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Nursing 1015 - Exam #2 questions withcomplete solutions
Legal Aspects of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔
Types of Laws - correct answer ✔✔-constitutional: bill of rights
-statutory: federal, state, local alws
-case or judicial: written in response to court cases
-criminal: protect the public as a whole
-civil: imvolve individuals personal rights (most health care issues0
What are the systems in court? - correct answer ✔✔- Litigation: process of bringing and trying a lawsuit
- Plaintiff: person bringing the suit
- Defendant: person being accuses of crime (who is presumed innocent till proven guilty)
What are the Professional and Legal Regulation of Nursing Practice? - correct answer ✔✔- Nurse practice
acts
- Standards
- Credentialing
- Grounds for License Suspension/Revoke
What are some grounds for license suspension or revoke? - correct answer ✔✔- drug or alcohol abuse
- fraud
- deceptive practice
- criminal acts
- previous disciplinary actions by other state boards
- gross or ordinary negligence
- physical or mental impairments, including those resulting from aging.
,What falls under credentialing? - correct answer ✔✔- accreditation
- licensure
- certification
What is a Tort? - correct answer ✔✔a civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy
Intentional Torts - correct answer ✔✔deliberate acts intended to cause harm
What are some examples of Intentional Torts? - correct answer ✔✔- Assault/Battery
- Defamation
- Invasion of Privacy
- False Imprisonment
- Fraud
What are some examples of Unintentional Torts? - correct answer ✔✔negligence and malpractice
(elements of liability and standards of care)
What are elements of liability? - correct answer ✔✔-Duty: what you owe to pt
-Breach of duty: failure to utilize safety equipment (bedrails down)
-Causation: leaving bedrails down caused hip fx
-Damages: pain from hip fx
Nursing Roles in Legal Proceedings? - correct answer ✔✔- Nurse as a defendant
- Nurse as a fact witness
- Nurse as expert witness
What can a nurse as a defendant do and not do? - correct answer ✔✔Cant:
- Do not discuss the care w/ those involved
, - Do not alter patient records
- Do not volunteer any information
Can:
- Cooperate fully w/ your attorney
- Be courteous on witness stand
What are incident reports? - correct answer ✔✔Written document completed when an unexpected
situation occurs that can cause harm to a patient, an employee or any person.
What should a incident report include? - correct answer ✔✔- Complete name of person and name of
witnesses
- Factual account of incident
- Date, time, and place of incident
- Pertinent characteristics of person involved
- Any equipment or resources being used
- Any other important variables
- Documentation by physician of medical examination of person involved
What is the Good Samaritan Law? - correct answer ✔✔protects healthcare workers who give aid during
an emergency
What are Laws and Nursing Practice? - correct answer ✔✔- HIPAA
- Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
- Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs)
- Mandatory Reporting
Do not Resuscitate Orders (DNR) - correct answer ✔✔- What is the law --> Patient Self-Determination
Act
- You must initiate CPR unless there is written order not to
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