50 Questions & Answers: Legal, Ethical, and
Professional Practice in Nursing
1. What is the primary purpose of the Nurse Practice Act?
✔ To define the legal scope of nursing practice within each state
2. Which ethical principle requires one to do no harm?
✔ Nonmaleficence
3. Allowing a patient to make their own decisions is an example of
what principle?
✔ Autonomy
4. Touching a patient without their consent is called:
✔ Battery
5. The ANA Code of Ethics is designed to:
✔ Provide ethical decision-making guidance
6. Which law protects the confidentiality of patient health
information?
✔ HIPAA
7. If a nurse is instructed to give a medication that is contraindicated,
they should:
✔ Clarify with the physician
8. A nurse’s signature on a consent form confirms that the patient:
✔ Signed the form voluntarily
9. Treating all patients fairly demonstrates which principle?
✔ Justice
10. Sharing patient information without consent is a violation of:
✔ Confidentiality
