1. The nurse returns to the client’s room in exactly four hours to administer the next dose of pain medication as promised. Which of the following ethical rules is best demonstrated by the nurse?

2. Which of the following is the best example of an ethical dilemma faced by the nurse?

3. Which documents are correctly identified as advance directives? Select all that apply.

4. An HIV+ gay client confides in the nurse that his physician avoids touching him. The nurse recognizes the physician’s behavior suggests?

5. A nurse states that she dislikes caring for African-American clients because “they’re all so hostile.” The nurse’s statement is an example of?

6. Privacy and confidentiality of all client information is legally protected. In which of the following situations would the nurse make an exception to this practice?

7. A nurse has asked a second staff nurse to sign for a wasted narcotic, which was not witnessed by another person. This seems to be a recent pattern of behavior. What is the appropriate INITIAL action?