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Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Q’s & A’s 100% Solved Jurisprudence The science or philosophy of law Sources of Law - Constitutional Law Federal State - Statutory Law Federal State - Common Law - Administrative Law

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Jurisprudence ✔✔The science or philosophy of law

Sources of Law ✔✔- Constitutional Law

Federal

State

- Statutory Law

Federal

State

- Common Law

- Administrative Law

Criminal Law ✔✔Federal or state government is attempting to deprive an
individual of life or

liberty for something the law considers an offense against society in general.

Civil Law ✔✔Seeks to resolve disputes between private parties, which often
results in the

payment of money.

Different Burden of Proof ✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt

A preponderance of the evidence

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Tort Law ✔✔A civil wrong that causes someone else to suffer loss or harm
resulting in legal

liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

Types of Torts ✔✔- Negligence

- Intentional Torts

Assault

Battery

False Imprisonment

- Quasi-Intentional Torts

Defamaiton

Libel

Slander

Malpractice ✔✔Negligence committed by a person in his or her professional
capacity is

malpractice. Also known as professional negligence.

Medical and nursing malpractice occur when a doctor or nurse fails to do that
which a

reasonable, prudent doctor or nurse would do under the same or similar
circumstances, or does

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that which a reasonable or prudent doctor or nurse would not do under the
same or similar

circumstances.

Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit ✔✔Duty - the existence of a duty,
owed by the nurse

to a patient, to conform to a recognized standard of care

Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care

Harm - an actual injury

Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the nurse's act or
omission

Intentional Tort: Assault ✔✔Intentionally placing another in apprehension or
fear that they will

suffer harmful or offensive contact.

Intentional Tort: Battery ✔✔Intentional contact that is harmful or offensive, or
creating the

apprehension that such contact is imminent.

Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment ✔✔Willful detention without consent and
without authority

of law.

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Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation ✔✔A communication that tends to hold the
plaintiff up to

hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided.

Tarnishing the reputation of someone.

Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types ✔✔Types:

Libel - printed or broadcast

Slander - spoken

Nurse Practice Act ✔✔The practice of nursing is a right granted by a state to
protect those who

need nursing care. The guidelines of the NPA and its rules provide safe
parameters within which

to work, as well as protect patients from unprofessional and unsafe nursing
practice. The act is a

dynamic document that evolves and is updated or amended as changes in scope
of practice occur.

All states and territories have enacted a NPA

Generally, NPAs include:

Authority, power and composition of a board of nursing

Education program standards

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