TEST BANK FOR LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING, 6TH EDITION BY GINNY WACKER GUIDO Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, Guido, 6th Edition Test Bank Isbn-9780133355871 Additionally Included is the Guido, Instructor’s Resource Manual, Legal & Ethical Issue

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LEGAL AND ETHICAL
ISSUES IN NURSING
6th Edition By Ginny Wacker Guido




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Tablewsofwscontents
Partws1:w s IntroductionwstowsthewsLawwsandwsthewsJudicialwsProcess
Chapterws1:w s LegalwsConceptswsandwsthewsJudicialwsProcess
Chapterws2:w s AnatomywsofwsawsLawsuit
Partws2:w s Ethics
Chapterws3:w s IntroductionwstowsEthics
Chapterws4:w s ApplicationwsofwsEthicswsinwsNursingwsPracticewsSettings
Partws3:w s LiabilitywsIssues
Chapterws5:w s StandardswsofwsCare
Chapterws6:w s TortwsLaw
Chapterws7:w s NursingwsLiability:w s Defenses
Chapterws8:w s InformedwsConsentwsandwsPatientwsSelf-Determination
Chapterws9:w s DocumentationwsandwsConfidentiality
Chapterws10:w s ProfessionalwsLiabilitywsInsurance
Partws4:w s ImpactwsofwsthewsLawwsonwsthewsProfessionalwsPracticewsofwsNursing
Chapterws11:w s NursewsPracticewsActs,wsLicensure,wsandwsthewsScopewsofwsPractice
Chapterws12:w s AdvancedwsNursingwsPracticewsRoles
Chapterws13:w s CorporatewsLiabilitywsIssueswsandwsEmploymentwsLaws
Chapterws14:w s FederalwsLaws:w s ThewsAmericanswswithwsDisabilitieswsActwsofws1990wsandwsthewsCi
vilwsRightswsActwsofws1991
Chapterws15:w s NursingwsManagementwsandwsthewsNurse-Managers
Chapterws16:w s DelegationwsandwsSupervision
Partws5:w s ImpactwsofwsthewsLawwsonwsNursingwsinwsSelectedwsPracticewsSettings
Chapterws17:w s NursingwsinwsAcutewsCarewsSettings
Chapterws18:w s NursingwsinwsAmbulatorywsandwsManagedwsCarewsSettings
Chapterws19:w s PublicwsandwsCommunitywsHealthwsCare
Chapterws20:w s NursingwsinwsLong-TermwsCarewsSettings

,Chapterws01:wsLegalwsConceptswsandwsthewsJudicialwsProcess

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Questionws1ws
Type:wsMCSA

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bestwsstrategywsiswstowscontactwsthewspersonswswithwsauthoritywstowswritewsandwschangewsthiswsstatutorywslaw.wsWhomwss
houldwsthewsnursewscontact?

1. Statewsboardwsofwsnursing

2. Statewsgovernor

3. Statewslegislature

4. Statewsnursingwsassociation

CorrectwsAnswer:ws3

Rationalews1:wsStatewsboardswsofwsnursingwsarewsinvolvedwsinwsthewsimplementationwsandwsenforcementwsofwsthewsnursews
practicewsactwsbutwsnotwschargedwswithwswritingwsthewslaw.

Rationalews2:wsGovernorswsmaywsappointwsmemberswsofwsthosewsonwsthewsstatewsboardwsofwsnursing,wsbutwsarewsnotwsinvo
lvedwsinwswritingwsnursingwspracticewsacts.

Rationalews3:wsStatewslegislativewsbodieswscreatewsandwspasswsthewsindividualwsnursingwspracticewsactsws(statutorywslaw
s)wsandwscreatewsstatewsboardswsofwsnursingwsorwsstatewsboardswsofwsnursewsexaminersws(statewsadministrativewsagencies)ws
towsimplementwsandwsenforcewsthosewsacts.

Rationalews4:wsStatewsnursingwsassociationswsmaywspromotewsorwsseekwstowschangewsnursewspracticewsacts,wsbutwstheywscannotw
owssowsindependently.

GlobalwsRationale:

CognitivewsLevel:wsApplying
ClientwsNeed:wsSafewsEffectivewsCarewsEnvironment
ClientwsNeedwsSub:wsManagementwsofwsCare
Nursing/IntegratedwsConcepts:wsNursingwsProcess:wsImplementation
LearningwsOutcome:ws1.1wsDefinewsthewstermwslawwsandwsdescribewsfourwssourceswsfromwswhichwslawwsiswsderived,wsincludin
constitutional,wsstatutory,wsadministrative,wsandwsjudicialws(decisional)wslaw.

Questionws2ws
Type:wsMCSA



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urtwsinwshopeswsofwsawsdifferentwsdecision?

1. No,wsbecausewsofwsthewsdoctrinewsofwsreswsjudicata

2. Yes,wsstarewsdecisiswsallowswsretrial

3. Yes,wsbecausewsofwsthewsdoctrinewsofwsprecedent

4. No,wsthiswsiswsawslandmarkwsdecision

CorrectwsAnswer:ws1

Rationalews1:wsReswsjudicatawsmeansws“awsthingwsorwsmatterwssettledwsbywsjudgment”wsandwsapplieswswhenwsawslegalwsdi
sputewshaswsbeenwsdecidedwsbywsawscompetentwscourtwsofwsjurisdiction.wsThiswsdoctrinewspreventswsthewssamewspartieswsin
wsthewsoriginalwslawsuitwsfromwsretryingwsthewssamewsissueswsinvolvedwsinwsthewsfirstwslawsuit.



Rationalews2:wsStarewsdecisiswsmeanswstows“letwsthewsdecisionwsstand”wsandwsiswsappliedwsbywscourtswsofwslawwsinwscasesws
withwssimilarwsfactwspatternswsthatwshavewsbeenwspreviouslywsdecidedwsbywsthewscourtwssystem.

Rationalews3:wsThewsdoctrinewsofwsprecedentwsmeanswstows“letwsthewsdecisionwsstand”wsandwsiswsappliedwsbywscourtswsof
wslawwsinwscaseswswithwssimilarwsfactwspatternswsthatwshavewsbeenwspreviouslywsdecidedwsbywsthewscourtwssystem.ws Land

markwsdecisionswssignifywsthatwsprecedentwsiswschangedwsbywsthewscurrentwscourtwsdecision.

Rationalews4:wsLandmarkwsdecisionswssignifywsthatwsprecedentwsiswschangedwsbywsthewscurrentwscourtwsdecision.

GlobalwsRationale:

CognitivewsLevel:wsAnalyzing
ClientwsNeed:wsSafewsEffectivewsCarewsEnvironment
ClientwsNeedwsSub:wsManagementwsofwsCare
Nursing/IntegratedwsConcepts:wsNursingwsProcess:wsAssessment
LearningwsOutcome:ws1.2wsComparewsandwscontrastwsthewsdoctrineswsofwsprecedentws(starewsdecisis)wsandwsreswsjudicata.

Questionws3ws
Type:wsMCSA

Thewscircumstanceswsofwsawslawsuitwscausewsitwstowsbewsunderwsthewsjurisdictionwsofwsmorewsthanwsonewscourt.wsInwsthiswsc
ase,wsthewsnursewsexpectswsthatwswhichwscourtwswillwshavewsthewsgreatestwspersonalwsjurisdiction?

1. FederalwsSupremewsCourt

2. Federalwsdistrictwscourt

3. Statewssupremewscourt

4. Statewstrialwscourt

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