Patient Rights and Ethics Practice Questions
20 free Patient Rights and Ethics practice questions for the NCLEX Exam, each with the correct answer and a detailed explanation. Open any question below, or take the full set as an interactive quiz.
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All Patient Rights and Ethics questions
- Q1. Which ethical principle recognizes a patient’s right to make their own healthcare decisions?
- Q2. A patient is given full information on risks and benefits of a surgery, and then signs a consent form. This process exemplifies:
- Q3. Which patient right ensures they can refuse a treatment offered to them?
- Q4. Which ethical principle requires healthcare providers to avoid causing harm to patients?
- Q5. A patient is moved to a room with fewer privileges because of their race. This violates which ethical principle?
- Q6. A nurse discusses a patient’s medical condition in public where others can overhear. Which patient right is being breached?
- Q7. The document that outlines a patient’s preferences for treatment if they become unable to make decisions is called:
- Q8. Which right ensures the patient can ask questions about the costs, risks and benefits of different treatments?
- Q9. Which ethical principle refers to doing what is best for the patient?
- Q10. A patient’s right to be treated with courtesy, dignity, and respect falls under what concept?
- Q11. If a patient is unable to make decisions, the nurse should look for:
- Q12. A nurse finds that a policy limits a patient’s access to their medical record without reason. This likely violates which right?
- Q13. The ethical principle that healthcare providers owe to treat patients equally regardless of status is:
- Q14. A patient is informed of a research study and signs consent. They later withdraw and must stop. This reflects which right?
- Q15. Which principle mandates the nurse keep promises and be trustworthy in care?
- Q16. In the context of patient rights, the requirement for clear, understandable communication of care is part of:
- Q17. A patient with limited language skills is not provided interpreter services. This violates which right/ethical principle?
- Q18. Which document serves as a framework for nurses’ ethical responsibilities toward patients?
- Q19. A nurse encourages a patient’s family to participate in discussions about care but ultimately respects the patient’s decision alone. This exemplifies which rig…
- Q20. A hospital refuses to treat an uninsured patient in an emergency department. This likely infringes which patient right?