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Part 1: Introduction to the Law and the Judicial Process
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a Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
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a Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
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Part 2: Ethics
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Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
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Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
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Part 3: Liability Issues
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a Chapter 5: Standards of Care
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Chapter 6: Tort Law
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Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
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Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
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Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
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Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
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Part 4: Impact of the Law on the Professional Practice of Nursing
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Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
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Chapter 12: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles
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Chapter 13: Corporate Liability Issues and Employment Laws
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Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
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Rights Act of 1991
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Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-
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Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
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,Part 5: Impact of the Law on Nursing in Selected Practice Settings
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Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
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Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatory and Managed Care Settings
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, Chapter 19: Public and Community Health Care
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Chapter 01: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
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Question 1 Type: MCSA ma ma ma




A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state’s nursing practice act and believes the b
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est strategy is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom sho
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uld the nurse contact?
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Rationale 1: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse p
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ractice act but not charged with writing the law.
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Rationale 2: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involv
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ed in writing nursing practice acts.
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Rationale 3: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws)
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and create state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to
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implement and enforce those acts.
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Rationale 4: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they can
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not do so independently.
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Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment
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Client Need Sub: Management of Care
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