Legal Responsibilities for Practice (Well-enlightened)

Law correct answers The principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. Ethics correct answers Values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. Statutory Law correct answers All written laws and governmental codes Constitutional law correct answers -greatest authority in any jurisdiction U.S. constitution State constitution Enacted law correct answers laws passed by legislative bodies Regulatory Law correct answers -Administrative or Executive law - (BON regulations) -Rules and regulations established by administrative bodies within the government Common Law correct answers -Called judicial law or judge-made law, because it originates in the courts -Common usage and custom Other Factors Affecting Legal Decisions correct answers -Administrative Rulings -Rights and responsibilities in healthcare -Those of Institution (policies, protocols, and procedures) Policies correct answers -Provide guidance in proper actions to be taken in specific situations -Identify individuals responsible for taking action -Set standards of practice Protocols correct answers List actions for managing a specific problem that may involve more than one procedure Procedures correct answers Step by step instructions to accomplish task Role of the State Board of Nursing (Similar Across all States) correct answers -Regulation of nursing practice -Approval of nursing education programs -License qualified applicants -Investigate complaints -Discipline violators -Disciplinary Process and Action