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, Table of contents cn cn cn




Part 1: Introduction to the Law and the Judicial Process
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Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process Chapte
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r 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
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Part 2: Ethics cn cn




Chapter 3: Introduction to Ethics
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Chapter 4: Application of Ethics in Nursing Practice Settings
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Part 3: Liability Issues Chapte
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r 5: Standards of Care Chapter
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6: Tort Law
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Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
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Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-
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Determination Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality cn cn cn cn cn




Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
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Part 4: Impact of the Law on the Professional Practice of Nursing Chapte
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r 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice Chapter 12:
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Advanced Nursing Practice Roles cn cn cn




Chapter 13: Corporate Liability Issues and Employment Laws
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Chapter 14: Federal Laws: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil
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Rights Act of 1991 cn cn cn




Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-
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Managers Chapter 16: Delegation and Supervision
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Part 5: Impact of the Law on Nursing in Selected Practice Settings
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Chapter 17: Nursing in Acute Care Settings
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Chapter 18: Nursing in Ambulatory and Managed Care Settings
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,Chapter 19: Public and Community Health Care
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Chapter 20: Nursing in Long-Term Care Settings
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Chapter 01: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
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Question 1 Type: MCSA cn cn cn




A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state’s nursing practice act and believes the best
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strategy is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom should the
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nurse contact?
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1. State board of nursing cn cn cn




2. State governor cn




3. State legislature cn




4. State nursing association cn cn cn




Correct Answer: 3 cn cn




Rationale 1: State boards of nursing are involved in the implementation and enforcement of the nurse prac
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tice act but not charged with writing the law.
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Rationale 2: Governors may appoint members of those on the state board of nursing, but are not involved i
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n writing nursing practice acts.
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Rationale 3: State legislative bodies create and pass the individual nursing practice acts (statutory laws) an
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d create state boards of nursing or state boards of nurse examiners (state administrative agencies) to impl
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ement and enforce those acts.
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Rationale 4: State nursing associations may promote or seek to change nurse practice acts, but they cannot
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do so independently.
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Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment Cl
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ient Need Sub: Management of Care
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Learning Outcome: 1.1 Define the term law and describe four sources from which law is derived, includin
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g constitutional, statutory, administrative, and judicial (decisional) law.
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Question 2 Type: MCSA cn cn cn




A patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury
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found for the hospital. Can the patient take this same suit and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a
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different decision?
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1. No, because of the doctrine of res judicata
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2. Yes, stare decisis allows retrial
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3. Yes, because of the doctrine of precedent
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4. No, this is a landmark decision
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Correct Answer: 1 cn cn




Rationale 1: Res judicata means “a thing or matter settled by judgment” and applies when a legal dispute
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has been decided by a competent court of jurisdiction. This doctrine prevents the same parties in the origi
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nal lawsuit from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit.
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Rationale 2: Stare decisis means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in cases with
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similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system.
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Rationale 3: The doctrine of precedent means to “let the decision stand” and is applied by courts of law in
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cases with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system. Landmark decisio
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ns signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision.
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Rationale 4: Landmark decisions signify that precedent is changed by the current court decision. Globa
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l Rationale:
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Client Need: Safe Effective Care Environment Cl
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ient Need Sub: Management of Care
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Learning Outcome: 1.2 Compare and contrast the doctrines of precedent (stare decisis) and res judicata.
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