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Definition of Nursing - ANSWER ✓ nursing encompasses autonomous and
collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups/communities, sick or
well in all settings.
Bioethics - ANSWER ✓ concern broadly with ethical questions surrounding the
biological sciences, emerging technologies, and health policy
Research ethics - ANSWER ✓ specialized field within bioethics that looks at
ethical conduct of research using human and animal subjects
functions of law in nursing practice: outlines responsibilities - ANSWER ✓
governs nursing practice and relationships with other HCP and health care system
functions of law in nursing practice: establish boundaries - ANSWER ✓ in
nursing role and action
functions of law in nursing practice:assist nurses in.. - ANSWER ✓ ensuring
they're providing consistent, competent, and safe care while preserving individual
rights and human dignity
HEALTH CARE DIVIDED IN 2 AREAS:
1. privet law - ANSWER ✓ focuses on individual and is concerned with
relationships with people or things (EX. buisness dispute,
is governed by two legal traditions: common & civil law)
HEALTH CARE DIVIDED IN 2 AREAS:
2. Public law - ANSWER ✓ focuses on relationship between government or
society and individuals (EX. human rights, criminal and constitutional law)
common law - ANSWER ✓ judges refer to decisions made from previous court
cases called precedents
, nurses need to be aware of: - ANSWER ✓ legal implications of their work and
legal boundaries of their position. This awareness aides in protecting client rights
and ensures self-protection (your licence) from liability perspective
Nurses are held to higher standard than the bare minimum of social conduct;
outlined in standards of practice for RNs: - ANSWER ✓ - protect the public
through regulation of practice by NSCN
- explain expectation of nursing practice to public and other professionals
- provide legal reference for reasonable and prudent practice
- support individual practice (for self-assessment)
- to assist agencies and organizations to develop systems that support RNs to meet
NSCN standards
tort law - ANSWER ✓ (falls under privet law) involves wrongful acts or injury
that leads to emotional, physical, or financial damage to a person to where another
person can be held legally responsible. Can be intentional or unintentional and
apply to nursing work.
unintentional tort - ANSWER ✓ negligence and malpractice
Defenses: Error of judgement - ANSWER ✓ some decisions;/actions involve and
exercise of professional judgement. if a healthcare professional has taken
reasonable care and makes an error - court may find error non-negligent
Defences: vicarious liability - ANSWER ✓ the employer is liable for negligent
acts of employees. This occurs when the employee was acting as an agent of the
employer and the actions that resulted in injury occured within the scope of
employment
liability - ANSWER ✓ in the event of malpractice, current standards and codes of
ethics are used to judge whether the nurse acted as any reasonably, prudent nurse
with the same knowledge, experience, and education would under similar
circumstances
preventing negligence - ANSWER ✓ 1. following current standards of care, code
of ethics, and competent health care
2. insist on apprpriate staff orientation
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Definition of Nursing - ANSWER ✓ nursing encompasses autonomous and
collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups/communities, sick or
well in all settings.
Bioethics - ANSWER ✓ concern broadly with ethical questions surrounding the
biological sciences, emerging technologies, and health policy
Research ethics - ANSWER ✓ specialized field within bioethics that looks at
ethical conduct of research using human and animal subjects
functions of law in nursing practice: outlines responsibilities - ANSWER ✓
governs nursing practice and relationships with other HCP and health care system
functions of law in nursing practice: establish boundaries - ANSWER ✓ in
nursing role and action
functions of law in nursing practice:assist nurses in.. - ANSWER ✓ ensuring
they're providing consistent, competent, and safe care while preserving individual
rights and human dignity
HEALTH CARE DIVIDED IN 2 AREAS:
1. privet law - ANSWER ✓ focuses on individual and is concerned with
relationships with people or things (EX. buisness dispute,
is governed by two legal traditions: common & civil law)
HEALTH CARE DIVIDED IN 2 AREAS:
2. Public law - ANSWER ✓ focuses on relationship between government or
society and individuals (EX. human rights, criminal and constitutional law)
common law - ANSWER ✓ judges refer to decisions made from previous court
cases called precedents
, nurses need to be aware of: - ANSWER ✓ legal implications of their work and
legal boundaries of their position. This awareness aides in protecting client rights
and ensures self-protection (your licence) from liability perspective
Nurses are held to higher standard than the bare minimum of social conduct;
outlined in standards of practice for RNs: - ANSWER ✓ - protect the public
through regulation of practice by NSCN
- explain expectation of nursing practice to public and other professionals
- provide legal reference for reasonable and prudent practice
- support individual practice (for self-assessment)
- to assist agencies and organizations to develop systems that support RNs to meet
NSCN standards
tort law - ANSWER ✓ (falls under privet law) involves wrongful acts or injury
that leads to emotional, physical, or financial damage to a person to where another
person can be held legally responsible. Can be intentional or unintentional and
apply to nursing work.
unintentional tort - ANSWER ✓ negligence and malpractice
Defenses: Error of judgement - ANSWER ✓ some decisions;/actions involve and
exercise of professional judgement. if a healthcare professional has taken
reasonable care and makes an error - court may find error non-negligent
Defences: vicarious liability - ANSWER ✓ the employer is liable for negligent
acts of employees. This occurs when the employee was acting as an agent of the
employer and the actions that resulted in injury occured within the scope of
employment
liability - ANSWER ✓ in the event of malpractice, current standards and codes of
ethics are used to judge whether the nurse acted as any reasonably, prudent nurse
with the same knowledge, experience, and education would under similar
circumstances
preventing negligence - ANSWER ✓ 1. following current standards of care, code
of ethics, and competent health care
2. insist on apprpriate staff orientation
