Nursing Jurisprudence Exam question |\ |\ |\ |\
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Jurisprudence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science or philosophy |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of law
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Sources of Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Constitutional Law:
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Federal, State |\
-Statutory Law: Federal, State |\ |\ |\
-Common Law |\
-Administrative Law |\
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Federal or state
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government attempting to deprive an individual of life or liberty
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for something the law considers an offence against society in
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general
Civil Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Seeks to resolve disputes
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between private parties, which often result in payment of money
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Different Burden of Proof - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Beyond a
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reasonable doubt; preponderance of the evidence |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Types of Torts - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Negligence
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-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment |\ |\ |\ |\
,-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander |\ |\ |\
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Negligence committed by a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
person in his or her professional capacity is malpractice. Also
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known as professional negligence.
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Medical and nursing malpractice occur when a doctor or nurse
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fails to do that which a reasonable, prudent doctor or nurse
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would do under the same or similar circumstances, or does that
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which a reasonable or prudent doctor or nurse would not do
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under the same or similar circumstances.
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Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Duty - the existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a
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patient, to conform to a recognized standard of care
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Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
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Harm - an actual injury
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Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the
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nurse's act or omission |\ |\ |\
Intentional Tort: Assault - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Example of this
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tort: A nurse threatens to place an NG tube in a client who is
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refusing to eat |\ |\
Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
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, Intentional Tort: Battery - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Intentional
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contact that is harmful or offensive, or creating the apprehension
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that such contact is imminent.
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-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat
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of restraint is BATTERY.
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IE: Restraining a person to give an injection against their consent
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or order
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Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔"unjustifiable detention of a person without legal warrant to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
confine the person" (client has the right to leave AMA)
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-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat
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of restraint is BATTERY.
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Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
communication that tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
contempt or ridicule, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided.
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Tarnishing the reputation of someone. |\ |\ |\ |\
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
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Slander - spoken |\ |\
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔defines the
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scope and limitations of professional nursing practice; vary from
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state to state. |\ |\
with answers |\
Jurisprudence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the science or philosophy |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of law
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Sources of Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Constitutional Law:
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Federal, State |\
-Statutory Law: Federal, State |\ |\ |\
-Common Law |\
-Administrative Law |\
Criminal Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Federal or state
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
government attempting to deprive an individual of life or liberty
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
for something the law considers an offence against society in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
general
Civil Law - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Seeks to resolve disputes
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between private parties, which often result in payment of money
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Different Burden of Proof - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Beyond a
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reasonable doubt; preponderance of the evidence |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Types of Torts - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-Negligence
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-Intentional: Assault Battery False Imprisonment |\ |\ |\ |\
,-Quasi-Intentional: Defamation, Liable, Slander |\ |\ |\
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Negligence committed by a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
person in his or her professional capacity is malpractice. Also
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known as professional negligence.
|\ |\ |\
Medical and nursing malpractice occur when a doctor or nurse
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
fails to do that which a reasonable, prudent doctor or nurse
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
would do under the same or similar circumstances, or does that
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which a reasonable or prudent doctor or nurse would not do
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
under the same or similar circumstances.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Elements of a Nursing Malpractice Lawsuit - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Duty - the existence of a duty, owed by the nurse to a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
patient, to conform to a recognized standard of care
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Breach - a failure to conform to the required standard of care
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Harm - an actual injury
|\ |\ |\ |\
Cause - there must be proof that the injury was caused by the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
nurse's act or omission |\ |\ |\
Intentional Tort: Assault - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Example of this
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
tort: A nurse threatens to place an NG tube in a client who is
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
refusing to eat |\ |\
Intentionally placing another in apprehension or fear that they |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
will suffer harmful or offensive contact.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
, Intentional Tort: Battery - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Intentional
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contact that is harmful or offensive, or creating the apprehension
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
that such contact is imminent.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of restraint is BATTERY.
|\ |\ |\
IE: Restraining a person to give an injection against their consent
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
or order
|\ |\
Intentional Tort: False Imprisonment - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔"unjustifiable detention of a person without legal warrant to |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
confine the person" (client has the right to leave AMA)
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
-false imprisonment accompanied by forceful restraint or threat
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
of restraint is BATTERY.
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Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
communication that tends to hold the plaintiff up to hatred, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
contempt or ridicule, or to cause him to be shunned or avoided.
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Tarnishing the reputation of someone. |\ |\ |\ |\
Quasi-Intentional Tort: Defamation Types - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
✔✔Types:
Libel - printed or broadcast
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Slander - spoken |\ |\
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔defines the
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scope and limitations of professional nursing practice; vary from
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state to state. |\ |\
