PALMER SET 4 7.

Nurse Nalor is caring for a patient who suffered

RCE from a major vehicular accident. When asked by a patient
about the time when his heirs shall succeed in his
1. A person who is engaged in the practice of nursing properties, she would be correct if she states that the right
profession or is performing acts or activities, whether to succession are transmitted:
regularly or occasionally, including one who is employed in a. through cardiac arrest
a government office or in any firm, company or corporation b. through birth of another person
whose duties require knowledge and application of the c. through passage of time
nursing profession is a: d. from the moment of death

a. Nursing 8. How are the witnesses sign the pages of the will?
b. Professional nurse a. At the end of very page
c. Foreign Professional nurse b. At the bottom of every page except for the last
d. Practicing Professional Nurse page
c. At the end thereof except for the last on the right
2. A person whose name and registration/professional margin
license number is entered in the Commission’s registry d. At the end thereof except for the last on the top
book and computerized database as legally authorized to margin
practice the nursing profession is a: e. None of the above

a. Nursing 9. The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 is:

b. Professional nurse
c. Foreign Professional nurse a. RA 7193
d. Practicing Professional Nurse b RA 7164
c. RA 9713
3. A training and development program intended to d. None of the above
develop/enhance the skills, to which a registered nurse
devotes himself/herself whether as a vocation or profession
to enable him/her to provide nursing service in specific 10. A person who joined in the criminal resolution as
areas in accordance with the ethics of the profession and shown by his prior or simultaneous acts and carried out the
applicable law is a: plan and personally took part in the commission of the
felony is:
a. seminar fa. Principal by induction
b. convention b. Principal by indispensable cooperation
c. Nursing service education c. Principal by direct participation
d. Nursing Specialty program d. Accomplice
11 Those who cooperate in the execution of the
4. All of the following are patient’s bill of rights except one: offense by previous or simultaneous acts are:
a. Accessories
a. right to refuse treatment b. Principal by induction
b. right to expect answer from the hospital pertaining c. Accomplice
to the requests of the patient d. Principal by indispensable cooperation
c. right to obtain information about his care
d. right to leave the hospital without condition 12. Those who cooperate in the commission of the offense
by another act without which it would not have been
5. Nurse Jean entered into a contract but said accomplished are:
contract did not follow any form. Determine the validity of a. Accessories
the contract? b. Principal by induction
a. Valid c. Accomplice
b. Void d. Principal by indispensable cooperation
c. Voidable
d. Unenforceable 13. Nurse Ombai is correct if he states that a classification
6. Nurse Lyn would be correct if she states that a of nurse whose work combines elements of both nursing
general term applied to the person whose property is and public health practice and takes place outside the
transmitted through succession, whether or not he left a will therapeutic institutions is:
is: a. school nurse
b. industrial nurse
a. jurisprudence c. institutional nurse
b. decedent d. community health nurse
c. will 14. All of the following are circumstances wherein
d. testator nurses may practice medicine, except:
a. epidemics or national emergencies
b. doctors who orders nurses to take their place for a 22 All of the following are standard parameters to test
while if negligence is present in a case, which one is not:
c. services of the physicians are not available a. there is the existence of a duty
d. registered nurses given limited and special b. there is a failure to perform the duty
authorization by the secretary of health. c. such failure resulted to injury
d. such failure was committed with intent
23 Voluntary plea of guilty in a court proceeding is:
15. All but one are prohibitions in the practice of a. Justifying circumstance
nursing, which one is not: b. Mitigating Circumstance
a. presenting as his or her own the nurse registration c. Alternative Circumstance
of another d. Exempting circumstance
b. using revoked license
c. assuming RN without having been conferred such 24 The application of self-defense as justifying
title or degree circumstance to escape criminal liability requires the
d. practicing PDN even if employed by the hospital following elements, which one is not:
a. Unlawful aggression
16 It is defined as a rule of civil conduct prescribed by the b. Reasonable necessity of the means employed
supreme power in a state, commanding what is right and c. Sufficient provocation on the part of the person
prohibiting what is wrong. defending himself
a. Ethics d. Lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the
b. Law person defending himself
c. Jurisprudence
d. Professional Adjustment 25 Nurse Jel inquired from you regarding the
descriptions of a professional person, your response would
17 It is the process which the attendance of a witness be:
is required; it is a writ or order directed to a person a. autonomy
requiring his attendance at a particular time and place to b. competence
testify as a witness: c. accountability
a. summons d. discipline
b. search warrant e. all of the above
c. warrant of arrest
d. subpoena 26 If a crime is not produced despite the performance
by the offender of all the acts of execution necessary to
18 Those who, having the knowledge of the produce it due to the will of the offender is:
commission of the crime, and having participated therein a. Attempted
take part subsequent to its commission are: b. Consummated
a. accomplices c. Frustrated
b. accessory before the fact d. None of the above
c. principals
d. accessories after the fact 27 Accident is:
a. Justifying
19 All of the following are classification or persons as b. Mitigating
principals in the commission of a crime, which one is not: c. Exempting
a. principal by indispensable cooperation d. Aggravating
b. principal by induction
c. principal by commission 28. All of the following are characteristics of giving
d. principal by direct participation consent except:
a. must be vitiated
20 The termination of the product of conception b. must be given by a competent person
before the child is viable is termed as: c. must be given voluntarily
a. abruptio placenta d. must be lawlful
b. suicide
c. ad interim
d. abortion 29. Magna Carta of Public Health Workers
a. RA 7305
21 This doctrine literally means “let the thing speaks b. RA 4073
for itself”. c. RA 6111
a. Res ipsa loquitor d. RA 7624
b. force majeure
c. respondeat superior 30. Process of formal negotiations of working
d. none of the above conditions between a group of registered nurses and
employer is
A. grievance C. Master’s Degree in Nursing Major in
B. strike Administration/Management
C. collective bargaining D. Master’s Degree in Public Administration
D. arbitration
37. To be qualified, the nurse supervisors in the
31. You are attending a certification program on hospital must at least have:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) offered and required
by the hospital employing you. This is A. Master’s of Public Health
B. Nine units in Master’s Degree in Nursing
A. professional course towards credits C. Nine units in management and Administration
B. continuing education course at graduate level
C. in service education D. Master’s of Arts in Nursing
D. advance training
38. In apportioning candles and other nice goodies
Situation: As the CPE is applicable for all among children, what bioethical principle should a nurse
professional nurses, the professional growth and observe?
development of Nurses with specifications shall be
addressed by a Specialty Certification Council. The A. Justice
following questions apply to these special groups of B. Beneficence
nurses. C. Non-maleficence
D. Autonomy
32. Which of the following serves as the legal basis 39. Which of the following statements concerning
and statute authority for the Board of Nursing to confidentially is most accurate?
promulgate measures to effect the creation of a Specialty
Certification Council and promulgate professional A. Nurses are the only one responsible for protecting
development programs for this group of nurse- their client’s records from unauthorized reader.
professionals? B. Nurses may only use a client’s record for activities
directly related o the client’s health care management
A. R.A. 7164 C. Nurses are legally and ethically obliged to keep
B. R.A. 9173 information about a client’s confidentially
C. P.D. 223 D. A legal suit, without the client’s consent
D. R.A. 7610
Situation: The Nurse Practice Act of 2002 of R.A.
33 By force of law, therefore, the PRC-Board of 9173 was passed and signed into ;aw in October 2002.
Nursing released Resolution No. 14 Series of 1999 entitled:
“Adoption of Nursing Specialty Certification Program and 40. Among the important provisions was the
Creation of Nursing Specialty Certification Council.” This composition of the Board of Nursing. Which of the following
rule-making power is called: is NOT provided for in RA 9173?

