Nurse Practice Acts define the legal scope of an RNs practice. Which of the following writes and enforces Nurse Practice Acts?

Which of the following is a true statement about the application of sterile gloves?

The nurse is inserting an indwelling urinary catheter. While inserting the catheter, the nurse accidentally touches the client’s leg and bed sheet with the tip of the catheter. What is the appropriate action by the nurse?

A nurse stops to help at the scene of an automobile accident. The injured party files a suit and the nurse’s employing institution insurance does not cover the nurse since the accident was not at the workplace. What would probably cover the nurse in this situation?

When the nurse finds it unavoidable to take a provider’s order over the phone, what step should be taken to ensure accuracy of information?

Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would become a model for early nursing education?

The nurse observes that a client is placed in restraints because a staff member is frustrated with the client. There is no immediate danger or health risk to the client or others. In this instance, restraints are an example of what?

What steps can be taken to prevent the transmission of infection from one client to another?

During inspiration, why does air move into the lungs?

What artery has branches called the gastric, hepatic, and splenic arteries?