Intro Nursing Test #1 – UTMB Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Intro Nursing Test #1 – UTMB Questions and Answers 100% Pass Statutory Laws - Created by state legislation - Nurse Practice act - describes and defines legal boundaries of nursing practice Created by US Congress - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - protects the rights of the disabled within the workplace Administrative/ Regulatory LAw - Decisions are made by administrative bodies ex: BON rules and regulations; a nurse's responsibility to report unethical practice Case/Common Law - Decisions made in court - informed consent - patients right to refuse treatment - negligence 2Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 - malpractice What are the 2 types of statutory laws? - Civil and criminal Civil Laws - - protects the right of individuals - provides fair and equal treatment - damages lead to fines or public service Ex: Nurse is negligent Criminal Laws - - protect society as a whole - felony - crime that has penalty of imprisonment for more than 1 yr or death - misdemeanor - less serious crime with a fine or imprisonment less than 1 yr Ex: nurse is misusing controlled substances Tort - Civil wrong made against a person or property - 3 types : Intentional, quasi-intentional, unintentional Intentional - Willful act that violates ones rights. 3 types: 3Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Assault- action that places a person in apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact ie: gperforming surgery without signed consent Battery- intentional touching w/o consent ie: threatening to give injection and actually doing it False Imprisonment - unjustified restraint of a person w/o legal warrant Quasi-intentional - Intent is lacking but direct cause occurs. Includes: HIPPA- patient privacy Slander - spoken Libel - written Unintentional - Negligence - what an ordinary person would do Malpractice - professional negligence, nurse not carrying out duty causes injury Prudence - The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason; skills and good judgement is the use of resources 4Brittie Donald, All Rights Reserved © 2025 Board of Nursing (BON) - -protects public from unsafe nursing practice -provides approval for nursing education programs - issues licenses - provides nursing practice and education guidance to current nurses - subject to TX Sunset Act Nursing Practice Act - - Passed March 1909 - marked a milestone in health care of citizens in TX BON board members - - consists of 13 members that are selected by the governor - 6 nurses - 3 nurse faculty members of SONs