HLT 2000 - Exam 2 - Chapter 6 Questions With Complete
Solutions
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Two requirements of malpractice action:
The defendant (nurse)
2) Causes the plaintiff's (patient's) injury through the practice of
that specialized knowledge and skills (T or F)
True
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
1) The professional (nurse) has assumed the ____ __ ____
(responsibility for the patient's care)
duty of care
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
2) The professional (nurse) breached the duty of care by failing
to meet the _________ __ ____
standard of care
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
,3) The failure of the professional (nurse) to meet the standard of
care was the proximate cause of the _____
injury
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
4) The injury is ______
proved
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Implies that the physician is ultimately in charge of all patient
care and thus should be responsible financially
"Captain of the Ship" doctrine
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Attributes the acts of employees to their employer
Respondent superior
Delegation and Malpractice
Professional nurses may _________ independent nursing
activities to other nursing personnel
delegate
Delegation and Malpractice
State nurse practice acts of not give ____ or ____ the authority
to delegate
LPNs, LVNs
, Delegation and Malpractice
Professional RNs retain accountability for acts delegated to
another person (T or F)
true
Delegation and Malpractice
RN is responsible for determining that the delegated person
(delegatee) is _________ to perform the delegated act
competent
Delegation and Malpractice
The __________ is responsible for carrying out the delegated
act safely
delegatee
Delegation and Malpractice
The professional nurse remains legally ______, however, for the
nursing acts delegated to others unless the delegatee is also a
licensed professional whose scope includes the assigned act
liable
Five Rights to Ensure Safe Delegation
Is the task appropriate for the delegation in a specific care
situation?
Right task
Five Rights to Ensure Safe Delegation
Solutions
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Two requirements of malpractice action:
The defendant (nurse)
2) Causes the plaintiff's (patient's) injury through the practice of
that specialized knowledge and skills (T or F)
True
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
1) The professional (nurse) has assumed the ____ __ ____
(responsibility for the patient's care)
duty of care
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
2) The professional (nurse) breached the duty of care by failing
to meet the _________ __ ____
standard of care
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
,3) The failure of the professional (nurse) to meet the standard of
care was the proximate cause of the _____
injury
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Four Elements of a Cause of Action for Negligence:
4) The injury is ______
proved
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Implies that the physician is ultimately in charge of all patient
care and thus should be responsible financially
"Captain of the Ship" doctrine
Legal Risks in Professional Nursing Practice
Attributes the acts of employees to their employer
Respondent superior
Delegation and Malpractice
Professional nurses may _________ independent nursing
activities to other nursing personnel
delegate
Delegation and Malpractice
State nurse practice acts of not give ____ or ____ the authority
to delegate
LPNs, LVNs
, Delegation and Malpractice
Professional RNs retain accountability for acts delegated to
another person (T or F)
true
Delegation and Malpractice
RN is responsible for determining that the delegated person
(delegatee) is _________ to perform the delegated act
competent
Delegation and Malpractice
The __________ is responsible for carrying out the delegated
act safely
delegatee
Delegation and Malpractice
The professional nurse remains legally ______, however, for the
nursing acts delegated to others unless the delegatee is also a
licensed professional whose scope includes the assigned act
liable
Five Rights to Ensure Safe Delegation
Is the task appropriate for the delegation in a specific care
situation?
Right task
Five Rights to Ensure Safe Delegation
