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NUR 211 Test 81. liability risks
Answer
supervision/delegation early client discharge
nursing shortage hospital downsizing increased autonomy lack of adequate training advanced
technology
2. criminal law
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conduct that is harmful to another individual or society as a whole, usually punishable by fines
or imprisonment or both
3. crime
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act prohibited by statute or by common law principles
4. civil law
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deals with rights and duties of private persons
5. tort law
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a tort is a civil wrong committed against an individual or an individual's property
6. unintentional torts
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negligence and malpractice
7. negligence
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conduct that deviates from what a reasonable person would perform in a particular circumstance
, 8. malpractice
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persons with greater than average skill/ability held to a higher standard
malpractice is conduct deviating from standard of practice or standards of care
any negligent act or omission may rise to the standard of malpractice
9. elements necessary to prove negligence
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duty, breach of duty, foreseeability, causation, injury or harm
10. duty
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a legally enforceable obligation to conform to a particular standard of conduct that is owed to
the patient
ex. nurse should complete fall risk assessment for all clients on admission
11. breach of duty
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deviation from the standard of care owed a patient
ex. nurse does not perform fall risk assessment on admission
12. forseeability
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ability to foresee events that reasonably may be expected to cause specific results
ex. nurse should know that failure to take precautions can endanger a client
13. causation
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to make a successful claim for malpractice, an injury must have occurred as a direct
consequence of a nurse's or other healthcare professionals breach of care
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