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CCBC Nur 129 Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Advance Directive - answer✔Written or verbal instructions created by the patient describing
specific wishes about medical in the event they become incapacitated
Case law - answer✔body of written opinions created by judges in federal and state appellate
courses (judge law/common law)
Civil Law - answer✔Tort law that deals with conduct considered unacceptable. Based on societal
expectations. professional malpractice, negligence and assault and battery
Common law - answer✔Law that is created through the decision of judges
Comparative Negligence - answer✔liability where damages apportioned among two or more
defendants
Criminal negligence - answer✔reckless and wanton disregard for safety
Disclosure - answer✔physician gives information about unanticipated adverse outcomes of
treatment and care
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Durable power of attorney for health care - answer✔instrument that authorizes another person to
act as one's agent in health care decisions
Error - answer✔failure of planned action to be completed as intended or use of a wrong plan
Gross negligence - answer✔Extreme carelessness showing willful or reckless disregard for the
patient safety
Immunity - answer✔Legal doctrine that protects a person from lawsuit or negligent acts or
protects an institution from acts of employees
Liability - answer✔Legally responsible for harm caused to another person or property as a result
of one's actions
Licensing laws - answer✔laws that establish qualifications for obtaining and maintaining a licsen
Malpractice - answer✔Failure of a professional to meet standards of conduct that a reasonable
and prudent member of the profession would do
Negligence - answer✔Failure to act in a manner that an ordinary, prudent person would act in a
similar situation
Preventable adverse event - answer✔injury caused by medical management rather than the
patient's underlying condition