NUR310 Legal Dimensions of Nursing
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law
✓ :~~ standard or rule of conduct established and enforced by government;
designed to protect rights of public
litigation
✓ :~~ process of bringing and trying lawsuit
plaintiff
✓ :~~ person bringing suit
defendant
✓ :~~ person being accused of crime; presumed innocent until proven guilty
sources of laws
✓ :~~ constitutions, statutory, administrative, common law
professional and legal regulation of nursing practice comes from
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✓ :~~ statutory laws; nurse practice acts
nurse practice acts common purpose
✓ :~~ to protect public by defining and describing scope of nursing practice
and through licensing requirements
legal regulation of nursing practice comes from
✓ :~~ state boards
state board of nursing holds legal authority for nursing practice and regulates
nursing practice through
✓ :~~ establishing requirements to obtain nursing license, issuing nursing
licenses, setting minimum education standards, managing disciplinary
procedures
voluntary regulation of nursing practice comes from
✓ :~~ ANA which determines professional standards
nursing standards of care
✓ :~~ legal guidelines for minimally safe and adequate nursing practice
written policies and procedures of employing institutions defines
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