Healthcare Law

Question 1

What is an advanced directive

Answer 1

A legal document expressing an individual’s desires regarding medical treatment

Question 2

What is a living will?

Answer 2

A document that provides written instructions about what the patient wants or will refuse

Question 3

What is the difference between a living will and an advanced directive?

Answer 3

A living will is a type of advanced directive

Question 4

What is implied consent?

Answer 4

Implied consent is nonverbal consent indicated by a patient’s cooperative actions
EX: If a patient passes out in the ED, then that is implied consent that they want help

Question 5

What is malpractice?

Answer 5

Conduct deviated from the standards of practice dictated by the profession

Question 6

What is negligence?

Answer 6

It is malpractice by healthcare providers such as doctors and nurses

Question 7

What are constitutional laws governed by?

Answer 7

The federal government and they do not have a direct relationship to health care

Question 8

What are statutory law governed by?

Answer 8

A legislative body

EX: Nursing laws

Question 9

What are administrative laws governed by?

Answer 9

The SBON (State Board of Nursing)

Question 10

Does the state board of nursing protect the nurses or the public

Answer 10

The public

Question 11

Does the Kansas State Nurses Association protect nursing or the public

Answer 11

Nursing

Question 12

Are student nurses held to the same standard as licensed nurses?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

What are the five elements of negligence and malpractice?

Answer 13

1. Duty
2. Breach of Duty
3. Foreseeability
4. Causation
5. Harm

Question 14

Define the “Duty” element?

Answer 14

To keep the patient safe

Question 15

Give an example of the Breach of Duty Element

Answer 15

forgetting to put the side rail down or call light not within reach

Question 16

Give an example of the foreseeability element

Answer 16

The patient could fall down if their side rail was not up and their call light within reach

Question 17

Give an example of the Harm element

Answer 17

The patient could end up with a pulmonary embolism from the fall and then they die

Question 18

What time frame does a nurse have to give meds?

Answer 18

1 hour before or 1 hour after they are due

Question 19

Is assault verbal or physical?

Answer 19

Verbal

Question 20

Is battery physical or verbal?

Answer 20

Physical

Question 21

How often must a person have a doctor’s order for a physical restraint?

Answer 21

Every 24 hours if someone has a restraint. (An order must be given no matter what)

Question 22

If someone has a physical restraint what must a nurse do to care for the patient?

Answer 22

1. they must be removed periodically so the patient can be re positioned
2. They should be offered toileting, food, and fluids periodically
3. Continuous evaluation on necessity of restraint must be done
4. Check them every 15 minutes to see if there is proper perfusion in the area of the restraint.

Question 23

What are the parts of informed consent?

Answer 23

1. The diagnosis or condition that required treatment
2. the purposes of the treatment
3. What the patient can expect to feel or experience
4. The intended benefits of the treatment
5. Possible risks or negative outcomes of the treatment
6. Advantages and disadvantages of possible alternatives to treatment (including no treatment)

Question 24

What should a nurse do if a minor does not you to tell their parents about their sexually transmitted disease?

Answer 24

Do not tell the parents, respect their confidentiality.

Question 25

What is the good Samaritan law?

Answer 25

designed to protect people offering assistance from

Question 26

Can nurses do anything outside their scope of practice according to the Good Samaritan Law?

Answer 26

No