NSG 444 exam 2
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intru-
sion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without
4 issues related to clients rights consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client
they can not leave)
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the
client had risk for injury or injury, client
Things that NEED to be reported falls, Med errors, needlesticks, proce-
dure related/ equipment related acci-
dents, visitor injury
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
What are the different types of consent?
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
ranking problems in order of importance
Define Prioritization (what requires immediate attention and
what can wait)
-task, circumstances, person (the team
5 Rights of Delegation member), direction/communication, su-
pervision/evaluation
Rules of conduct that are authored and
What is a law? enforced by formal authorities and hold
people accountable for compliance
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings
become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal leg-
What are he types of laws?
islative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to
government agencies)
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights
of individuals in disputed over legal rights
or duties of individuals in relation to one
, NSG 444 exam 2
another
-Criminal: involves public concerns re-
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
garding an individual's unlawful behavior
that threatens society
-legislature establishes and amends
laws regarding nursing practice
What is the statutory Authority of state -delegates authority to enforce the law to
nursing Practice acts? an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules
and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest lan-
The ANA and NCSBN
guage for the state Nurse Practice act?
-they can adopt rules that clarify general
How is the state board of nursing author- provisions of NPA
ity limited? -they do not have the power to enlarge
the law
-Executive: authority to administer the
nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules nec-
Describe the 3 functions of state board essary to implement the act
of nursing -Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or
revoke a license or to discipline a li-
censee or to deny an application for li-
censure
Does the state board of nursing have the
power to sanction nurses with probation, yes
suspension, revocation?
occurs when a professional fails to act as
what is malpractice? a reasonably prudent professional would
have in the same situation
Commission-doing something that
What is the difference between commis- should not have been done
sion and omission? Omission- failing to do things that should
have been done
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
-Invasion of Privacy (unreasonable intru-
sion into an individual's private affairs)
-battery (performing a procedure without
4 issues related to clients rights consent)
-assault (threatening someone)
-false imprisonment (telling the client
they can not leave)
-omission of prescribed therapies, if the
client had risk for injury or injury, client
Things that NEED to be reported falls, Med errors, needlesticks, proce-
dure related/ equipment related acci-
dents, visitor injury
-admission agreement
-Immunization Consent
-Blood transfusion consent
What are the different types of consent?
-Surgical Consent
-Research Consent
-Special Consents
ranking problems in order of importance
Define Prioritization (what requires immediate attention and
what can wait)
-task, circumstances, person (the team
5 Rights of Delegation member), direction/communication, su-
pervision/evaluation
Rules of conduct that are authored and
What is a law? enforced by formal authorities and hold
people accountable for compliance
-Common (decisional. Judge's rulings
become law)
-Statutory (established trough formal leg-
What are he types of laws?
islative processes)
-Administrative (delegated authority to
government agencies)
-Civil: recognized and enforces the rights
of individuals in disputed over legal rights
or duties of individuals in relation to one
, NSG 444 exam 2
another
-Criminal: involves public concerns re-
Civil Vs. Criminal Law
garding an individual's unlawful behavior
that threatens society
-legislature establishes and amends
laws regarding nursing practice
What is the statutory Authority of state -delegates authority to enforce the law to
nursing Practice acts? an executive agency (board of nursing)
-Enforces the laws and publicizes rules
and regulations that expand the law
What was developed to suggest lan-
The ANA and NCSBN
guage for the state Nurse Practice act?
-they can adopt rules that clarify general
How is the state board of nursing author- provisions of NPA
ity limited? -they do not have the power to enlarge
the law
-Executive: authority to administer the
nursing practice act
-Legislative: authority to adopt rules nec-
Describe the 3 functions of state board essary to implement the act
of nursing -Judicial: authority to deny, suspend, or
revoke a license or to discipline a li-
censee or to deny an application for li-
censure
Does the state board of nursing have the
power to sanction nurses with probation, yes
suspension, revocation?
occurs when a professional fails to act as
what is malpractice? a reasonably prudent professional would
have in the same situation
Commission-doing something that
What is the difference between commis- should not have been done
sion and omission? Omission- failing to do things that should
have been done
the nurse (the defendant)
-has specialized knowledge and skills
