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Table of contents
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Part 1: Introduction to the Law and the Judicial Process
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Chapter 1: Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
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Chapter 2: Anatomy of a Lawsuit
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Part 2: Ethics
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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
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Chapter 5: Standards of Care
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Chapter 6: Tort Laws s s


Chapter 7: Nursing Liability: Defenses
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Chapter 8: Informed Consent and Patient Self-Determination
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Chapter 9: Documentation and Confidentiality
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Chapter 10: Professional Liability Insurance
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Part 4: Impact of the Law on the Professional Practice of Nursing
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Chapter 11: Nurse Practice Acts, Licensure, and the Scope of Practice
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Chapter 12: Advanced Nursing Practice Roles
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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
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Chapter 15: Nursing Management and the Nurse-Managers
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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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Asnurseswouldslikestosadvocatesforsasmodificationsofsthesstate’ssnursingspracticesactsandsbelievessthesbestsstrategysisstos
contactsthespersonsswithsauthoritystoswritesandschangesthissstatutoryslaw.sWhomsshouldsthesnursescontact?

1. Statesboardsofsnursing

2. Statesgovernor

3. Stateslegislature

4. Statesnursingsassociation

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Rationales1:sStatesboardssofsnursingsaresinvolvedsinsthesimplementationsandsenforcementsofsthesnursespracticesactsbuts
notschargedswithswritingstheslaw.

Rationales2:sGovernorssmaysappointsmemberssofsthosesonsthesstatesboardsofsnursing,sbutsaresnotsinvolvedsinswritingsn
ursingspracticesacts.

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atesboardssofsnursingsorsstatesboardssofsnursesexaminerss(statesadministrativesagencies)stosimplementsandsenforcesthos
esacts.

Rationales4:sStatesnursingsassociationssmayspromotesorsseekstoschangesnursespracticesacts,sbutstheyscannotsdossosindepen
dently.

GlobalsRationale:

CognitivesLevel:sApplying
ClientsNeed:sSafesEffectivesCaresEnvironment
ClientsNeedsSub:sManagementsofsCare
Nursing/IntegratedsConcepts:sNursingsProcess:sImplementation
LearningsOutcome:s1.1sDefinesthestermslawsandsdescribesfourssourcessfromswhichslawsissderived,sincludingsconstitution
al,sstatutory,sadministrative,sandsjudicials(decisional)slaw.

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, Aspatientsbroughtssuitsagainstsashospitalsforsinjuriesssustainedsinsasfall.sThescaseswentstostrialsandsthesjurysfoundsforsth
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1. No,sbecausesofsthesdoctrinesofsressjudicata

2. Yes,sstaresdecisissallowssretrial

3. Yes,sbecausesofsthesdoctrinesofsprecedent

4. No,sthississaslandmarksdecision

CorrectsAnswer:s1

Rationales1:sRessjudicatasmeanss“asthingsorsmatterssettledsbysjudgment”sandsappliesswhensaslegalsdisputeshassbeensde
cidedsbysascompetentscourtsofsjurisdiction.sThissdoctrinespreventssthessamespartiessinsthesoriginalslawsuitsfromsretryin
gsthessamesissuessinvolvedsinsthesfirstslawsuit.

Rationales2:sStaresdecisissmeansstos“letsthesdecisionsstand”sandsissappliedsbyscourtssofslawsinscasesswithssimilarsfactsp
atternssthatshavesbeenspreviouslysdecidedsbysthescourtssystem.

Rationales3:sThesdoctrinesofsprecedentsmeansstos“letsthesdecisionsstand”sandsissappliedsbyscourtssofslawsinscasesswith
ssimilarsfactspatternssthatshavesbeenspreviouslysdecidedsbysthescourtssystem.sLandmarksdecisionsssignifysthatsprecede

ntsisschangedsbysthescurrentscourtsdecision.

Rationales4:sLandmarksdecisionsssignifysthatsprecedentsisschangedsbysthescurrentscourtsdecision.

GlobalsRationale:

CognitivesLevel:sAnalyzing
ClientsNeed:sSafesEffectivesCaresEnvironment
ClientsNeedsSub:sManagementsofsCare
Nursing/IntegratedsConcepts:sNursingsProcess:sAssessment
LearningsOutcome:s1.2sComparesandscontraststhesdoctrinessofsprecedents(staresdecisis)sandsressjudicata.

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Thescircumstancessofsaslawsuitscausesitstosbesundersthesjurisdictionsofsmoresthansonescourt.sInsthisscase,sthesnursesexp
ectssthatswhichscourtswillshavesthesgreatestspersonalsjurisdiction?

1. FederalsSupremesCourt

2. Federalsdistrictscourt

3. Statessupremescourt

4. Statestrialscourt


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