N3632 Question and answers verified to pass N3632: Test #3 Review
What are nurse practice acts? - correct answer state by state definition of the legal scope of nursing practice
Define scope of practice
Lists violations that result in disciplinary actions
What are "standards"? - co...
N3632: Test #3 Review
What are nurse practice acts? - correct answer ✔state by state definition of
the legal scope of nursing practice
Define scope of practice
Lists violations that result in disciplinary actions
What are "standards"? - correct answer ✔voluntary standards that are
developed by the nursing profession
example: ANA Standards of Practice
What is Accreditation? - correct answer ✔process by which an educational
program is evaluated and recognized as having met certain standards
What is Licensure? - correct answer ✔process by which a state determines
that a candidate meets certain minimum requirements to practice in the
profession and grants a license to do so
What is Certification? - correct answer ✔process by which a person who has
met certain criteria established by a nongovernmental association is granted
recognition in a specified practice area
What is a tort? - correct answer ✔subject to action in a civil court with
damages usually being settled with money
,Two types:
Intentional
Unintentional
What are the 6 types of intentional torts? - correct answer ✔"A-DIFF"
Assault & Battery
Defamation of Character
Invasion of Privacy
False Imprisonment
Fraud
What is assault & battery? - correct answer ✔Assault - threat or an attempt
to make bodily contact with another person without that person's consent
Battery -- assault that is carried out and included willful, angry, and violent or
negligent touching of another person's body or clothes, or anything attached
to or held by that person
What is Defamation of character? - correct answer ✔one party makes a
derogatory remarks about another that diminishes the other party's reputation
What is Invasion of Privacy? - correct answer ✔disclosing confidential
information without consent
granted by the 4th amendment
people have the right to privacy and the right to be left alone
,What is False imprisonment? - correct answer ✔unjustified retention or
prevention of the movement of another person without proper consent
example: unwarranted restraints
What is Fraud? - correct answer ✔willful and purposeful misrepresentation
that could cause, or has caused, loss or harm to a person or property
What is are Unintentional Torts? - correct answer ✔Negligence
Malpractice
Liability
What is Negligence? - correct answer ✔performing an act that a reasonably
prudent person under similar circumstances would not do or failing to perform
an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do
example: act of omission or commission
What is Malpractice? - correct answer ✔negligence by professional
personnel
What are examples of Malpractice? - correct answer ✔Failure to follow
standards of care
Failure to use equipment in a responsible manner
Failure to assess and monitor
, Failure to communicate
Failure to document
Failure to act as a patient advocate or follow the chain of command
What is Liability? - correct answer ✔4 elements that must be established to
prove that malpractice or negligence has occurred
Duty
Breach of Duty
Causation
Damages
"Don't Blame Cameron Diaz"
What is Duty? - correct answer ✔obligation to use due care
Hospital staff nurses are responsible for:
Accurate assessment of patients
Alerting HCP to changes in patient's condition
Competent execution of safety measures for patient
What is Breach of Duty? - correct answer ✔failure to meet the standard of
care
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