Intro Nursing Test #1 - UTMB
Statutory Laws - correct answer-Created by state legislation
- Nurse Practice act - describes and defines legal boundaries of nursing practice
Created by US Congress
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - protects the rights of the disabled within the
workplace
Administrative/ Regulatory LAw - correct answer-Decisions are made by administrative
bodies
ex: BON rules and regulations; a nurse's responsibility to report unethical practice
Case/Common Law - correct answer-Decisions made in court
- informed consent
- patients right to refuse treatment
- negligence
- malpractice
What are the 2 types of statutory laws? - correct answer-Civil and criminal
Civil Laws - correct answer-- protects the right of individuals
- provides fair and equal treatment
- damages lead to fines or public service
Ex: Nurse is negligent
Criminal Laws - correct answer-- protect society as a whole
- felony - crime that has penalty of imprisonment for more than 1 yr or death
- misdemeanor - less serious crime with a fine or imprisonment less than 1 yr
Ex: nurse is misusing controlled substances
Tort - correct answer-Civil wrong made against a person or property
- 3 types : Intentional, quasi-intentional, unintentional
Intentional - correct answer-Willful act that violates ones rights. 3 types:
Assault- action that places a person in apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact
ie: gperforming surgery without signed consent
Battery- intentional touching w/o consent
ie: threatening to give injection and actually doing it
False Imprisonment - unjustified restraint of a person w/o legal warrant
, Quasi-intentional - correct answer-Intent is lacking but direct cause occurs. Includes:
HIPPA- patient privacy
Slander - spoken
Libel - written
Unintentional - correct answer-Negligence - what an ordinary person would do
Malpractice - professional negligence, nurse not carrying out duty causes injury
Prudence - correct answer-The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason;
skills and good judgement is the use of resources
Board of Nursing (BON) - correct answer--protects public from unsafe nursing practice
-provides approval for nursing education programs
- issues licenses
- provides nursing practice and education guidance to current nurses
- subject to TX Sunset Act
Nursing Practice Act - correct answer-- Passed March 1909
- marked a milestone in health care of citizens in TX
BON board members - correct answer-- consists of 13 members that are selected by the
governor
- 6 nurses
- 3 nurse faculty members of SONs
- 4 members who represent the public
BON Licensure - correct answer-- initial RN licensure
- graduate from approved school
- taken NCLEX-RN exam
- pass TX jurisprudence exam
- criminal background check
Standards of Nursing practice - correct answer-- reflects skills all nurses should possess. We
must follow ALL laws. Relates to all nurses, failure to meet these standards may result in
action against the nurse's license. Be able to know all the rationale and effects of
medications for treatment. Clarify all orders if one believes it to be inaccurate.
- assessment
- diagnosis
- outcomes identification
- planning
- implementation
- coordination of care
-health teaching
Statutory Laws - correct answer-Created by state legislation
- Nurse Practice act - describes and defines legal boundaries of nursing practice
Created by US Congress
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - protects the rights of the disabled within the
workplace
Administrative/ Regulatory LAw - correct answer-Decisions are made by administrative
bodies
ex: BON rules and regulations; a nurse's responsibility to report unethical practice
Case/Common Law - correct answer-Decisions made in court
- informed consent
- patients right to refuse treatment
- negligence
- malpractice
What are the 2 types of statutory laws? - correct answer-Civil and criminal
Civil Laws - correct answer-- protects the right of individuals
- provides fair and equal treatment
- damages lead to fines or public service
Ex: Nurse is negligent
Criminal Laws - correct answer-- protect society as a whole
- felony - crime that has penalty of imprisonment for more than 1 yr or death
- misdemeanor - less serious crime with a fine or imprisonment less than 1 yr
Ex: nurse is misusing controlled substances
Tort - correct answer-Civil wrong made against a person or property
- 3 types : Intentional, quasi-intentional, unintentional
Intentional - correct answer-Willful act that violates ones rights. 3 types:
Assault- action that places a person in apprehension of a harmful or offensive contact
ie: gperforming surgery without signed consent
Battery- intentional touching w/o consent
ie: threatening to give injection and actually doing it
False Imprisonment - unjustified restraint of a person w/o legal warrant
, Quasi-intentional - correct answer-Intent is lacking but direct cause occurs. Includes:
HIPPA- patient privacy
Slander - spoken
Libel - written
Unintentional - correct answer-Negligence - what an ordinary person would do
Malpractice - professional negligence, nurse not carrying out duty causes injury
Prudence - correct answer-The ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason;
skills and good judgement is the use of resources
Board of Nursing (BON) - correct answer--protects public from unsafe nursing practice
-provides approval for nursing education programs
- issues licenses
- provides nursing practice and education guidance to current nurses
- subject to TX Sunset Act
Nursing Practice Act - correct answer-- Passed March 1909
- marked a milestone in health care of citizens in TX
BON board members - correct answer-- consists of 13 members that are selected by the
governor
- 6 nurses
- 3 nurse faculty members of SONs
- 4 members who represent the public
BON Licensure - correct answer-- initial RN licensure
- graduate from approved school
- taken NCLEX-RN exam
- pass TX jurisprudence exam
- criminal background check
Standards of Nursing practice - correct answer-- reflects skills all nurses should possess. We
must follow ALL laws. Relates to all nurses, failure to meet these standards may result in
action against the nurse's license. Be able to know all the rationale and effects of
medications for treatment. Clarify all orders if one believes it to be inaccurate.
- assessment
- diagnosis
- outcomes identification
- planning
- implementation
- coordination of care
-health teaching
