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, Tableofcontents P se dg dg




art 1: Introduction to the Lawandthe Judicial Process Chap t
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er 1: Legal Conceptsandthe Judicial Process Chapter 2: Ana t
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Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics dg dg dg dg




Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
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Part 3: Liability Issues Chapter 5:Standardso
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Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses Chapt
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er 10: Professional Liability Insurance
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Part 4: Impact of the Lawonthe Professional Practiceof Nursing Chapter 1
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1: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, andthe Scopeof Practice Chapter 12: Adva
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nced Nursing Practice Roles
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Chapter13: CorporateLiabilityIssuesand EmploymentLaws
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Chapter14: Federal Laws: TheAmericans with DisabilitiesActof1990 andthe Civil
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Part 5: Impact oftheLawon Nursingin Selected Practice Settings
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Chapter17: Nursingin Acute Care Settings dg dg dg dg dg




Chapter18: Nursingin Ambulatoryand Managed Care Settings
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,Chapter19:Public andCommunity HealthCare C h
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apter 20: Nursingin Long-Term Care Settings
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Chapter 01: Legal Conceptsandthe Judicial Process
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Question 1 Type: MCSA se dg dg




Anurse would like to advocatefor a modification of the state’s nursing practice act and believes thebest strat
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egy is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutorylaw. Whom should the nurse co
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ntact?

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Rationale 1: Stateboards of nursingare involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse practice
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act but not charged with writing the law.
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Rationale 2: Governors mayappoint members of thoseon the state board ofnursing, but are not involved in wri
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ting nursing practice acts.
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Rationale 3: Statelegislative bodies createand passtheindividual nursingpracticeacts (statutorylaws) and cr
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eate state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to implement a
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nd enforce those acts.
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Rationale 4: State nursing associations maypromoteorseek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot do s
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o independently.
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Client Need:SafeEffectiveCareEnvironment Clie nt Ne
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Learning Outcome: 1.1 Definethetermlaw and describe foursources from which law is derived, including co
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nstitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law.
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Question 2 Type: MCSA se dg dg




A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury foun
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d for thehospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial courtin hopesofa different d
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ecision?

1. No,because of the doctrineof res judicata
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3. Yes, becauseofthedoctrineof precedent
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Rationale 1: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settledbyjudgment” and applies when a legal dispute has b
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een decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties in the original lawsu
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it from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
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Rationale2: Stare decisis means to “let the decisionstand” and is applied by courtsoflaw in caseswith similarfac
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t patterns that have been previouslydecided by the court system.
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Rationale 3: Thedoctrine of precedent means to “let the decision stand” and is applied bycourts of lawin cases
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with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system. Landmark decisions signify
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that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
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Rationale 4: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision. Global R ation
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Learning Outcome:1.2Compareand contrast thedoctrines ofprecedent (staredecisis) andresjudicata.
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