CLNC Advance Practice Comprehensive questions with correct answers

Legal Nurse Consultant CORRECT ANSWER The role of the nurse consultant is to integrate nursing knowledge with knowledge of the legal system and process. The duties of the legal nurse consultant include reviewing and evaluating medical-nursing issues, reviewing and interpreting medical records, serving as an expert witness, testifying in a deposition or court, assessing the extent of damages, and conducting legal research. Expert Witness- CORRECT ANSWER Is an individual who has an identified area of expertise based on education, skills, credentials-qualifications, and experience. Nursing expert witness provide testimony on nursing standards of care within the healthcare environment Public health law CORRECT ANSWER The context of public health policy, since public health law is considered public health policy. A population-based community level intervention that protects and maintains the public's health and policy. Individual rights CORRECT ANSWER Individual rights are protected through the bill of rights in the US constitution and bills of right developed at state levels. Compulsory Examination CORRECT ANSWER Considered mandatory medical examinations requiring careful consideration and justification Quarantine and Isolation CORRECT ANSWER Originates principally from local and state powers. Generally enacted as a measure to prevent the transmission of communicable disease