correct answer
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40. PDCA is the basic structure for most quality improvement (QI) *1/1
process. In public health, PDCA is focused on activities that are
responsive to community needs and improving population health. PDCA
stands for:
A. Perform-Document-Correct-Act
B. Perform-Do-Check-Analyze
C. Plan-Document-Check-Analyze
D. Plan-Do-Check-Act
41. There are several approaches and tools in (QI). Which of these is the *0/1
Fishbone diagram, developed by K. Ishikawa. Which BEST describes the
Fishbone diagram? It is _________.
Correct answer
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42. As a QI tool, the Gantt chart us useful for planning and scheduling *0/1
projects. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the
Gantt chart? It ________.
Correct answer
B. Use a single line to cross out the error, the write the date, time and sign the
correction made.
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44. The staff nurse was assigned to change all the dressings of all *0/1
patients on the unit. which type of patient care delivery model is she
using?
B. Functional.
C. Primary nursing
D. Case management
Correct answer
B. Functional.
45. Select the nursing responsibility which can never be delegated. * 1/1
A. Rotation schedule
B. Evaluation
C. Accountability
D. Complex procedure
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46. The nurse caring for four diabetic clients has the following activities *1/1
to perform. Which of these is appropriate to delegate to the nursing
assistant?
47. Nurse Cathy is planning to conduct a qualitative research about the *1/1
life experience of informal settlers. Which "APPROPRIATE" research
design Nurse Cathy should use in her planned study?
A. Grounded theory
B. Case study
C. Phenomenology
D. Ethnography
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48. Nurse April distributed the coded questionnaires to the respondents *1/1
of their study. Researcher cannot discuss the information publicly without
the consent of the subject without the names on it. What ethical
safeguard is being employed in when researcher cannot link their
identity?
A. Confidentiality
B. Truthfulness
C. Trustworthiness
D. Anonymity
A. Non-descriptive
B. Phenomenological
C. Experimental
D. Descriptive
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50. What type of sampling includes those who happens to be in the *1/1
conference room where the activity is scheduled?
A. Random
B. Purposive
C. Convenience
D. Quota
51. In conducting a qualitative research, nurse should follow the logical *0/1
reasoning process termed as, which of the following
A. Deductive
B. Intuition
C. Casual
D. Inductive
Correct answer
D. Inductive
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A. qouta sampling
D. cluster random
53. When every member of the accessible population has an equal *1/1
chance of being selected to participate in the study, the researcher is
using.
C. convenience sampling.
D. purposive sampling.
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A. extraneous variable.
B. dependent variable.
C. confounding variable.
D. independent variable
Correct answer
D. independent variable
Situation- You are a newly hired registered nurse in a tertiary hospital. You *1/1
are required to attend an orientation activity on legal implications of
nurse`s actions.
55. You are aware that you need a license to practice nursing in the
Philippines. Licensure is primarily required to protect which of the
following?
B. The school where the nurse obtained his/her nursing education and training
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56. What is the main purpose of the Philippine Nurses Association? * 0/1
Correct answer
57. The facilitator cites a situation. Nurse Joey used medical equipment *1/1
improperly which harmed the patient. The nurse may be charged with
________.
A. Negligence
B. Assault
C. Malpractice
D. Battery
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58. The facilitator gave an example of a nurse who gave the wrong *0/1
medication to a patient. The result was severe allergic reaction. The nurse
could be sued for _____.
A. Battery
B. Malpractice
C. Negligence
D. Assault
Correct answer
B. Malpractice
59. Ms. Ada learns of a nurse in the orthopedic ward who applied hot *0/1
water bottle over a paralyzed leg which consequently got burned. This is
an example:
A. Malfeasance
B. Misdemeanor
C. Malpractice
D. Negligence
Correct answer
C. Malpractice
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60. A nurse prescribes drugs even if she uses the generic name, she is *1/1
still guilty of___.
A. incompetence
B. ignorance
C. malpractice
D. negligence
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