TEST BANK For Foundations and Adult Health Nursing
9th Edition Cooper
Legal System - ANSWER:Complex set of rules and regulations that has developed in
response to the needs of society
Laws - ANSWER:The reference of a rule, principle, or regulation established and
made known by a government to protect or restrict the people affected to have
proper behavior in society
What are Criminal Laws? - ANSWER:Involves the needs of the public
Criminal Laws - ANSWER:Federal or State
Civil Laws - ANSWER:Between individuals or agency
How are civil and Criminal laws established? - ANSWER:Statutory Law- Specific legal
questions
Common Law- That come before the court and usually follow previous rulings on an
issue
What refers to the absence of due care? - ANSWER:Negligence
What refers to Professional Negligence and has 4 key elements? -
ANSWER:Malpractice
What are the 4 key elements of malpractice? - ANSWER:1. Duty- relationship
between patient and nurse
2. Breach- failure to perform the duty in a reasonable manner
3. Harm- has occurred and does not have to be physical injury
4. Proximate Cause
What is known as the breach of duty? - ANSWER:Proximate Cause
What is the occurrence of harm depended directly on occurrence of the breach? -
ANSWER:Proximate Cause
To practice within the rules and regulations, the standards of care and the employing
agencies' policies and procedures is the best way to avoid what? - ANSWER:Being
charged with malpractice
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ANSWER:HIPAA
, What is informed consent? - ANSWER:Full disclosure of the facts that the patient
needs to make an intelligent decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is
performed
Keeping private - ANSWER:Confidentiality
What's the best way to avoid a lawsuit? - ANSWER:Promote a positive nurse patient
relationship
To speak in favor of - ANSWER:Advocate
Maleficience - ANSWER:Act of committing harm
Independence - ANSWER:Autonomy
What is wrongful termination of providing patient care? - ANSWER:Abandonment of
care
What is Slander? - ANSWER:Malicious or untrue spoken words about another person
that are brought to the attention of others
What is Libel? - ANSWER:A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is
brought to the attention of others
What is spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may
injure the subjects reputation? - ANSWER:Defamation
What is battery? - ANSWER:Unlawful touching of another person without informed
consent.
What are some examples of grounds for licensure proceedings? - ANSWER:Falsifying
records, Patient abuse, diverting or stealing narcotics, documentation errors
What does DNR stand for? - ANSWER:Do not resuscitate.
What is a plaintiff? - ANSWER:They are the people who are attempting to sue the
others.
When was the Patient's Bill of Rights developed? - ANSWER:1972
What does ANA stand for? - ANSWER:Allow Natural Deaths
What does PAS stand for? - ANSWER:Practitioner-assisted suicide
Can a nurse refuse to care for a patient because of their decisions or because of their
actions? - ANSWER:No.
9th Edition Cooper
Legal System - ANSWER:Complex set of rules and regulations that has developed in
response to the needs of society
Laws - ANSWER:The reference of a rule, principle, or regulation established and
made known by a government to protect or restrict the people affected to have
proper behavior in society
What are Criminal Laws? - ANSWER:Involves the needs of the public
Criminal Laws - ANSWER:Federal or State
Civil Laws - ANSWER:Between individuals or agency
How are civil and Criminal laws established? - ANSWER:Statutory Law- Specific legal
questions
Common Law- That come before the court and usually follow previous rulings on an
issue
What refers to the absence of due care? - ANSWER:Negligence
What refers to Professional Negligence and has 4 key elements? -
ANSWER:Malpractice
What are the 4 key elements of malpractice? - ANSWER:1. Duty- relationship
between patient and nurse
2. Breach- failure to perform the duty in a reasonable manner
3. Harm- has occurred and does not have to be physical injury
4. Proximate Cause
What is known as the breach of duty? - ANSWER:Proximate Cause
What is the occurrence of harm depended directly on occurrence of the breach? -
ANSWER:Proximate Cause
To practice within the rules and regulations, the standards of care and the employing
agencies' policies and procedures is the best way to avoid what? - ANSWER:Being
charged with malpractice
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - ANSWER:HIPAA
, What is informed consent? - ANSWER:Full disclosure of the facts that the patient
needs to make an intelligent decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is
performed
Keeping private - ANSWER:Confidentiality
What's the best way to avoid a lawsuit? - ANSWER:Promote a positive nurse patient
relationship
To speak in favor of - ANSWER:Advocate
Maleficience - ANSWER:Act of committing harm
Independence - ANSWER:Autonomy
What is wrongful termination of providing patient care? - ANSWER:Abandonment of
care
What is Slander? - ANSWER:Malicious or untrue spoken words about another person
that are brought to the attention of others
What is Libel? - ANSWER:A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is
brought to the attention of others
What is spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may
injure the subjects reputation? - ANSWER:Defamation
What is battery? - ANSWER:Unlawful touching of another person without informed
consent.
What are some examples of grounds for licensure proceedings? - ANSWER:Falsifying
records, Patient abuse, diverting or stealing narcotics, documentation errors
What does DNR stand for? - ANSWER:Do not resuscitate.
What is a plaintiff? - ANSWER:They are the people who are attempting to sue the
others.
When was the Patient's Bill of Rights developed? - ANSWER:1972
What does ANA stand for? - ANSWER:Allow Natural Deaths
What does PAS stand for? - ANSWER:Practitioner-assisted suicide
Can a nurse refuse to care for a patient because of their decisions or because of their
actions? - ANSWER:No.
