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1. 1. What are the 4 elements of a malpractice d. can be
suit in logical order? decided
even if there
was only a
risk of harm
to the
patient
2. 2. The actions by which a nurse will be
judged in a nursing malpractice case are
that of
a. A reasonable and prudent nurse
b. An expert nurse witness
c. Precedent in other cases
d. A competent and experienced nurse
3. 3. In the Lunsford case, what established a
basis for the malpractice case against the
nurse?
a.Nothing the nurse was protected by good
Samaritan law
b. A nurse patient relationship was established
c. She did not do what an expert nurse would
do.
4. Nursing
malpractice is
a. Nursing negligence
b. greater than a minor incident
c. violation of administrative law
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1) Nurse owes a duty to the patient
2) Nurse breaches duty/failed to conform to standard of care
3) Patient suttered actual injury
4) Causal connection be- tween nurse's conduct and the injury
a. A reasonable and pru- dent nurse
b. A nurse patient relation- ship was established
a. Nursing negligence
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5. A critical distinguishing difference between True
Malprac- tice and Peer Review is that with
Malpractice, there must have been actual
harm to the patient - True or False?
6. Name 2 of the 5 most frequent allegations b. Medication
against nurses in malpractice cases errors and failure to
a. Documentation and advanced procedures ensure patient
b. Medication errors and failure to ensure patient safety
safe- ty
c. Failure to identify patients properly and
delegation issues
d. Failure to monitor and report and failure
to notify the physician.
7. The Good Samaritan law protects nurses who stop and a. the nurse
does not in-
render aid at an accident unless which
a. the nurse does not intervene as a a. there is more
reasonable and prudent nurse than one
b. the nurse leaves the scene before patient perfect answer
to a problem
goes to hospital
c. the patient dies
d. the nurse files safe habour
8. What organization published the nurses
code of ethics?
a. Texas BON
b. Nurse Practice Act
c. American Nurses Association
d. IOM
9. An ethical dilemma is the result of a situation in