ULL NURSING 104 test 3 Questions And Answers Rated A+ New Update Assured Satisfaction
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ULL NURSING 104
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ULL NURSING 104
Plaintiff does not have to prove that the nurse ______ a special duty or was negligent - breached
All facilities that provide health care services must comply with _______ - Licensing Laws
Created through cases heard and decided federal and state appellate courts- also known as decision or
judge...
ULL NURSING 104 test 3
Plaintiff does not have to prove that the nurse ______ a special duty or was negligent - breached
All facilities that provide health care services must comply with _______ - Licensing Laws
Created through cases heard and decided federal and state appellate courts- also known as decision or
judge made law - Common Law
-Unlawful restraint or detention of another person -Nurse has no authority to detain a patient even if
there is likelihood. - False Imprisonment
Statutory Law-
-Laws written and enacted by legislative bodies
-Violations are criminal offenses and are punishable by fines or imprisonment
Requires federally funded hospitals to inform adult patients in writing about their right to make
treatment choices and to ask patients if they have a living will or durable power of attorney -
Patient self determination act of 1990
Ensures confidentiality of patients medical records set guidelines for maintaining the privacy of health -
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act of 1996
Allows certain disclosures of patient safety data. Law permits a provider to disclose non identifiable
patient data to a qualified patient safety organization for the purpose of analyzing medical errors. -
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act
Nurse practice act and board of nursing rules and regulations define? - Scope and limitations or
nursing practice
, State legislatures have given_______ the authority to hear and decide causes against nurses -
Licensing boards
________first state to enact a law in January 2004 that mandates the establishment of minimum
nurse/patient ratios. - California
Health professionals must report the following under penalty of fine or imprisonment for failing to do so:
- -Infant and child abuse
-Dependent elder abuse
-Specified communicable disease
Health professionals must report the following under penalty of fine or imprisonment for failing to do so:
- -Infant and child abuse
-Dependent elder abuse
-Specified communicable disease
Failure to act in a reasonable and prudent manner - Negligence
Special type of negligence; that is, the failure of a professional, a person with specialized education and
training, to act in a reasonable and prudent manner - Malpractice
Elements essential to prove negligence or malpractice: - -Nurse owed patient a special duty of
care based on the establishment of a nurse patient relationship
-Nurse breached duty to the patient or client
-The patient suffered actual harm or damage
-Proximate cause or a casual connection between the breach in the standard of care by the nurse and
patients injury
Most frequent allegations of nursing negligence: - -Failure to ensure patient safety
-Improper treatment or negligent performance of treatment
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