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The Nursing Profession Ch 23 Flashcards

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State statutory issues in nursing practice

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Licensure board of nursing can take away
Good Samaritan laws: protects, nurses, stop at scenes of accident
Public health law, examples are children, vaccines, OSHA, reporting of commercial diseases

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Torts

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Wrongdoing against a person or property
Can be intentional or unintentional

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Assault

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Threatening a patient

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Battery

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No consent; touching without consent

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False imprisonment

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Restraining a patient with no legal reason

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Quasi-intentional torts

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• invasion of privacy
• defamation of character
-Slander(voiced)
-Libel(written)

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Unintentional tort

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• negligence
• malpractice

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Malpractice

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The nurse out of duty to the patient
The nurse breach the duty
The patient was injured
The injury was a result of the breach of duty

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