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NSG 310 Topic 4 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
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NSG 310 Topic 4 Exam Questions withComplete Solutions
law - Answer-human made rules designed to help people maintain order in their society
and settle their problems in a nondestructive manner
statutory law - Answer-established through the legislative process and expands each
time Congress or state legislatures pass new legislation
common law - Answer-established by previous court decisions and expands each time
a judge makes a legal ruling in a case
public law - Answer-defines and interprets relationships between individuals and the
government
private law - Answer-defines and interprets the relationship between individuals
including contract and tort laws
administrative law - Answer-includes licensing and regulation of nursing practice as well
as areas such as collective bargaining
boards of nursing are - Answer-state agencies legislatively creased by the state nurse
practice acts
NPA establishes - Answer--entry level requirements into the profession
-set of definitions of nursing practice
-establish guidelines for professional discipline when a nurse fails to obey state laws
entry level requirements - Answer--completion of an approved nursing education
program
-satisfactory performance on a standardized licensure exam
-competency in spoken english
-strong moral character
all state NPAs - Answer-are designed to ensure the health and safety of the patients
receiving care by nurses
licensing purpose - Answer-to protect the public from incompetence and abuse
nurse multi state licensure compact - Answer-approved by the national council of state
boards of nursing in 1998
compact nurse must - Answer-be familiar with and comply with the NPA for each state
in which she will work
, regulatory power - Answer-authorizes the board to develop rules and regulation for
nursing licensure, education, and practice
adjudicatory power - Answer-authorizes the board to investigate, hear, and decide the
outcomes of complaints that involve violations fo the act and of the rules promulgated
by the board
board of nursing can - Answer-limit of deny a nursing license, but cannot incarcerate a
nurse
Americans with Disabilities 1990 - Answer-prohibits discrimination based on disability in
employment
disabilities act with nurses - Answer-if compliant with treatment
-granted special confidentiality
-encourages to seek treatment and self-report
-ensure disabled are not the object of discrimination
-requires special arrangements to facilitate access to practice like communication
services
contract - Answer-promissory agreement between two or more parties that creates a
legal relationship
expressed contract - Answer-can be written or oral
implied contract - Answer-based solely on the conduct of the parties
enforceable contract - Answer--must be for performance of legal goods or services
-must have legal capability to make the contract
-must agree to do something and agree on what it is
-must be consideration
legally terminated contract - Answer--it terms have been met
-both parties agree to a change
-it becomes impossible
breach contract - Answer--one of the parties fails to meet the terms fo the agreement
-can sue in civil court for any damages
National Labor Relations 1974 - Answer--collective bargaining unit and could bargain
with employer as a group, in good faith, to make an agreement regarding similar
interests in wages, hour, and working conditions
-contain grievance procedures guaranteed to all employees
-contain a clause protecting nurse employee from discharge
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