Chapter 23

Question 1

Administrative Law

Answer 1

Defines expectations of civil and criminal laws

Question 2

Battery

Answer 2

Intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification

Question 3

Case Law

Answer 3

Describes decisions made in legal cases that were resolved in court

Question 4

Civil Law

Answer 4

Protect the rights of individuals and provide for fair and equitable treatment

Question 5

Common Law

Answer 5

Originated from decisions that were made in the absence of law

Question 6

Constitutional Law

Answer 6

Derived from federal and state constitutions

Question 7

Criminal Law

Answer 7

Protect society and provide punishment for crimes

Question 8

Defamation of Character

Answer 8

Publication of false statements that result in damage to reputation

Question 9

DPAHC Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care

Answer 9

Document developed by patient that instructs on tasks to do before, during, and/or after death

Question 10

Informed Consent

Answer 10

Patient’s agreement to have a medical procedure after receiving full disclosure of risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal

Question 11

Intentional Tort

Answer 11

Deliberate acts against a person of property that may result in both civil and criminal actions

Question 12

Libel

Answer 12

The written defamation of character

Question 13

Malpractice

Answer 13

Type of negligence where professional person is being held liable

Question 14

Neglect

Answer 14

Pattern of conduce by a person which a duty of care to maintain physical and/or mental health

Question 15

Negligence

Answer 15

Conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonable good person

Question 16

Nurse Practice Acts

Answer 16

Civil state laws that define nursing and the standards they muse meet within individual states

Question 17

Occurence Report

Answer 17

Incident report

Question 18

Professional Licensure Defense

Answer 18

Expensive when nurses don’t have insurance to cover the costs of keeping their licensed to practice nursing

Question 19

Quasi-Intentional Torts

Answer 19

Acts in which a person may not intend to cause harm but does

Question 20

Risk Management

Answer 20

Involved several components including identifying possible risks, analyzing them, acting to reduce them, and evaluating the steps taken to reduce them.

Question 21

Scope of Nursing Practice

Answer 21

Defines nursing and reflects the values of the nursing profession

Question 22

Slander

Answer 22

Occurs when one speaks falsely about another

Question 23

Standard of Proof

Answer 23

What a reasonably good nurse would do in similar circumstances in the geographical area in which the breach occured

Question 24

Standard of Nursing Care

Answer 24

Reflect the knowledge and skill ordinarily possessed and used by nurses to perform within the scope of practice

Question 25

Statutory Law

Answer 25

Derived from statues passed by the US Congress and state legislatures

Question 26

Torts

Answer 26

Civil wrongful acts or omissions of care made against a person or property

Question 27

Unintentional Torts

Answer 27

Arise when a person is harmed and the person inflicting the harm knew or should have known