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chapter seven7
Fundamentals of nursing
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is a standard or rule of conduct establised and enforced by the government. Intended chiefly to protect the rights of the public. | Law |
| A legislative body enacts statutory law. Statutory laws must be in keeping with both the federal constitution and the state constitution. Ex. is Nurse Practice Acts | Statutes |
| This agencies have the power to make administrative rules and regulations in conformity with enacted law, that acts as laws and enforceable. Board of Nursing is example of this in a state level. | Administartive Law |
| Evolved from accumulated judiciary decisions. Is a court made law. Based on the principle of "stare decisis" or " let the decision stand". Ex. Is Malpractice | Common Law |
| Process of bringing and trying a lawsuit, | Litigation |
| A person or govenment bringing suit against another | Plaintiff |
| The one being accused of a crine or tort | Defendant |
| Refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and maintained | Credentialing |
| Name 3 process of credentialing | accreditation, licensure,certification |
| Term generally used to describe negligence by professional personnel | Malpractice |
| Performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would not do or conversely, failing to perform an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do. May be an act of omission or commission. | Negligence |
| Willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has caused, loss of harm to a person or property. | Fraud |
| Unjustified retention or prevention of the movement of another person without proper consent can constitute to this. | False imprisonment |
| Inherited from the US Constitution, the fourth amendment, give citizens the right for this and the right to be left alone. | Invasion of privacy |
| Oral defamation of character | Slander |
| Written defamation of character | Libel |
| One party makes derogatory remarks about another person that diminish the other party's reputation. | Defamation of character |
| Is an assault that is carried out and includes every wilful, angry and violent or negligent touching of another persons body or clothes of anything attach to or held by that other person. Ex. | Battery |
| Is a threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person without the persons consent. | Assault |
| When a nurse fails to initiate proper precautions to prevent patient harm (falls,skin breakdown) | negligence |
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