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Legal
Nursing
Question | Answer |
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Criminal Offense | offensive to society in general issue is detrimental to society as a whole |
Civil Offense | issue violates a person's rights issue is detrimental to the individual |
competency | a legal presumption that a person who has reached the age of majority can make decisions for herself or himself unless proved otherwise |
defamation | spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may injure the subjects reputation |
harm | injury to a person or the persons property that gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused the damage |
malpractice | failure to meet a legal duty, thus causing harm to another |
negligence | the commission of an act or omission of an act that a reasonably prudent person would have performed in a similar situation, thus causing harm to another person |
tort | a type of civil law that involves wrongs against a person or property |
scope of nursing practice | give direction to you as a practicing nurse, spelling out what obligation to do, what you have permission to do, and what you are prohibited from doing for patients |
prudent | careful, wise |
nurse practice acts | the laws formally defining and limiting the scope of nursing practice |
interstate compact | allows multistate practice of nursing |
liabilities of malpractice | duty, breach of duty, harms, proximate cause |
the primary duty of an advocate is to | maintain the patients right to privacy |
the purpose of the code of ethics is to | promote trustworthy, accountable LPNs |