Certified Nurse Legal Terms Study Stack
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| show | Exists when the employer exerts actual control over the employee
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| Administrative Law | show 🗑
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| Affadavit | show 🗑
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| ACHA | show 🗑
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| show | Exists when a person gives the impression of an employee but is not-example agency nurse.
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| Assault | show 🗑
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| show | A defense used most commonly in auto case. When a plaintiff exposed themselves to the danger of the thing causing injury to the plaintiff.
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| Borrowed Servant | show 🗑
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| show | The standard of care for that type of specialty and a determination of whether there has been an act of omission or commission.
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| Burden of Proof | show 🗑
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| show | A legal doctrine by which the healthcare professional in charge may be held liable for the acts of those directly under their supervision.
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| show | Occurs when the breach of duty or standard of care results in the harm or injury that has occurred to the patient or the plaintiff.
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| Civil Law | show 🗑
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| show | derives its power fro the judicuary; judges make the ruling in cases and those rulings can be referred by another judge in a similar case.
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| Contract Law | show 🗑
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| show | A legally enforceable agreement between two parties in which each agrees to do something.
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| Criminal Law | show 🗑
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| show | A resume of academic achievements and professional positions.
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| Damages | show 🗑
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| show | The person or party being sued.
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| show | An artistic rendering of evidence. The real evidence used to highlight or demonstrate evidence.
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| Depositions | show 🗑
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| Deposition Summary | show 🗑
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| Discovery | show 🗑
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| show | Occurs when a health care provider accepts responsibilty for a patient.
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| Exhibit | show 🗑
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| show | Failure of a person to act as a reasonable person should under similar circumstances.
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| Hearsay | show 🗑
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| show | The rules regulating when hearsay is allowed to be heard and considered as evidence by a jury.
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| show | Set of questions that one party submits to another and which must be answered under oath. a discovery tool.
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| show | The Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations that sets a minimum level of quality in medical care setting.
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| Liability | show 🗑
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| Litigation | show 🗑
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| show | Professional negligence arising from the improper practice of the healthcare professional.
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| Medical Negligence | show 🗑
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| show | Plaintiffs' injury is reduced by factors.
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| Mitigating Damages | show 🗑
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| show | Used to excluded evidence irrevlevant or inflammatory with no probative value.
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| Negligence General | show 🗑
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| show | Synonymous with "apparent agency"
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| Physical Examination | show 🗑
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| Plaintiff | show 🗑
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| Pre-litigation | show 🗑
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| Products Liability | show 🗑
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| show | An act or injury that is directly caused or responsible for an injury.
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| Request for Admission | show 🗑
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| Request for Production | show 🗑
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| Res Ipsa | show 🗑
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| show | that is self-evident
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| Respondeat Superior | show 🗑
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| Risk Management | show 🗑
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| show | The range of activities, actions set by policy as the domain of practice.
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| Source of Law | show 🗑
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| show | The norm of the paractice standards derived from the state, federallaw, professional standards.
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| show | Laws enacted by the state and federal legislation. For Example: state statutes regulates how nurses and doctors and other professionals are to practice, regulates nursing home, assisted living facilities, and home health agencies & how must provide care.
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| Statute of Limitation | show 🗑
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| show | An action of civil court.
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| Vicarious Liability | show 🗑
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| Voir Dire | show 🗑
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| Wrongful Death | show 🗑
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| show | A court order compelling a witness to appear at trial or deposition.
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