NUR 1020: Exam 5 Questions and Answers
1. common law decisions made by judges
2. statutory law statutes made by govern-
ment
3. NPAs are statutes enacted by legislatures state, regulatory
and esablish a agency
4. to establish malpractice, the plaintiff must prove: duty
- the nurse owed a to the patient
5. to establish malpractice, the plaintiff must prove: the breached
nurse the duty they owed to the patient
6. The NPA is an Law, which defines the legal Administrative, powers
functions, , and duties of the state board of
nursing
7. the BoN the Nurse Practice Act and holds enforces, disciplinary
hearings
8. malpractice insurance provides a when defense, negligence
a nurse is in a lawsuit involving or mal-
practice
9. action involves people and society as a criminal
whole
10. action involves individual rights and re- civil
sults in payment of money to the injured person
11. is being accountable for your actions responsibility
12. liability
, NUR 1020: Exam 5 Questions and Answers
is the legal obligation to make good for
the loss of, or damage to, something for which he or
she is responsible
13. nurses are and responsible personally, legally
for their nursing actions
14. to desert or forsake a patient in your charge; to leave abandonment of patient
a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing
replacement; wrongful termination of care
15. to purposely threaten physical harm to an individual assault
16. To challenge the decision of a court to a higher court, appeal
where the decision will be either confirmed or reversed
17. to touch an individual without consent battery
18. the legal qualification to make one's own decisions competency
19. drugs regulated by laws; drugs that have potential for controlled substances
abuse, such as narcotics
20. laws that protect the public or society criminal law
21. money awarded to a plaintiff upon proving injury by damages
the defendant
22. legal written designation making another person re- durable medical power of
sponsible for one's medical decisions attorney
23. false written statements about another that are made libel
publicly known, with intent to harm
24. slander
1. common law decisions made by judges
2. statutory law statutes made by govern-
ment
3. NPAs are statutes enacted by legislatures state, regulatory
and esablish a agency
4. to establish malpractice, the plaintiff must prove: duty
- the nurse owed a to the patient
5. to establish malpractice, the plaintiff must prove: the breached
nurse the duty they owed to the patient
6. The NPA is an Law, which defines the legal Administrative, powers
functions, , and duties of the state board of
nursing
7. the BoN the Nurse Practice Act and holds enforces, disciplinary
hearings
8. malpractice insurance provides a when defense, negligence
a nurse is in a lawsuit involving or mal-
practice
9. action involves people and society as a criminal
whole
10. action involves individual rights and re- civil
sults in payment of money to the injured person
11. is being accountable for your actions responsibility
12. liability
, NUR 1020: Exam 5 Questions and Answers
is the legal obligation to make good for
the loss of, or damage to, something for which he or
she is responsible
13. nurses are and responsible personally, legally
for their nursing actions
14. to desert or forsake a patient in your charge; to leave abandonment of patient
a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing
replacement; wrongful termination of care
15. to purposely threaten physical harm to an individual assault
16. To challenge the decision of a court to a higher court, appeal
where the decision will be either confirmed or reversed
17. to touch an individual without consent battery
18. the legal qualification to make one's own decisions competency
19. drugs regulated by laws; drugs that have potential for controlled substances
abuse, such as narcotics
20. laws that protect the public or society criminal law
21. money awarded to a plaintiff upon proving injury by damages
the defendant
22. legal written designation making another person re- durable medical power of
sponsible for one's medical decisions attorney
23. false written statements about another that are made libel
publicly known, with intent to harm
24. slander
