Legal concepts in nursing practice
-standards
Legal limits of nursing (guided by) -good samaritan law
-licensure
-nurse practice acts
-standards of care
Standards
-policies and procedures of institutions
-patient's bill of right: patients has choice of care
-state boards of nursing
Nurse practice acts
-legal boundaries of nursing practice
-ANA and specialty oraganizations
Standards of care
-reasonable care in given situations
-for those who assist, without gross negligence, at accident scene
-limit liabilty- offer legal immunity
Good samaritan laws
-some states require health care providers to stop at scene of accident
-public health laws= responsible by law to report pediatric abuse cases
-state boards of nursing
Licensure -all states use NCLEX-RN
-board of nursing can suspend or revoke licence
-conduct that violates provisions of statute
Revoked license -felony convictions
-ie: selling/taking controlled substances
, Legal concepts in nursing practice
statutory law -created by elected legislative bodies
common law -created by judicial decisions
-prevents harm and provides punishment
Criminal law -felony
-misdemeanor
felony -serious/punishable by imprisonment
misdemeanor -less serious and penalty of fine or imprisonment < 1 year
-protects a person's rights
civil law
-violation doesn't harm society
-private or civil injury against a person or property
Tort -penalty: money damages
-intentional or unintentional or quasiintentional
Intentional tort -willful acts that violate another person's rights
-intentional threat to bring harm to another
assault (intentional tort)
-ie: threaten to give injection without consent
battery (intentional tort) -intentional touching without consent
-private information becomes public
invasion of privacy (intentional tort) -patient entitled to confidentiality
-private info may be given to appropriate authorities
-standards
Legal limits of nursing (guided by) -good samaritan law
-licensure
-nurse practice acts
-standards of care
Standards
-policies and procedures of institutions
-patient's bill of right: patients has choice of care
-state boards of nursing
Nurse practice acts
-legal boundaries of nursing practice
-ANA and specialty oraganizations
Standards of care
-reasonable care in given situations
-for those who assist, without gross negligence, at accident scene
-limit liabilty- offer legal immunity
Good samaritan laws
-some states require health care providers to stop at scene of accident
-public health laws= responsible by law to report pediatric abuse cases
-state boards of nursing
Licensure -all states use NCLEX-RN
-board of nursing can suspend or revoke licence
-conduct that violates provisions of statute
Revoked license -felony convictions
-ie: selling/taking controlled substances
, Legal concepts in nursing practice
statutory law -created by elected legislative bodies
common law -created by judicial decisions
-prevents harm and provides punishment
Criminal law -felony
-misdemeanor
felony -serious/punishable by imprisonment
misdemeanor -less serious and penalty of fine or imprisonment < 1 year
-protects a person's rights
civil law
-violation doesn't harm society
-private or civil injury against a person or property
Tort -penalty: money damages
-intentional or unintentional or quasiintentional
Intentional tort -willful acts that violate another person's rights
-intentional threat to bring harm to another
assault (intentional tort)
-ie: threaten to give injection without consent
battery (intentional tort) -intentional touching without consent
-private information becomes public
invasion of privacy (intentional tort) -patient entitled to confidentiality
-private info may be given to appropriate authorities
