Ch. 5 Legal Principles in Nursing Flashcards
Intentional threat towards another person that places the person in reasonable fear of harmful, imminent or unwelcome contact
Assault
Intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification
Battery
Law based on judicial decisions or case law precedent
Common Law
Actions that inflict or threaten harm without justification
Criminal Law
Serious offense that results in significant harm to another persons or society in general
Felony
Laws that limit liability and offer legal immunity to a nurse who helps at an accident
Good Samaritan Laws
Similar to a power of attorney
Health Care Proxy
A full disclosure of risks, option, etc agreed upon by patient
Informed Consent
Deliberate acts of wrongful conduct. ie; assault and battery in health care
Intentional Torts
Documents instructing the health care provider to withhold or withdraw life saving measure in terminally ill patients
Living wills
Failure to use that degree of care that a reasonable nurse would use under the same or similar circumstances
Malpractice
Crime not inflicting injury but no serious harm
Misdemeanor
Conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a prudent person
Negligence
Preventable errors are also known as…
Never Events
Statutes enacted by state legislatures to regulate nursing; Scope of nursing practice
Nurse Practice Acts