NUR 1290 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the purpose of the QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The QSEN is a project designed to prepare nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
What is law? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as
binding or enforced by a controlling authority. It is the minimum ethic, as it is written down and
enforced.
TORTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Civil wrongs comitted by an individual against another person or a
person's property. The individual who commits the tortious act receives liability for unfairly inflicting
suffering or harm.
Tort Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The person who commits the act is called a tortfeasor.
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Addresses the general welfare of the public; carries a punishment.
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Derives from common usage, custom, and judicial law. It changes
over time.
Statutory Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Written by legislative bodies; a bill is proposed in the legislature
and voted upon.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (1986) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The EMTALA
emphasizes that all patients coming to the ER MUST have medical screening.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Purpose is to protect the public; regulated by each state.
Nurse Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Identifies the legal limits for the practice of nursing, as well
as defines the requirements for licensure.
What is the purpose of the QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅The QSEN is a project designed to prepare nurses with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
What is law? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as
binding or enforced by a controlling authority. It is the minimum ethic, as it is written down and
enforced.
TORTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Civil wrongs comitted by an individual against another person or a
person's property. The individual who commits the tortious act receives liability for unfairly inflicting
suffering or harm.
Tort Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The person who commits the act is called a tortfeasor.
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Addresses the general welfare of the public; carries a punishment.
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Derives from common usage, custom, and judicial law. It changes
over time.
Statutory Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Written by legislative bodies; a bill is proposed in the legislature
and voted upon.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (1986) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The EMTALA
emphasizes that all patients coming to the ER MUST have medical screening.
Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Purpose is to protect the public; regulated by each state.
Nurse Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Identifies the legal limits for the practice of nursing, as well
as defines the requirements for licensure.
