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Nur 201 Exam 1 Fortis/Nur 201 Medical-Surgical Nursing I Exam 1 Newest 2025/2026 Complete Exam Questions And Correct Answers (Verified Answers) |Already Graded A+
A nurse is discharging a patient from the hospital following a heart stent procedure. The patient asks to see and copy his medical record. What is the nurse's best response?
"I'm sorry, but patients are not allowed to copy their medical records."
"I can make a copy of your record for you right now."
"You can read your record while you are still a patient, but copying records is not permitted according to HIPAA rules."
"I will need to check with our records department to get you a copy." - ANSWER-"I will need to check with our records department to get you a copy."
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When may a health institution release a PHI for purposes other than treatment, payment, and routine health care operations, without the patient's signed authorization? Select all that apply.
News media are preparing a report on the condition of a patient who is a public figure.
Data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks.
Protected health information is needed by a coroner.
Child abuse and neglect are suspected.
Protected health information is needed to facilitate organ donation
The sister of a patient with Alzheimer's disease wants to help provide care. - ANSWER-Data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks.
Protected health information is needed by a coroner.
Child abuse and neglect are suspected.
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Protected health information is needed to facilitate organ donation
A friend of a nurse calls and tells the nurse that his girlfriend's father was just admitted to the hospital as a patient, and he wants the nurse to provide information about the man's condition. The friend states, "Sue seems unusually worried about her dad, but she won't talk to me and I want to be able to help her." What is the best initial response the nurse should make?"You shouldn't be asking me to do this. I could be fined or even lose my job for disclosing this information."
"Sorry, but I'm not able to give information about patients to the public—even when my best friend or a family member asks."
"Because of HIPAA, you shouldn't be asking for this information unless the patient has authorized you to receive it! This could get you in trouble!"
"Why do you think Sue isn't talking about her worries?" - ANSWER- "Because of HIPAA, you shouldn't be asking for this information unless the patient has authorized you to receive it! This could get you in trouble!"
A patient has an order for an analgesic medication to be given PRN.When would the nurse administer this medication?
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Every 3 hours
Every 4 hours
Daily
As needed - ANSWER-A
A resident who is called to see a patient in the middle of the night is leaving the unit but then remembers that he forgot to write a new order for a pain medication a nurse had requested for another patient. Tired and already being paged to another unit, he verbally tells the nurse the order and asks the nurse to document it on the health care provider's order sheet. What is the nurse's BEST response?
State: "Thank you for taking care of this! I'll be happy to document the
order on the health care provider's order sheet."
Get a second nurse to listen to the order, and after writing the order on the health care provider order sheet, have both nurses sign it.
State: "I am sorry, but VOs can only be given in an emergency situation
that prevents us from writing them out. I'll bring the chart and we can do this quickly."
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