A. Quasi-Judicial Power A. The board of nursing shall be composed of 7

B. Quasi-Legislative Power members
C. Executive/Promulgating Power B. Have at least 10 years of continuous practice of
D. Regulatory Power the profession
C. The qualifying age should not be more tan 70
34. Which of the following is the required qualification years of age
of a Dean? D. The academic qualification of the members shall
A. Nine units in Nursing Administration be a holders of Master Degree in Nursing or related fields.
B. Master’s Degree in related fields
C. Master’s Degree in Nursing 41. Which of the following is an additional function of
D. Doctoral Degree the Board, which is a departure from RA 7164?
35. The faculty of a College of Nursing mush have a
master’s Degree which is: A. Promulgate the decision for the improvement of
A. Psychology nursing
B. Nursing only B. Describe the subjects in the licensure examination
C. Public Health C. Recommends the opening and closure of Colleges
D. Nursing or related field of Nursing
36. Nurses in the Nursing Service must also be D. Issue, suspend, revoke certification of registration
qualified. The nursing service director must have:
Situation: Since 1919 several nurse practice acts
A. Master’s Degree in any field of nursing have been enacted to regulate the practice of nursing.
B. Master’s Degree in health sciences Similarly, several codes of ethics have been promulgated
by various Board of Nursing to make nursing relevant and
updated. A. Executive Order Number 119 Section 3
B. Ministry Circular Number 2
42. Which of the following statements about these C. RA 7160
nurse practice acts are true? D. RA 7164

