NUR 211 Test 8
- liability risks
Answer supervision/delegation early client discharge
nursing shortage hospital downsizing increased autonomy lack of adequate training advanced technology
- criminal law
Answer conduct that is harmful to another individual or society as a whole, usually punishable by fines or imprisonment or both
- crime
Answer act prohibited by statute or by common law principles
- civil law
Answer deals with rights and duties of private persons
- tort law
Answer a tort is a civil wrong committed against an individual or an individual's property
- unintentional torts
Answer negligence and malpractice
- negligence
Answer conduct that deviates from what a reasonable person would perform in a particular circumstance 1 / 2
- malpractice
Answer persons with greater than average skill/ability held to a higher standard
malpractice is conduct deviating from standard of practice or standards of care any negligent act or omission may rise to the standard of malpractice
- elements necessary to prove negligence
Answer duty, breach of duty, foreseeability, causation, injury or harm
- duty
Answer a legally enforceable obligation to conform to a particular standard of conduct that is owed to the patient
ex. nurse should complete fall risk assessment for all clients on admission
- breach of duty
Answer deviation from the standard of care owed a patient
ex. nurse does not perform fall risk assessment on admission
- forseeability
- causation
- / 2
Answer ability to foresee events that reasonably may be expected to cause specific results ex. nurse should know that failure to take precautions can endanger a client
Answer to make a successful claim for malpractice, an injury must have occurred as a direct consequence of a nurse's or other healthcare professionals breach of care