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Employment Law
Liability
Administrative Law
Others
Nursing roles
100
ADA American with Disability Act
prohibit discrimination based on disability
100
TORT Law

private or civil wrongs;

intentional or unintentional

100
police power
enact legislation to protect health, safety, and welfare of the citizen
100
Licensure
state legislature that controls entry into the profession, discipline of licensees
100
Informed Consent
was the patient given enough information before a treatment or procedure to make an intelligent decision
200
Nurses with Disability
granted special confidentiality when compliant with treatment
200
Assault and Battery
freedom from offensive touching or threat of offensive touching
200
1oth amendment
allows state to enact legislation that is not pre empted
200
Nurse Practice Act
control over entry of new members into the nursing profession
300
Contract law
based in contract parties, also called expressed contract
300
False imprisonment
person unlawfully confined in a fixed area
300
Board of Nursing
state agencies created by nurse practice act
300
Compact
allows a nurse who holds a license in the states to practice in other states
300
1914 New York Court of appeals
every sound mind human adult has the right to determine what shall be done with his own body
400
enforceable contract
for the performance of legal goods
400
Breach of confidentiality
protect secrecy of patient information
400
collective bargaining
to make an agreement regarding similar interests regarding wages and working conditions
400
Control over practice
Nurse Practice Act, Board of Nursing
400
basic to informed consent
physician has the legal duty to respect patient autonomy
500
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

protects individual from loosing health insurance when leaving or changing jobs

prohibits release of information without patient's permission

500
Safe Delegation

understanding requirements of delegation

assessment, feedback, selecting delgatee

500
Nurse in informed consent
may witness that the physician has given the pertinent information