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Legal
Lpn fall 2008
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Administrative Law | Law developed by those persons who are appointed to governmental administrative agencies and who are entrusted with enforcing the statutory laws passed by the legislature. |
| Teleology | Ethical theory that states that the value of a situation is determined by its consequences. |
| Value system | Individuals collection of inner beliefs that guides the way the person acts and helps determine the choices the person makes. |
| Values | principles that influence the development of beliefs & attitudes. |
| Values clarification | Process of analyzing ones’ own values to better understand those things that are truly important |
| Veracity | Ethical principle based on truthfulness (neither lying nor deceiving others) |
| Whistle blowing | Calling attention to unethical, illegal, or incompetent actions of others. |
| Deontology | Ethical theory that considers the intrinsic significance of an act as the criterion for determination of good. |
| Civil Law | Law that deals w/relationships between individuals |
| Confidential | Private or secret |
| Constitutional Law | Law that defines & limits the power of government. |
| Contract Law | Enforcement of agreements among private individuals. |
| Criminal Law | Law concerning acts of offense against the welfare or safety of the public |
| Expressed contract | Conditions & terms of a contract given in writing by the concerned parties. |
| False Imprisonment | Situation wherein a person is made to wrongfully believe that he cannot leave a place. |
| Felony | Crime of a serious nature that is usually punishable by imprisonment in a state penitentiary or by death. |
| Formal contract | Written contract that can not be changed legally by an oral agreement. |
| Fraud | Wrong that results from a deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gain. |
| Good Samaritan Law | Law that provides protection to health care providers by ensuring them immunity from civil liability when care is provided at the scene of an emergency & the pt injury. |
| Informed Consent | A competent pt’s ability to make health care decisions based on full disclosure of the benefits, risks, potential consequences of a recommended treatment plan, and alternate treatments, including no treatment, and the pt’s agreement to treatment as indica |
| Liability | Obligation one has incurred or might incur thru any act or failure to act. |
| Libel | Written words that harm or injure the personal or professional reputation of another person |
| Living Will | Legal document that allows a person to state preferences about the use of life-sustaining measures should she be unable to make her wishes known. |
| Misdemeanor | Offense that is less serious than a felony & may be punished by a fine or by sentence to a local prison for less than 1 year. |
| Negligence | General term referring to careless acts on the part of an individual who is not exercising reasonable or prudent judgment. |
| Nursing Practice Act | Statue that is enacted by the legislature of a state & that outlines the scope of nursing practice in that state. |
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