Nursing Jurisprudence Questions and
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Negliegence ✔✔Failure to do something that a normally prudent person would do
Negligence : Comission ✔✔Wrong doing
Negligence: Omission ✔✔Total neglect of care, n
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Nursing Jurisprudence Questions and
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Negliegence ✔✔Failure to do something that a normally prudent person would do
Negligence : Comission ✔✔Wrong doing
Negligence: Omission ✔✔Total neglect of care, not doing anything
Example of negligence in nursing ✔✔-telling a suicidal bipolar patient that it is okay for them to
refuse their medication.
-Failure to report observations to Dr
-Mistaken ID
-Wrong dose, wrong medication
-Defects in equipment leading to falls
-Errors d/t family assistance
-Administer meds without Dr. order
Res Ipsa Loquitur ✔✔A doctrine under which negligence may be inferred simply because an
event occurred, if it is the type of event that would not occur in the absence of negligence.
Literally, the term means "the facts speak for themselves."
Conditions to Establish Negligence Under "Res Ipsa Loquitor" ✔✔1. would not normally occur
unless someone was negligent
2. injury caused by agency with control over defendant
3. plantiff did not engage in any manner that would tend to bring about the injury
Respondeat Superior ✔✔"Let the master answer" an employer is vicariously liable for the
behavior of an employee working within his or her scope of employment
Bonus Pater Familias ✔✔Paternalism. Good father of the family.
Employer is held liable upon finding that he has been negligent in the selection of his employees
(culpa en eligiendo) or in the supervision of his employees (culpa in vigilando)
frolic ✔✔employee makes a minor departure from his emplyee's charge
detour ✔✔employee is acting on his own benefit, rather than a minor sidetrack
force majeure ✔✔unforeseeable circumstances that prevent someone from fulfilling a contract
Malpractice ✔✔Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards. Improper or
unskillful care.
Example of malpractice ✔✔nurse administers too large dose of medication due to calculation
error.
Anesthesia related complications.
Failure to follow advance directive.
incompetence ✔✔Acts or conducts that are not authorized or licensed to perform
Five Rights of Delegation ✔✔right task
right circumstance
right person
right direction/communication
right supervision/evaluation
Liability of Nurses for Work of Students ✔✔-Should be under supervision of CI
-Should be given assignments under their level of proficiency
-Should be encouraged to seek guidance when performing procedures for the first time
-Should be oriented to policies
-Performance should be frequently assessed
R.A. 6675 ✔✔Only registered medical, dentistry, veterinarian personnel allowed to prescribe
drugs
R.A. 6675 ✔✔All drugs should have generic name included, and price matched with brand name
drug.
R.A. 5921 ✔✔Pharmacy Law. All Rx must have:
-name of prescriber
-office address
-professional registration number
-professional tax receipt number
-patients name, age, sex, date of Rx
R.A. 9173 Section 28 ✔✔Administering IV meds reqs special training
Duties and Responsibilities in IV Therapy ✔✔-Interpret dr. order
-Perform venipuncture
-Prepare, admin, monitor iv meds
-admin blood products
-etc.
Telephone Orders ✔✔-Limit to extreme emergency
-Read back order to Dr.
-Signed within 24 hours
-Dr name
-Nurse name
-Time and order
Informed Consent ✔✔So patient understands the nature of the procedure
Essential Elements of Informed Consent ✔✔-Dx and explanation of the condition
-Fair explanation of the procedure to be done and the consequences
-Description of alternative treatments and procedures
-Description of the benefits to be expected
-Material rights
-Prognosis, recommended care when procedure is refused
Nurses responsibility in informed consent ✔✔-Witness exchange between client and dr
-Witness client affix signature
-Ensuring client really understands
Consent for sterilization ✔✔-Must be from both partners
-If emergency, abruptio placenta, or ectopic pregnancy , consent from patient is sufficient
Formal contracts ✔✔Written contract required by law
Informal Contract ✔✔Written contract not required by law
Express Contracts ✔✔Interests given orally or in writing by the parties concerned
Implied Contract ✔✔A contract that comes about simply from actions of the parties.
Void Contract ✔✔A contract having no legal force or binding effect.
illegal contract ✔✔A contract that has an illegal object. Such contracts are void.
tort ✔✔a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil
legal liability.
Assault ✔✔Threatening someone
Battery ✔✔Carrying out threatened physical contact
defamation of character ✔✔Wrongfully hurting a person's good reputation. The law imposes a
general duty on all persons to refrain from making false, defamatory statements about others.
