QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔derogatory remarks about another that diminish the other party's reputation -
✔✔defamation
✔✔unjustified retention or prevention of the movement of another person without proper
consent - ✔✔false imprisonment
✔✔willful misrepresentation that could cause loss or harm to person or property -
✔✔fraud
✔✔failure to protect a person's privacy or confidential information - ✔✔invasion of
privacy
✔✔what are intentional torts - ✔✔assault, battery, defamation, false imprisonment,
fraud, invasion of privacy
✔✔what are unintentional torts - ✔✔neglience, malpractice
✔✔performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances
would not do - ✔✔negligence
, ✔✔failing to perform an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar
circumstances would do - ✔✔negligence
✔✔negligence by a health care provider - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to follow standards of care - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to use equipment in a responsible manner - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to assess and monitor - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to communicate - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to document - ✔✔malpractice
✔✔failure to act as a patient advocate or to follow the chain of command -
✔✔malpractice
✔✔nursing practice is regulated at ____ levels - ✔✔federal, state, institutional
✔✔nurses should know their - ✔✔state's nurse practice act, professional standards of
care, and institutional policies
✔✔nursing acts of wrongdoing can have ____ consequences - ✔✔legal
✔✔nurses have an ethical obligation to maintain _____ and seek assistance for
circumstances affecting their competence - ✔✔competence
✔✔adhering to professional nursing standards can protect nurses from - ✔✔legal
retribution
✔✔learning capabilities, readiness, and needs
response to education - ✔✔patient education
✔✔RN retains ____ for actions delegated - ✔✔accountability
✔✔nurses can ____ provider orders - ✔✔question
✔✔nurses should only follow _____ orders unless emergency situation - ✔✔written
✔✔if it's not documented it - ✔✔didn't happen