Nurse Practice Acts define the legal scope of an LPN's practice, which are written and enforced by: a. American Nurses Association. b. National Council Licensure Examiners. c. each state. d. each health care agency. {Ans: c. each state. Each state writes and enforces the Nurse Practice Act, which defines the legal scope of nursing practice.}The nurse assesses successful adaptation in a post stroke patient when the patient: a. learns to walk and maintain balance with the aid of a walker. b. consistently takes antihypertensive drugs. c. attempts to get out of bed unassisted. d. refuses assistance with feeding. {Ans: a. learns to walk and maintain balance with the aid of a walker. Adaptation is a readjustment in habits to limitations and disabilities. Learning to walk and maintain balance with the aid of a walker is an example of this.}Included in Maslow's hierarchy, physiological needs are those that: a. nurture intimacy. b. foster independence. c. encourage social interaction. d. protect from harm. {Ans: d. protect from harm. Physiological needs are those that are essential to human life, such as oxygenation, nutrition, and elimination. Protection from physical harm, from a nursing standpoint, is often equivalent in importance to physical