A. These acts are not effective in the supervision or 48. The Dangerous Drug Act had known also as RA
revocation of licensure or erring nurses 6425 states that nobody must do any of the following in
B. These acts have been authorizes by the accredited relation to prohibited drugs?
national nurses organization
C. These acts usually define the scope of nursing A. Report suspected user to authority
practice B. Sell, administer and prescribe
D. These acts describe the differences between a C. Use yellow prescription for doctors
registered nurse and practice nurse. D. Sell, administer, deliver

43. Which of the following statements are provided in 49. Which age group is required to be immunized as
the 2002 Nurse practice Acts or RA 9173 per Presidential decree No 996?

A. A professional nurse with a baccalaureate degree A. Children with special needs

is qualified to be licensed as a registered nurse B. Children below 8 years
B. Midwives are allowed to render nursing care to C. Out of school youth
patients D. School children
C. A practical nurse who are already registered
nursed are given 5 years to finish Bachelor of 50. Which legislation aims to promote and improve
Science in Nursing in order to practice the the social and economical well being of health workers in
professions government services?

44. Which of the following is the primary purpose of a A. RA 7164

duly promulgated Code of Ethics? B. DOH policies and guidelines
C. Alma ata
A. Acts a guide to making moral decision related to D. Magna carta
nursing practice
B. Assists the nurse in identifying legal 51. The family of the dead patient who filed an
responsibilities in the care of patients administrative case against the nurse is considered which
C. Provides sanctions to violators of nursing law of the following:
D. A source material for identifying the attitudes that
professional nurse should develop A. Complainant
B. Accessory
45. Which of the following provides that nurses must C. Accomplice
be member of the National Nurse Organization? D. Defendant

A. RA 877 as amended by RA 4704 52. The doctor assigned to the dead patient who was
B. 1981 code of Ethics approved by the House of also sued together with the nurses, was told to bring with
delegates, Philippines Nurses Association him a copy of the patient’s chart when he takes the stand
C. Resolution No 633 promulgated by the Board of on the next hearing. The hearing officer would have to
Nursing issue what legal order to compel the doctor to bring the
D. RA 7164 or the Nurse Practice Act of 1991 patient’s chart?

46. Which of the following statements if made by the A. Summon

nurse would you consider him/her as a prudent nurse? B. Subpoena
C. Injunction
A. Questions wrong order of the doctor D. Subpoena tecum
B. Follow the doctor’s order even she thinks it’s
wrong Situation: Safe nursing practice includes an
C. Very cautiously seeks supervision all the time understanding f the law which governs one’s practice. The
D. Careful in giving medication in a control line law provides the parameters within which the professional
nurse protects self and clientele.
Situation: the legal responsibilities of the nurse in any
setting must be given importance to prevent litigation. 53. In the Philippines,, this law is:

47. Which among the following is related to the local A. the Philippine Nursing Act or RA 7164
government of delivery of basic services including health? B. the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 or RA 9173
C. Republic Act 8981 c. Order
D. IRR, Resolution 425 of 2003 d. Discipline

54. As a standard in ethics, this represents an 60. In this ethical theory, decisions are based on what
understanding and agreement to respect anther person’s will provide the greatest good for the greatest number of
right to decide a course his or her own destiny: people.
a. nonmaleficence
A. Beneficence b. teleology
B. Nonmaleficence c. formalism
C. Autonomy d. utilitarianism
D. Justice
61. In ethics, it discusses that the good act can only come
55. The Code of Ethics refers to standards of behaviour or from what is also good
ideals of conduct. The ability to answer for and stand by a. nonmaleficence
one’s refers to: b. teleology
c. formalism
A. Advocacy d. utilitarianism
B. Accountability
C. Veracity 62. The science that deals with principles of right and
D. Responsibility wrong is called:
a. ethics
Situation: Mr. Martin, 70 years old, was suddenly b. philosophy
rushed to the hospital because of severe chest pain. On c. psychology
admission, he was diagnosed to have acute myocardial d. morality
infraction and was placed in the ICU.
Situation: You are a newly hired nurse in a tertiary
56. While in the ICU he executes a document that lists the hospital. You have finished your orientation program
medical treatment he chooses to refuse in case his recently and you are beginning to assimilate the culture of
condition becomes severe to a point that he will be unable the profession.
to make decision from himself. This document is:
63. Using Benner’s stages of nursing expertise, you
A. living will are a beginning nurse practitioner. You will rank yourself as
B. power of attorney a/an:
C. last will and testament A. competent nurse
D. informed consent B. novice nurse
C. proficient nurse
57. After one day, the patient’s condition worsened and D. advanced beginner
feeling hopeless, he requested the nurse to remove the
oxygen. The nurse should: 64. Benner’s “Proficient” nurse level is different from
the other levels in nursing expertise in the context of
A. Follow the patient because it is his right to die having:
gracefully A. the abilities to organize and plan activities
B. Refuse the patient since euthanasia is not B. having attained an advanced level of education
accepted in the Philippines C. a holistic understanding and perception of the
C. Follow the patient as it is his right to client
determine the medical regimen he needs. D. intuitive and analytic ability in new situations
D. Refuse the patient and encourage him to
verbalize his feelings 65. Which of the following example best defines the
term role reversal?
58. A group of employees walks in the room of the A. A lazy person becomes very productive in the
Medical Director to complain about the treatment made by family
doctors on the nurses and attendants. This is a form of: B. The good child takes on a bad role
a. Upward communication C. A person who has been a good provider quits his
b. Downward communication or her job
c. Lateral communication D. The child assumes a caregiver role toward the
d. Grapevine communication caregiver

