By Which Standard Is the Right of Access to Emergency Services Gauged

creoiwdk 1. By which standard is the right of access to emergency services gauged?

3. That of a prudent layperson

2. The emergency room nurse is often faced with the responsibility of providing care for people who were responsible for motor vehicle accidents. In some cases, the nurse is caring for that person along with victims of the accident. This situation causes the nurse moral distress. How could the nurse best help to alleviate this distress?

3. Remember to respect the person, not the actions of the person

3. Social security act of 1935?

The Social Security Act of 1935 provided for the federal welfare by establishing a system of federal benefits for the aged population and by enabling states to make provisions for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and administration of state unemployment compensation laws. Despite having a cardiovascular history, there is no indication the 45-year-old woman meets the criteria for inclusion.

1. A school nurse negligently administered an overdose of medication to a student, causing the student to suffer a severe reaction that necessitated hospitalization. Should a lawsuit result from this case, the nurse would be held to what standard?

1. The reasonably prudent school nurse

2. What is the most significant professional qualification necessary for a nurse who practices as a school nurse?

4. The nurse’s ability to exercise independent judgment in emergency situations

3. Which nurse is exposed to the greatest risk of liability for malpractice because of the nature of the employment relationship?

1. The occupational health nurse

4. Which situation constitutes nurse abandonment of a home health care patient?

3. The nurse terminates the relationship without affording the patient reasonable notice.

5. After analyzing assessment data, the home health care nurse determines that a change is necessary in the medical care of a patient. The nurse makes the change without consulting the physician. Under which circumstance is this a legal action by this nurse?

2. If there is a signed, standing order for the change

6. In which health care settings does the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991 affect patients?

2. In all health care settings, including home health care settings

11. The school nurse is leaving campus after work when an accident occurs on the playground. The nurse responds and treats the injured students. Which standard of care would most likely determine liability?

4. The reasonably prudent nurse in an emergency situation

1. The nurse is frustrated by the number of single mothers who receive medical services at no cost. What is the greatest danger of this frustration?

2. The nurse may unintentionally neglect to educate patients on services available.

2. The correctional nurse has drawn blood from an inmate who has experienced gastrointestinal bleeding. While performing the venipuncture, the nurse told the inmate the blood was being drawn for the purposes of evaluating the inmate’s hemoglobin and hematocrit. Can the blood also be used to screen the inmate for drug usage?

3. No, the blood can be used only for the determination of medical situations.