NRNP 6568 EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Sources of Law
Answer: - Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
●● Criminal Law
Answer: Federal or state government is attempting to deprive an
individual of life or liberty for something the law considers an offense
against society in general.
●● Civil Law
Answer: Seeks to resolve disputes between private parties, which often
results in the payment of money.
,●● Different Burden of Proof
Answer: Beyond a reasonable doubt
A preponderance of the evidence
●● Tort Law
Answer: A civil wrong that causes someone else to suffer loss or harm
resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
●● Types of Torts
Answer: - Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
Battery
False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
●● Malpractice
Answer: Negligence committed by a person in his or her professional
capacity is malpractice. Also known as professional negligence.
,Medical and nursing malpractice occur when a doctor or nurse fails to
do that which a reasonable, prudent doctor or nurse would do under the
same or similar circumstances, or does that which a reasonable or
prudent doctor or nurse would not do under the same or similar
circumstances.
●● Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit
Answer: Duty - the existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a patient, to
conform to a recognized standard of care
Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
Harm - an actual injury
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
●● Intentional Tort: Assault
Answer: Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they
will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
●● Intentional Tort: Battery
Answer: Intentional contact that is harmful or offensive, or creating the
apprehension that such contact is imminent.
●● Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment
, Answer: Willful detention without consent and without authority of law.
●● Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation
Answer: A communication that tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred,
contempt or ridicule, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided.
Tarnishing the reputation of someone.
●● Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types
Answer: Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
●● Nurse Practice Act
Answer: The practice of nursing is a right granted by a state to protect
those who need nursing care. The guidelines of the NPA and its rules
provide safe parameters within which to work, as well as protect patients
from unprofessional and unsafe nursing practice. The act is a dynamic
document that evolves and is updated or amended as changes in scope of
practice occur.
All states and territories have enacted a NPA
Generally, NPAs include:
Authority, power and composition of a board of nursing
Education program standards
Standards and scope of nursing practice
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Sources of Law
Answer: - Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
●● Criminal Law
Answer: Federal or state government is attempting to deprive an
individual of life or liberty for something the law considers an offense
against society in general.
●● Civil Law
Answer: Seeks to resolve disputes between private parties, which often
results in the payment of money.
,●● Different Burden of Proof
Answer: Beyond a reasonable doubt
A preponderance of the evidence
●● Tort Law
Answer: A civil wrong that causes someone else to suffer loss or harm
resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
●● Types of Torts
Answer: - Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
Battery
False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
●● Malpractice
Answer: Negligence committed by a person in his or her professional
capacity is malpractice. Also known as professional negligence.
,Medical and nursing malpractice occur when a doctor or nurse fails to
do that which a reasonable, prudent doctor or nurse would do under the
same or similar circumstances, or does that which a reasonable or
prudent doctor or nurse would not do under the same or similar
circumstances.
●● Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit
Answer: Duty - the existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a patient, to
conform to a recognized standard of care
Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
Harm - an actual injury
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
●● Intentional Tort: Assault
Answer: Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they
will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
●● Intentional Tort: Battery
Answer: Intentional contact that is harmful or offensive, or creating the
apprehension that such contact is imminent.
●● Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment
, Answer: Willful detention without consent and without authority of law.
●● Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation
Answer: A communication that tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred,
contempt or ridicule, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided.
Tarnishing the reputation of someone.
●● Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types
Answer: Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
●● Nurse Practice Act
Answer: The practice of nursing is a right granted by a state to protect
those who need nursing care. The guidelines of the NPA and its rules
provide safe parameters within which to work, as well as protect patients
from unprofessional and unsafe nursing practice. The act is a dynamic
document that evolves and is updated or amended as changes in scope of
practice occur.
All states and territories have enacted a NPA
Generally, NPAs include:
Authority, power and composition of a board of nursing
Education program standards
Standards and scope of nursing practice