59. Leah emphasized the importance of adhering to 66. When a nurse breaches the duty of confidentiality,
the rules and regulations of the hospital and the possible he or she can be disciplined by both the employer and the
sanctions if violations occur. This reflects the principle of: Board of Nursing. In addition to this discipline, he or she
a. Authority and responsibility can:
b. Chain of command A. be held responsible for any damages that result
B. be fined by the federal government she practices what she teaches. What ethical principles is
C. be sentenced for up to 1 year in jail she practicing?
D. immediately lose his or her nursing license a. Beneficence
b. Autonomy
67. A strategy for a change that focuses on teaching c. Advocacy
workers new technology is: d. Justice
A. normative- reeducation
B. training 74. The chain of command is the formal line of
C. providing information authority and communication. On the PM shift, 6 patients
D. power coercive are being discharged. The nurse noticed that the orderly is
looking through the belongings of one of the patients. What
68. The major components of the communication should the nurse do?
process are: a. Call the orderly’s attention in private
A. verbal, written, and nonverbal b. Report this behavior to the charge nurse
B. speaker, listener and reply c. Ignore the situation because the orderly is just
C. facial expression, tone of voice, and gesture preparing the client’s belongings
D. message, sender, channel, receiver, and feedback d. Monitor the situation and assess if any other items
are reported to be missing
69. A measurement tool to articulate the nursing
workload for a specific patient or groups of patients over a Situation: A nurse was interested to study the
specific period of time is called: research question: ‘What are the differences and
A. staffing pattern similarities between aggressive and non-aggressive
B. skill mix cognitively impaired, elderly, institutionalized people?”.
C. benchmarking 75. Investigation of cognitively impaired individual
D. patient classification presented some ethical dilemmas. Which of the following
protocol would be considered unethical?
A. Recording interaction with the elderly with their
70. In conflict management, the win-win approach permission
occurs when: B. Verbal permission from the subject is unnecessary
A. there are two conflicts and the parties agree to C. Data coded and recorded solely by the
each win one investigation
B. each party gives in on 50% of the disagreements D. A written consent from the institution and a
making up the conflict significant other
C. both parties involved are committed to solving he
conflict 76. The type of study conducted is:
D. the conflict is settled out of court so the legal A. descriptive
system and the parties win B. quasi-experimental
C. experimental
71. When one person allows the conflict to be resolved D. case study
at his or her own expense, this is referred to in conflict
management as: 77. The review of literature included reference to
A. losing retrospective studies. Such studies have the following
B. wining while losing advantages EXCEPT:
C. the win-lose approach A. data are inexpensive
D. the lose-win approach B. possibility of memory bias and distortion of fact
C. there is much material available
72. Nurses working in the 35 bed Female Medical Unit D. it is easy to get data
were noted to implement new and innovative client care
activities long before other units in the hospital. Which of 78. The average age of the respondents was 86. This
the following leadership characteristics exhibited by the represents:
nurse manager best describes this strength? A. the sum ages divided by the total number of
A. Communication skills participants
B. Knowledge and skills B. he youngest participant in 86 years old
C. Vision and passion C. the oldest participant in 86 years old
D. Interpersonal abilities D. most of the number of participants is 86 years old

