CORRECT WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!!2025/2026|GUARANTEED
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER Act that define the scope of nursing practice for each
state
Statutory Law - ANSWER are either civil or criminal, designed to protect the people
State Board of Nursing - ANSWER Administrative Law which issue standards for
nursing practice, licensure, and compliance monitoring in the interest of public safety.
Breach of Duty - ANSWER is the failure to provide a reasonable standard of care owed
to a person. (I didn't perform the care)
Duty to care - ANSWER is a legal obligation imposed on a person who is in a position
to perform an action that could potentially harm others (by acting or not acting). This duty
can arise between a nurse and a patient or via a statute or contract between physician and
patient
Negligence - ANSWER My failure to take proper care in doing something. "I was gone
and I didn't give a handoff to the nurse."
proximate cause - ANSWER If what we did or did not do cause harm was done to
patient was our actions the cause of harm
malpractice - ANSWER Is performing care that hurt the patient.
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,standard of care - ANSWER An obligation of reasonable care
Assault - ANSWER Making verbal threats in an attempt to force a patient to take
medication against their will (without reasonable cause) constitutes an
Battery - ANSWER force used in unlawful detention of a patient, or if a nurse physically
apprehended and forced a patient (without reasonable cause) to move, such as to a room
advance directives - ANSWER legal documents that allow people to choose what
medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves
Delegating as a nurse - ANSWER 1. Know and follow institutional policies and
procedures of scope and authority.
2. Ensure that UAP assigned are qualified to carry out the tasks that they are expected to
perform.
3. Know the state limitations and responsibilities of nursing practice and scope.
Self-determinism - ANSWER All individuals living with mental illness may consent or
refuse treatment based on
Immediate intervention is required - ANSWER all patients have the right to refuse
treatment unless
The patient is involuntary admitted - ANSWER in a psychiatric emergency with
imminent risk of harm to the patient or another person
informed decision - ANSWER An individual must display capacity for understanding to
make an
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, Capacity - ANSWER is the ability to make an informed decision and is assessed by a
physician or psychologist
evidence to decide otherwise - ANSWER Individuals are competent to make their own
treatment decisions unless a judge has
professional or a judge (reasonable standard of care). - ANSWER Nurses might be held
liable if their interpretation of a psychiatric emergency differs from that of another
Common Law - ANSWER Established by precedent
Precendent - ANSWER an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later
action
Administrative Law - ANSWER the body of law that regulates the operation and
procedures of government agencies.
suspension of patient rights - ANSWER Taking away phone calls, personal belongings,
going outside, restroom time, etc. requires specific documentation that the right would be a
risk
Institutional policy - ANSWER Restricting or suspending a patient's rights requires the
nurse to document clearly that allowing the patient to continue to exercise the specific right
might result in harm to the patient or others and must be supported by
paradox - ANSWER A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd
but in reality expresses a possible truth. Individuals who require inpatient care is that the
process of becoming a patient can itself cause trauma and related anxiety and/or depression
while also violating human rights.
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UPDATE!!!!2025/2026|GUARANTEED
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER Act that define the scope of nursing practice for each
state
Statutory Law - ANSWER are either civil or criminal, designed to protect the people
State Board of Nursing - ANSWER Administrative Law which issue standards for
nursing practice, licensure, and compliance monitoring in the interest of public safety.
Breach of Duty - ANSWER is the failure to provide a reasonable standard of care owed
to a person. (I didn't perform the care)
Duty to care - ANSWER is a legal obligation imposed on a person who is in a position
to perform an action that could potentially harm others (by acting or not acting). This duty
can arise between a nurse and a patient or via a statute or contract between physician and
patient
Negligence - ANSWER My failure to take proper care in doing something. "I was gone
and I didn't give a handoff to the nurse."
proximate cause - ANSWER If what we did or did not do cause harm was done to
patient was our actions the cause of harm
malpractice - ANSWER Is performing care that hurt the patient.
1
,standard of care - ANSWER An obligation of reasonable care
Assault - ANSWER Making verbal threats in an attempt to force a patient to take
medication against their will (without reasonable cause) constitutes an
Battery - ANSWER force used in unlawful detention of a patient, or if a nurse physically
apprehended and forced a patient (without reasonable cause) to move, such as to a room
advance directives - ANSWER legal documents that allow people to choose what
medical care they wish to have if they are unable to make those decisions themselves
Delegating as a nurse - ANSWER 1. Know and follow institutional policies and
procedures of scope and authority.
2. Ensure that UAP assigned are qualified to carry out the tasks that they are expected to
perform.
3. Know the state limitations and responsibilities of nursing practice and scope.
Self-determinism - ANSWER All individuals living with mental illness may consent or
refuse treatment based on
Immediate intervention is required - ANSWER all patients have the right to refuse
treatment unless
The patient is involuntary admitted - ANSWER in a psychiatric emergency with
imminent risk of harm to the patient or another person
informed decision - ANSWER An individual must display capacity for understanding to
make an
2
, Capacity - ANSWER is the ability to make an informed decision and is assessed by a
physician or psychologist
evidence to decide otherwise - ANSWER Individuals are competent to make their own
treatment decisions unless a judge has
professional or a judge (reasonable standard of care). - ANSWER Nurses might be held
liable if their interpretation of a psychiatric emergency differs from that of another
Common Law - ANSWER Established by precedent
Precendent - ANSWER an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later
action
Administrative Law - ANSWER the body of law that regulates the operation and
procedures of government agencies.
suspension of patient rights - ANSWER Taking away phone calls, personal belongings,
going outside, restroom time, etc. requires specific documentation that the right would be a
risk
Institutional policy - ANSWER Restricting or suspending a patient's rights requires the
nurse to document clearly that allowing the patient to continue to exercise the specific right
might result in harm to the patient or others and must be supported by
paradox - ANSWER A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd
but in reality expresses a possible truth. Individuals who require inpatient care is that the
process of becoming a patient can itself cause trauma and related anxiety and/or depression
while also violating human rights.
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