Legal Principles
This is a crime which does not inflict serious harm.
What is a misdemeanor?
This is an intentional threat towards another person that places the person in reasonable fear of harmful, imminent, or unwelcome contact. No contact is required for this to occur.
What is assault?
This is completed when there is a deviation from the standard of care such as when a client falls or a medication error occurs.
What is an occurrence report?
This refers to a clients independence.
What is autonomy?
What is an ethical dilemma?
This is an offense that results in significant harm to another person or society in general.
What is a felony?
This is an intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful jurisdiction.
What is battery?
These are considered to be preventable errors, which may include falls, catheter associated UTIs, and healthcare associated pressure injuries.
What are never events?
What is justice?
This entity creates the code of ethics for nurses.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
This is a civil wrongful act or omission against a person or a person's property that are compensated by awarding monetary damages
What is a tort?
This is an intentional tort that may occur when the nurse restrains a client either chemically or physically without following hospital policy or procedure.
What is a good Samaritan law?
This refers to keeping promises and based on the virtue of caring.
What is fidelity?
What is assault/intentional tort?
This is a deliberate act of wrongful conduct. EX: assault and battery
What is an intentional tort?
This is the failure to use the same care that a reasonably prudent nurse would use under the same or similar circumstances.
This is a clients agreement to allow a procedure to take place with a full disclosure of the risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of a refusal.
What is informed consent?
This refers to taking positive actions to help other. Encourages you to do go for the client.
What is beneficence?
This takes place when the nurse gives an injection despite the clients refusal.
What is battery/intentional tort?
This is conduct which falls below the generally accepted standard of care that a reasonably prudent person would provide under similar circumstances.
What is Negligence?
The patient/plaintiff must prove the following:
1. there was a provider-patient relationship btwn nurse & defendant
2. the nurse breached the duty owed to the client under that relationship
3. the clients injury was due to the nurses breach in duty
4. the client has accrued damages due to the injury
What are the elements of malpractice?
This is a document that provides instructions about a clients wishes in certain situations, such as withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures in those who are terminally ill.
What is a living will?
This refers to the fundamental agreement to do no harm.
This takes place when the nurse tells the client that the doctor is incompetent.