Professional Practice & Ethics Flashcards
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A principal asks the school nurse to share a student's HIV status with the student's teachers "for safety." What is the nurse's most appropriate response?
Answer: Decline, because disclosure requires written parental consent and is not needed for standard precautions
HIV status is highly protected under FERPA and state law, and standard precautions make disclosure unnecessary without consent.
Which federal law primarily governs the privacy of health records kept by a school nurse employed by a public school district?
Answer: FERPA
Health records maintained by a public school are education records protected under FERPA, not HIPAA.
Under the five rights of delegation, which task is LEAST appropriate for a school nurse to delegate to unlicensed assistive personnel?
Answer: Performing an initial assessment of a student with new-onset chest pain
Assessment requires nursing judgment and cannot be delegated to unlicensed personnel.
Which document defines the legal scope of practice for a registered school nurse in a given state?
Answer: The state Nurse Practice Act
Each state's Nurse Practice Act legally defines RN scope of practice; other documents cannot expand it.
A school nurse discovers she administered a medication dose 90 minutes late. What should she do first?
Answer: Notify the parent and complete an incident report per policy after assessing the student
Assess the student, notify appropriate parties, and document honestly per district medication error policy.
The NASN Code of Ethics principle that most directly supports a school nurse's duty to speak up for a student's access to care is:
Answer: Advocacy
Advocacy for students' health, safety, and rights is a core ethical obligation in the NASN Code of Ethics.
Which statement best describes the school nurse's obligation as a mandated reporter of suspected child abuse?
Answer: Report suspicion directly to child protective services or law enforcement per state law
Mandated reporters must report reasonable suspicion themselves; the duty cannot be delegated to an administrator.
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