Slander ✔✔spoken defamation
Libel ✔✔written defamation
Misdemeanor ✔✔(n.) a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor
misbehavior or misconduct
Felony ✔✔A serious crime
Criminal Intent ✔✔state of mind of the criminal when the act is comitted, knowing it was wrong
and doing it anyway
Justifying circumstances ✔✔Exempts from criminal liability.
-Act in defense of his rights
-Act in defense of relative's rights
-Defends stranger's rights
Exempting Circumstances ✔✔Exempts from liability
-Imbecile, insane
-Under 9yo
-Over 9 and under 15 unless acting with discernment
-
mitigating circumstances ✔✔Any circumstances accompanying the commission of a crime that
may justify a lighter sentence.
-Under 18 yo
-Over 70 yo
-Sufficient provocation or threat
-Confess to court prior to prosecution
-Suffering from physical defect
-Lack of education is not mitigating in rape, treason, arson, merciless heinous manor acts
Aggravating circumstances ✔✔Increase criminal liability
-Act is made with obvious ungratefulness
-Act is made in a place of worship
-Crime committed during a calamity
-Intentional damage
moral turpitude ✔✔An act showing inherent baseness or vileness of principle or action;
shameful wickedness; depravity.
Examples of moral turpitude ✔✔Murder
Homicide
Abortion
Robbery
RA 6425 ✔✔Dangerous Drug Act of 1972
Defendant ✔✔an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime, therefore need to
defend themself
inquest ✔✔Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especially made by a coroner
into the cause of someone's death; the results of such an inquiry
perjury ✔✔lying under oath
Plaintiff ✔✔One who begins a lawsuit, seeking for perceived wrongdoing
subpoena ✔✔a court order requiring appearance and/or testimony
Summons ✔✔a notice directing someone to appear in court to answer a complaint or a charge
made against them
RA 2493 ✔✔First nursing law in the PH.
Examination and registration of nurses in the Philippines.
RA 2808 ✔✔Established board of examinees
Composed of three members, appointed by secretary of interior (SOI)
R.A. 877 of 1953 ✔✔Philippine Nursing Law created by FNA
RA 9173 ✔✔Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.
Repealed RA 7164
RA 9173 Article 1, 2 ,3 ✔✔1. Title
2. Declaration of Policy
3. Organization of the BoN
RA 9173 Article 4,5,6 ✔✔4. Examination and Registration
5. Nursing Education
6. Nursing Practice
RA 9173 Article 7,8 ✔✔7.Health Human Resources Production
8. Penal and Misc. Provisions
Members of BON ✔✔Chairman and 6 members
Qualifications for BON ✔✔1. Natural born PH
2. Master's degree in nursing, or any allied medical profession
3. 10 years continuous practice of the profession, last 5 in the PH
4. Member of the PNA
5. Not convicted of moral turpitude
3 Areas of Nursing BoN ✔✔Nursing Research
Nursing Education
CHN
Article 3 Section 5 ✔✔Immediately resign from any teaching position, administrative position
Article 3 Section 6 ✔✔Hold office for 3 years
Re-apply for another term
Take proper oath
In office until replacements have been qualified
Article 3 Section 8 ✔✔Board under supervision of the PRC (pro Regulation Comission)
Qualification for admission to licensure exam ✔✔Ph Citizen
Good moral character
Bachelor in Nursing
Inactive Nurses ✔✔5 Years without Practice
-1 month didactic training
-3months practicum
Reqs for Faculty ✔✔1.Master
2.Work 1 year
3.RN in the PH
4.Member of PNA
Reqs for Dean ✔✔1. master
2. work 5 years
3. RN in PH
4. Member PNA
Qualification of Nursing Service Administrators ✔✔(a) RN
(b) 2 years exp in general nursing service administration
(c) BSN, with at least nine (9) units in management and administration courses at the graduate
level; and
(d) Be a member of good standing of the accredited professional organization of nurses;
Provided, That a person occupying the position of chief nurse or director of nursing service shall,
in addition to the foregoing qualifications, possess:
(1) At least five (5) years of experience in a supervisory or managerial position in nursing; and
(2) A master's degree major in nursing;
Chair BON ✔✔Glenda S Arquiza
ANSAP ✔✔Assoc. of Nursing Service Admin. Philippines
ADPCN ✔✔Assoc. of Deans in Ph. Colleges of Nursing
NLPGN ✔✔Neonatal League of Philippine Gov Nurses
ICN ✔✔International Council of Nurses
Institutional Nursing ✔✔OPD, Gov Hospitals, Nursing Homes
PHN ✔✔public health nurse
Local health departments, health center, schools
CHN ✔✔Broader scope, at times independent
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