Nursing Jurisprudence 2026
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Jurisprudence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
,Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
Criminal Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal or state government is attempting to
deprive an individual of life or liberty for something the law considers an
offense against society in general.
Civil Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Seeks to resolve disputes between private
parties, which often results in the payment of money.
Different Burden of Proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
A preponderance of the evidence
Tort Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A civil wrong that causes someone else to suffer
loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the
tortious act.
Types of Torts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
,Battery
False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
Malpractice - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 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.
Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Duty - the
existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a patient, to conform to a
recognized standard of care
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, Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
Harm - an actual injury
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
Intentional Tort: Assault - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intentionally placing another in
apprehension or fear that they will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional Tort: Battery - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intentional contact that is harmful
or offensive, or creating the apprehension that such contact is imminent.
Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Willful detention
without consent and without authority of law.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A communication that
tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to cause him
to be shunned or avoided.
Tarnishing the reputation of someone.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
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Answers | Already Graded A+
Jurisprudence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The science or philosophy of law
Sources of Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Constitutional Law
Federal
State
- Statutory Law
,Federal
State
- Common Law
- Administrative Law
Criminal Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Federal or state government is attempting to
deprive an individual of life or liberty for something the law considers an
offense against society in general.
Civil Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Seeks to resolve disputes between private
parties, which often results in the payment of money.
Different Burden of Proof - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Beyond a reasonable doubt
A preponderance of the evidence
Tort Law - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A civil wrong that causes someone else to suffer
loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the
tortious act.
Types of Torts - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Negligence
- Intentional Torts
Assault
,Battery
False Imprisonment
- Quasi-Intentional Torts
Defamaiton
Libel
Slander
Malpractice - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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 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.
Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Duty - the
existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a patient, to conform to a
recognized standard of care
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
Harm - an actual injury
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the nurse's act
or omission
Intentional Tort: Assault - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intentionally placing another in
apprehension or fear that they will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
Intentional Tort: Battery - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Intentional contact that is harmful
or offensive, or creating the apprehension that such contact is imminent.
Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Willful detention
without consent and without authority of law.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A communication that
tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to cause him
to be shunned or avoided.
Tarnishing the reputation of someone.
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
Slander - spoken
