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1. 4 issues related to clients -Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intrusion into an individual's
rights private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client they can not leave)
2. Things that NEED to be re- -omission of prescribed therapies, if the client had risk for injury
ported or injury, client falls, Med errors, needlesticks, procedure related/
equipment related accidents, visitor injury
3. What are the different types -admission agreement
of consent? -Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
4. Define Prioritization ranking problems in order of importance (what requires immedi-
ate attention and what can wait)
5. 5 Rights of Delegation -task, circumstances, person (the team member), direction/com-
munication, supervision/evaluation
6. What is a law? Rules of conduct that are authored and enforced by formal au-
thorities and hold people accountable for compliance
7. What are he types of laws? -Common (decisional. Judge's rulings become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal legislative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to government agencies)
8. Civil Vs. Criminal Law -Civil: recognized and enforces the rights of individuals in dis-
puted over legal rights or duties of individuals in relation to one
another
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Latest NSG 444 exam 2 (Answer Guide)
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-Criminal: involves public concerns regarding an individual's un-
lawful behavior that threatens society
9. What is the statutory Author- -legislature establishes and amends laws regarding nursing prac-
ity of state nursing Practice tice
acts? -delegates authority to enforce the law to an executive agency
(board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules and regulations that ex-
pand the law
10. What was developed to sug- The ANA and NCSBN
gest language for the state
Nurse Practice act?
11. How is the state board of -they can adopt rules that clarify general provisions of NPA
nursing authority limited? -they do not have the power to enlarge the law
12. Describe the 3 functions of -Executive: authority to administer the nursing practice act
state board of nursing -Legislative: authority to adopt rules necessary to implement the
act
-Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to
discipline a licensee or to deny an application for licensure
13. Does the state board of nurs- yes
ing have the power to sanc-
tion nurses with probation,
suspension, revocation?
14. what is malpractice? occurs when a professional fails to act as a reasonably prudent
professional would have in the same situation
15. Commission-doing something that should not have been done
Omission- failing to do things that should have been done
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