NA CH. 2 KEY TERMS Word Scramble
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NA CH. 2 KEY TERMS | DEFINITIONS |
accountable | being responsible for one's actions and the actions of others who perform delegated tasks; answering questions about and explaining one's actions and the actions of others |
assault | intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person's body without the person's consent |
battery | unauthorized touching of a person's body without the person's consent |
civil law | laws concerned with relationships between people; private law |
crime | an act that violates a criminal law |
criminal law | laws concerned with offenses against the public and society in general; public law |
defamation | injuring a person's name and reputation by making false statements to a third person |
delegate | authorizing another person to perform a task |
ethics | knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct |
false imprisonment | unlawful restraint or restriction of a person's movement |
fraud | saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive another person |
invasion of privacy | violating a person's right not to have his or her name, photograph, or private affairs exposed or made public without giving consent |
law | a rule of conduct made by a government body |
libel | defamation through written statements |
malpractice | negligence by a professional person |
negligence | an unintentional wrong in which a person fails to act in a reasonable and careful manner and causes harm to a person or to the person's property |
preceptor | a staff member who guides and teaches |
responsibility | the duty or obligation to perform some act or function |
slander | defamation through oral statements |
task | a function, procedure, activity, ow work that does not require an RN's professional knowledge or judgment |
tort | a wrong committed against a person or the person's property |
will | a legal statement of how a person's property is to be distributed after the person's death |
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