79. Authority is the official power to act. It is the power

73. Tricia, a staff nurse working in a cancer unit, is to direct the work of others. A nursing attendant speaks
considered a role model not only by her colleagues, but rudely and harshly to an elderly patient. Hearing this, the
also by her patients. She goes out her way to help other. nurse’s appropriate action is to:
She is very active in their professional organization and a. Assign the attendant to another patient
b. Attempt to explore the situation with the nursing Situation: Miss Pakyaw is a head nurse in the ward where
attendant concerned fourth year students are affiliating for their RLE in
c. Start a group discussion with all other nursing management.
attendants
d. Talk with the patient’s family about the matter 85. The clinical instructor of the students usually assigns
two patients for each. The students are responsible for the
80. You are attending a certification program on 24 – hour nursing care plan of each of the patient assigned
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) offered and required to them. This method of nursing care delivery is called:
by the hospital employing you. This is a. team approach
A. professional course towards credits b. case management
B. continuing education c. functional nursing
C. in service education d. primary nursing
D. advance training
86. Regardless of the method of nursing care delivery,
81. A research design is a blueprint for conducting a the Head nurse is still accountable for the total nursing
study. The purpose of design is to maximize conrtol over care of the patients in the ward. This is an application of;
factors that can interfere in the validity of the findings. a. the scalar principle
There are several types of research design. Which type of b. the unity of command principle
research design facilitates the search of knowledge and c. proper channeling communication
examination of causality in situations in which complete d. command responsibility
control is not possible?
a. Quasi-experimental design 87 The father of Scientific Management is:
c. Randomized clinical trial a. Max Weber
b. Experimental design b. Henri Fayol
d. Pretest-posttest design c. Frederick Fiedler
d. Frederick Taylor
82. A research topic is a concept or broad issue that is 88. The variable that may create uncertainty in the result of
important to nursing. From this topic, research problems research refers to:
arise wherein there is a gap in the knowledge base needed a. Independent variable
for nursing practice. The following are functions of a b. Dependent variable
research problem, except: c. Extraneous variable
a. identifies an area of concern for a population d. None of the above
b. includes significance of the problem
c. provides background for the problem 89 A corrective action taken by the supervisor when
d. indicates review of related studies an employee does not abide by organizational rules and
standards.
a. Punishment b. control
The Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 or RA 9173 has a c. discipline d. dismissal
provision that the nurse must continue learning.
90. Disciplinary treatment in most organizations is
83 Which of the following is formal continuing progressive. Which of the following steps of progressive
education? discipline is the last.
A. Tele conference a. written warning
B. Enrolment in gradate school b. suspension
C. Attendance in conference c. Termination of employment
D. Refresher courses d. coaching

84 Which of the following is true for charting done by 91. The mildest form of discipline is
nursing student and countersigned by the clinical a. written warning
instructor: b. verbal warning
a. the staff nurse is legally accountable to the hospital c. suspension
for the nursing care delivered by the nursing d. termination
students
b. the nursing student is legally accountable for all 92. The hospital where you are working is celebrating
information she has written in the progress notes its Golden Jubilee Foundation. Three of the nurse
c. the clinical instructor attest that she has personal supervisors were assigned by the over-all chairman to
knowledge of the information charted by the head different committees. The principle of management
student. used here is:
d. The instructor cannot be liable because the a. delegation of accountability
situation is part of the learning experience of the b. channel of communication
student. c. unity of command
d. command responsibility
93. Extending the implications of the findings from the 97. What does this statement refer to? The level of
sample studied to a larger population is called educational attainment of the mothers is not correlated with
a. Generalization their degree of compliance to the treatment regimen.
b. Conclusion a. Limitation of the study
c. Limitation b. hypothesis
d. Delimitation c. assumptions
d. none of the above
94. Regarding idiosyncrasies of a handicapped child,
how should a nurse deal with the tantrums? 98. If a researcher studied the effect of a scheduling
A. Respect assignment on nurses morale, the scheduling assignment
B. Beneficence would be referred to as the:
C. Justice a. Independent variable
D. Non-maleficence b. Dependent variable
c. Population
95. In apportioning candies and other nice goodies d. None of the above
among children, what bioethical principle should a nurse
observe? 99. What ethical principle is violated when a
A. Justice researcher do not consider freedom to participate or not
B. Beneficence participate in research?
C. Non-maleficence a. Principle of respect for persons
D. Autonomy b. Beneficence
c. Justice
96. Which of the following is not true about sample d. Veracity
size determination in research?
a. The larger the sample, the more representative it is 100. Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
likely to be. are examples of:
b. The more representative a sample is, the less a. Descriptive statistics
generalizable the result would be. b. Inferential statistics
c. Large samples can lead to erroneous results when c. Vital statistics
not well selected d. Chi square
d. The more generalizable the sample is, the more
representative