Nursing Jurisprudence Exam
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS!!
Jurisprudence - (answers)the science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law - (answers)-Constitutional Law: Federal, State
-Statutory Law: Federal, State
-Common Law
-Administrative Law
Criminal Law - (answers)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 - (answers)Seeks to resolve disputes between private parties, which
often result in payment of money
Different Burden of Proof - (answers)Beyond a reasonable doubt; preponderance
of the evidence
Types of Torts - (answers)-Negligence
-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment
,-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander
Malpractice - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)"unjustifiable detention of a
person without legal warrant to confine the person" (client has the right to leave
AMA)
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of restraint is
BATTERY.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - (answers)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 - (answers)Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - (answers)defines the scope and limitations of
professional nursing practice; vary from state to state.
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025(GRADED A+)
DETAILED ANSWERS!!
Jurisprudence - (answers)the science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law - (answers)-Constitutional Law: Federal, State
-Statutory Law: Federal, State
-Common Law
-Administrative Law
Criminal Law - (answers)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 - (answers)Seeks to resolve disputes between private parties, which
often result in payment of money
Different Burden of Proof - (answers)Beyond a reasonable doubt; preponderance
of the evidence
Types of Torts - (answers)-Negligence
-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment
,-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander
Malpractice - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)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 - (answers)"unjustifiable detention of a
person without legal warrant to confine the person" (client has the right to leave
AMA)
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat of restraint is
BATTERY.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - (answers)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 - (answers)Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - (answers)defines the scope and limitations of
professional nursing practice; vary from state to state.
