Module 3- Healthcare Law and Ethics

Question 1

What are the components required for establishing if a nurse was negligent in their delivery of care?

Answer 1

i. There was a duty of care
ii. Duty of care was breached
iii. There was a resultant harm
iv. Harm was reasonably foreseeable

Question 2

What terms are commonly used to describe types of consent in health care.

Answer 2

• Implied
• Written
• Verbal

Question 3

Doctrine of Emergence/Doctrine of Necessity allows health care practitioners (HCP) to initiate life-saving treatment without consent, when in the best interests of the patient. T/F?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Laws created by Government in Parliament are known as?

Answer 4

Act’s

Question 5

The application and consideration of law in healthcare and ethical decision making are not considered to be interrelated when applied to practical healthcare delivery. T/F?

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Nurses can only be prosecuted in the criminal court of law

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Advance care directives, Power of Attorney and Not for resuscitation (NFR) orders are all the same.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Nursing ethics are…

Answer 8

• Ethical issues from the real world and are unique to nurses and nursing decision making
• Ethical issues as they apply to directly to nursing practice and nursing decision making

Question 9

What acts can a Nurse potentially be charged with?

Answer 9

• False Imprisonment
• Trespass
• Negligence
• Assault and Battery

Question 10

Battery is the act of?

Answer 10

Physical contact with a person

Question 11

Justice

Answer 11

The responsibility to be fair in way we treat others

Question 12

Non-maleficient

Answer 12

The responsibility to actively do no harm

Question 13

Autonomy

Answer 13

The right a person has to make their own decisions

Question 14

Veracity

Answer 14

Ethical obligation to be honest with ourselves and our patients (Truth-telling)

Question 15

Beneficence

Answer 15

The responsibility of actively doing good.

Question 16

The legal definition of a ‘minor’ has recently changed. A child is considered a minor up to either twelve (12) years of age or up to sixteen (16) year of age depending on which State or Territory you are working. T/F?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Assualt is the act of?

Answer 17

Action that causes person to think they maybe injured

Question 18

Does the patient have the right to withdraw consent and if so, what is the applicable timeframe.

Answer 18

Anytime

Question 19

Describes the guidelines to direct the use of Not for resuscitation (NFR) orders.
NFR orders should be…

Answer 19

Clearly documented on dedicated form, following discussion with patient and family and signed by senior medical profession