Chapter 11 Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination

Chapter 11  Practice Issues Related to Patient Self-Determination

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What is the legal protection of a patient’s right to personal autonomy?
a.
Paternalism
c.
Informed consent
b.
Advanced directives
d.
Competence

ANS: C PTS: 1

2. The nurse’s role and responsibilities in informed consent include all the following except:
a.
verifying that the patient is aware of options and implications of each.
b.
advocating to ensure that criteria for autonomous decision making is met.
c.
explaining the procedure to the patient when the doctor cannot do so.
d.
signing as a witness attesting that the patient is giving consent willingly.

ANS: C PTS: 1

3. Competence is:
a.
a legal action physicians can impose on patients who are elderly and confused.
b.
the ability of a patient to understand medical options and treatment.
c.
a legal ruling regarding a person’s ability to make meaningful life decisions.
d.
the ability of a patient to communicate about current events.

ANS: C PTS: 1

4. If a patient is not given the opportunity to ask questions about a procedure prior to the start of the procedure, which patient right is being violated?
a.
Autonomy
c.
Advance directives
b.
Justice
d.
Informed consent

ANS: D PTS: 1

5. The law passed in 1991 that requires institutions receiving Medicaid or Medicare funding to provide written information to adult patients regarding their right to make health care decisions is the:
a.
Uniform Health Care Information Act.
b.
Patient Self-Determination Act.
c.
Patient Bill of Rights.
d.
Civil Rights Act.

ANS: B PTS: 1