Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
Jurisprudence -
correct answer ✅the science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law -
correct answer ✅-Constitutional Law: Federal, State
-Statutory Law: Federal, State
-Common Law
-Administrative Law
Criminal Law -
correct answer ✅Federal or state government attempting to
deprive an individual of life or liberty for something the law
considers an offence against society in general
Civil Law -
correct answer ✅Seeks to resolve disputes between private
parties, which often result in payment of money
Different Burden of Proof -
correct answer ✅Beyond a reasonable doubt; preponderance of
the evidence
,Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
Types of Torts -
correct answer ✅-Negligence
-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment
-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander
Malpractice -
correct 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 -
correct 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
,Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the
nurse's act or omission
Intentional Tort: Assault -
correct answer ✅Example of this tort: A nurse threatens to place
an NG tube in a client who is refusing to eat
Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they will
suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional Tort: Battery -
correct answer ✅Intentional contact that is harmful or offensive,
or creating the apprehension that such contact is imminent.
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of
restraint is BATTERY.
IE: Restraining a person to give an injection against their consent or
order
Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment -
correct answer ✅"unjustifiable detention of a person without legal
warrant to confine the person" (client has the right to leave AMA)
, Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of
restraint is BATTERY.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation -
correct 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 -
correct answer ✅Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) -
correct answer ✅defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state.
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
Answers
Jurisprudence -
correct answer ✅the science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law -
correct answer ✅-Constitutional Law: Federal, State
-Statutory Law: Federal, State
-Common Law
-Administrative Law
Criminal Law -
correct answer ✅Federal or state government attempting to
deprive an individual of life or liberty for something the law
considers an offence against society in general
Civil Law -
correct answer ✅Seeks to resolve disputes between private
parties, which often result in payment of money
Different Burden of Proof -
correct answer ✅Beyond a reasonable doubt; preponderance of
the evidence
,Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
Types of Torts -
correct answer ✅-Negligence
-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment
-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander
Malpractice -
correct 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 -
correct 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
,Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the
nurse's act or omission
Intentional Tort: Assault -
correct answer ✅Example of this tort: A nurse threatens to place
an NG tube in a client who is refusing to eat
Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they will
suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional Tort: Battery -
correct answer ✅Intentional contact that is harmful or offensive,
or creating the apprehension that such contact is imminent.
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of
restraint is BATTERY.
IE: Restraining a person to give an injection against their consent or
order
Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment -
correct answer ✅"unjustifiable detention of a person without legal
warrant to confine the person" (client has the right to leave AMA)
, Nursing Jurisprudence Exam Questions And
Answers
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of
restraint is BATTERY.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation -
correct 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 -
correct answer ✅Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) -
correct answer ✅defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state.
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
