Legal Limits of Nursing
A crime or offense that results in significant or serious harm to another.
A. Misdemeanor
B. Felony
B. Felony
A misdemeanor is a crime that causes injury, but does not inflict serious harm.
Represent written documents that direct treatment in accordance with a patient's wishes in the event of terminal illness or conditions.
A. Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC)
B. Living wills
B. Living Will
A legal document that designates a person or peoples of one's choosing to make health care decisions when a patients is no longer able to make health care decisions on their own behalf.
Deliberate acts that violate another's rights such as assault battery and false imprisonment.
A. Torts.
B. Intentional Torts
B. Intentional Torts
Civil wrongful acts or omissions made agains a person or property.
A Pt.s agreement to have a medical procedure after receiving full disclosure of risk's, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal.
A.Occurrence report
B. Informed Consent
B. Informed Consent Provides a database for further investigation in an attempt to determine deviations from standards of care , to identify corrective measures needed to prevent recurrence, and alert risk management.
Which type of law protects the rights of Individuals and provide fair and equitable treatment?
A. Civil Laws
B. Criminal Laws
A.Civil Laws
Criminal laws protect the society as a whole and provide punishment for crimes.
These laws limit liability and offer legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident.
A. Public health laws
B. The Good Samaritan laws
B. The Good Samaritan laws
Public health laws protect populations, advocate for the rights of people, regulate health care and health financing, and ensure professional accountability of care provided.
Acts in which intent is lacking but violent action and direct causation occur such as in invasion of property and defamation of character
A. Unintentional Tort
B. Quasi-intentional tory
B. Quasi-intentional tory
Unintentional Tort includes negligence or malpractice
Preventable errors, which may include falls, UTI from improper use of catheters, and pressure ulcers.
A. Risk Management
B. Never Events
B. Never Events
Risk management is Several components including identifying possible risks, analyzing them, acting to reduce the risks, and evaluating the steps took to reduce them.
Laws Made by the the legislative branch of the Government.
A. Statutory law
B. Regulatory Law
A. Statutory Law
Regulatory law or Administrative law reflects the decisions made by administrative bodies such as the state board of nursing when rules and regulations are passed.
Statue that states a competent individual with a terminal disease can make an oral or written request for medication to end their life in a respectful manner.
A. Physician assisted Suicide.
B. Uniform determination of death act
B. Uniform determination of death act
Two standards that are legally required to determine patients death. ( Cardiopulmonary standard, and whole brain standard)
Name three intentional torts.
Assault, Battery, and false imprisonment.
Describes and define legal boundaries of nursing practice within Each state.
A. Standards of care
B. Nurse Practice Act.
B. Nurse Practice Acts
Standards of care are the legal requirements for nursing practice that describe minimum acceptable nursing care.
The right of Patients to keep personal information from being disclosed
A. Confidentiality
B. Privacy
B. Privacy
Confidentiality protects private information once it is disclosed in health care settings.
Name the two quasi intentional torts.
Invasion of Privacy and defamation of character.
Results from judicial decisions made by courts when individual legal cases are decided.
A. Civil Laws
B. Common Laws
B. Common Laws
Civil laws protect the rights of the individual and provide for fair and equitable treatment when civil wrongs or violations occur.
List in order the priorities fro giving consent for an autopsy.
Pt. in writing be for death
Durable power of attorny
Surviving spouse,
child, parent, or sibling in that order.
Name the two unintentional Torts.
Negligence and mal practice