Nursing Jurisprudence UPDATED
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Jurisprudence The science or philosophy of law
- Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
Sources of Law
Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
, Federal or state government is
attempting to deprive an individual
Criminal Law of life or liberty for something the
law considers an offense against
society in general.
Seeks to resolve disputes between
Civil Law private parties, which often results in
the payment of money.
Different Burden Beyond a reasonable doubt
of Proof A preponderance of the evidence
A civil wrong that causes someone
else to suffer loss or harm resulting
Tort Law
in legal liability for the person who
commits the tortious act.
- Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
Battery
Types of Torts False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
, Negligence committed by a person
in his or her professional capacity is
malpractice. Also known as
professional negligence.
Medical and nursing malpractice
occur when a doctor or nurse fails
Malpractice
to do that which a reasonable,
prudent doctor or nurse would do
under the same or similar
circumstances, or does that which a
reasonable or prudent doctor or
nurse would not do under the same
or similar circumstances.
Duty - the existence of a duty, owed
by the nurse to a patient, to conform
to a recognized standard of care
Elements of a
Breach - a failure to conform to the
Nursing
required standard of care
Malpractice
Harm - an actual injury
Lawsuit
Cause - there must be proof that the
injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
, Intentionally placing another in
Intentional Tort:
apprehension or fear that they will
Assault
suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional contact that is harmful or
Intentional Tort: offensive, or creating the
Battery apprehension that such contact is
imminent.
Intentional Tort: Willful detention without consent
False and without authority of law.
Imprisonment
A communication that tends to hold
the plaintiff up to hatred, contempt
Quasi-
or ridicule, or to cause him to be
Intentional Tort:
shunned or avoided.
Defamation
Tarnishing the reputation of
someone.
Quasi- Types:
Intentional Tort: Libel - printed or broadcast
Defamation Slander - spoken
Types
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Terms in this set (80)
Jurisprudence The science or philosophy of law
- Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
Sources of Law
Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
, Federal or state government is
attempting to deprive an individual
Criminal Law of life or liberty for something the
law considers an offense against
society in general.
Seeks to resolve disputes between
Civil Law private parties, which often results in
the payment of money.
Different Burden Beyond a reasonable doubt
of Proof A preponderance of the evidence
A civil wrong that causes someone
else to suffer loss or harm resulting
Tort Law
in legal liability for the person who
commits the tortious act.
- Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
Battery
Types of Torts False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
, Negligence committed by a person
in his or her professional capacity is
malpractice. Also known as
professional negligence.
Medical and nursing malpractice
occur when a doctor or nurse fails
Malpractice
to do that which a reasonable,
prudent doctor or nurse would do
under the same or similar
circumstances, or does that which a
reasonable or prudent doctor or
nurse would not do under the same
or similar circumstances.
Duty - the existence of a duty, owed
by the nurse to a patient, to conform
to a recognized standard of care
Elements of a
Breach - a failure to conform to the
Nursing
required standard of care
Malpractice
Harm - an actual injury
Lawsuit
Cause - there must be proof that the
injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
, Intentionally placing another in
Intentional Tort:
apprehension or fear that they will
Assault
suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional contact that is harmful or
Intentional Tort: offensive, or creating the
Battery apprehension that such contact is
imminent.
Intentional Tort: Willful detention without consent
False and without authority of law.
Imprisonment
A communication that tends to hold
the plaintiff up to hatred, contempt
Quasi-
or ridicule, or to cause him to be
Intentional Tort:
shunned or avoided.
Defamation
Tarnishing the reputation of
someone.
Quasi- Types:
Intentional Tort: Libel - printed or broadcast
Defamation Slander - spoken
Types
