Legal relationship by which the employer assumes responsibility for the conduct of the employee.
What is respondeat superior?
100
Skills and learning commonly possessed by members of a profession.
What are standards of care?
100
A client was discharged after having a 1-day surgery on her gallbladder. The nurse discharging the client failed to give her oral and written discharge instructions. This failure to carry out the provisions of discharge instructions
What is malpractice?
Failing to give discharge instructions is a form of malpractice
100
Incident are placed in a patient chart. (True/False)
What is false?
Incident reports are never placed in patient chart, mentioned in medical records, however, a description of the incident itself should be documented factually in the client's record
100
Involves enforcement of agreements among individuals.
What is contractual law?
200
Goals developed by Joint Commission annually, which focus on client safety as a priority in health care.
What are National Patient Safety Goals?
200
Three functions of the nurse as an advocate.
What are Inform, Support and Mediate?
200
Doing good
What is beneficence?
200
Completed within 24 hours
What is an incident report?
200
Any health care provider providing emergency services shall not be held liable for any civil damages as a result of such medical care or treatment.
Unless there is gross violation
What is the Good Samaritan Act?
768.13 Good Samaritan Act
300
A standard of care that is not observed
What is breach of duty?
300
Legal purpose for defining the scope of nursing, licensing requirements, and standards of care.
What are:
Protection of the nurse
Protection of the client
Protection of the public
Maintain client confidentiality
300
A notarized or witnessed statement that appoint someone to make health care decisions when the client is unable to do so.
What is a durable power of attorney?
300
An incident report does not need to be filled out for "near misses" or almost making an error. True or False
What is False?
Employees should fill out incident reports for near misses that involve processes, this will enable management to review processes and determine better means to complete a job
300
State Laws do not regulate the distribution and use of controlled substances. (True/False)
What is true?
400
1. Electronic transfer of information
2. Standardized number for identifying providers, employers and health plans.
3. Security rules providing for a uniform level of protection of all health care information
4. Privacy rules that set standards defining appropriate disclosure to protect health information
What are the four specific areas of HIPAA?
400
Agreement by a client to accept a course of treatment or procedure after being provided complete information.
What is informed consent?
400
Telling the truth
What is veracity?
400
Client ID, date, time, place, facts, client's account, witnesses, equipment, medications, & dosage. (at a minimum)
What is included in an incident report?
400
Defines and enforces duties and rights among private individuals that are not based on contractual agreements
What is tort law?
500
A privilege or fundamental power to which an individual is entitled unless revoked by law or given up voluntarily.
What is a right?
500
Nurses role in informed consent process.
What is witnessing of patient signature?
500
A nurse threatens a disruptive client an injection that will "knock him out." The nurse follows through on the threat and gives the client the injection without the client's consent. What legal aspects has the nurse violated?
What is assault in the threat and battery in the action?
Assault is the attempt or threat to touch another person unjustifiably
Battery is willful touching of a person that may or may not cause harm
500
An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or physiological injury, or the risk thereof.
What is a sentinel event?
500
Includes incompetence or gross negligence, conviction for practicing without a license, falsification of client records, illegally obtaining, using or possessing controlled substances.