Legal Principles
A crime which does not inflict serious harm and is punishable by fines or less than a year in jail.
What is a misdemeanor?
The legal document that informs nurses what they may and may not do?
State Nurse Practice Act
To communicate a client’s wishes regarding end-of-life care should the client become unable to do so, is called?
What is an Advanced Directive?
What is the name of the document prepared by the ANA that describe behaviors nurses must adhere to:
ANA Code of Ethics
A record made of unexpected or unusual incidents that affected a client, employee, volunteer, or visitor in a health care facility. This has to be completed within 24 hours of an incident. It is confidential, not shared with client, and not a part of the patient's medical record.
What is an INCIDENT REPORT?
This is an offense that results in significant harm to another person or society in general.
What is a felony?
This document is prepared by our nursing professional organization which describes the 'who, what, when, & where' of nursing practice?
ANA's Scope & Standards of Practice
What is the name of the document that appoints another person to make healthcare decisions for you should you not be able to make them?
Durable power of attorney for healthcare
as the failure of a professional person to act in accordance with the prevailing professional standards, or failure to foresee consequences that a professional person, having the necessary skills and education, should foresee.
What is Malpractice?
Adolescents can only give consent for themselves, if they are:
What is Emancipated adolescent : Married, or serving U.S. armed forces / living apart from parents and managing own money.
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?
The patient is alert and oriented, good color and is talking normally. You cannot hear the blood pressure well, so you document 120/80, a textbook normal, since the patient looks well and is in no distress. You have just committed what legal issue?
What is Negligence, and possibly Malpractice.
What are the 4 D's of Malpractice
What is Duty to Act, Dereliction, Damage, and Direct Cause?
A patient who is restrained physically or chemically without adequate justification, could sue on what legal principle?
What is FALSE IMPRISONMENT?
Assigning a task to an LPN or CNA that does not consist of the nursing process (Assessment, Planning, Diagnosis, or Education) and does not require clinical judgement, would be an example of appropriate use of?
What is DELEGATION?
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?
What is the term used to describe practicing nursing in such a way that incorporates the latest research, patient preferences, and clinical experience?
evidence based research or evidence based practice
A patient asks you about a good orthopedic surgeon and you tell them that Dr. Hurtz stinks, don't go to him. You could be charged with what legal principle?
What is SLANDER?
The nurse has an order to insert a foley catheter. She/He clearly explains the procedure and explains why this is necessary, the risks and benefits, the expected outcome, alternate treatment options, and prognosis if the procedure is not performed. The patient has indicated understanding of the information and gives their voluntary, legal consent for the procedure. This is an example of what?
Your patient has a communicable disease, but you fail to wash your hands before leaving the room. You have violated what legal principle that placed others at risk?
What is NEGLIGENCE?
This is a deliberate act of wrongful conduct. EX: assault and battery
What is an intentional tort?
Legal Precedence is considered this kind of law
What is Case or Court Law?
A patient who is unresponsive following a traumatic brain injury requires surgery, what type of consent is required to proceed.
What is Implied / Implicit Consent?
What is Assault?
Name 2 of the 4 members of the Banana Splits
Who is Fleegle (guitar, vocals), Bingo (drums, vocals), Drooper (bass, vocals) and Snorky (keyboards, effects)?