Nursing Jurisprudence Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Negliegence Failure to do something that a normally prudent person would do Negligence : Comission Wrong doing Negligence: Omission Total neglect of care, not doing anything Example of negligence in nursing -telling a suicidal bipolar patient that it is okay for them to refuse their medication. -Failure to report observations to Dr -Mistaken ID -Wrong dose, wrong medication -Defects in equipment leading to falls -Errors d/t family assistance -Administer meds without Dr. order Res Ipsa Loquitur A doctrine under which negligence may be inferred simply because an event occurred, if it is the type of event that would not occur in the absence of negligence. Literally, the term means "the facts speak for themselves."
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