Nursing Fundamentals study guide
1. Hospital policy and the Nurses Practice Act of each state determine the conditions of
Licensed Nursing Practice
2. Nurses are legally mandated to report suspected child abuse to the
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Nursing Fundamentals study guide
1. Hospital policy and the Nurses Practice Act of each state determine the conditions of
Licensed Nursing Practice
2. Nurses are legally mandated to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities
3. Incident reports are not placed in a patients chart
4. Do not chart that an incident report has been filed.
5. It is the responsibility of the health care provider to advise a client of any risks involved
in their decision to refuse care. This statement is relevant in clients’ situations when
they decide to leave the facility against medical advice (AMA)
6. Advanced directives are intended to allow patients to have more control over health
care decisions at the end of life.
7. The two main types of advanced directives are Living will and Durable Power of
Attorney.
8. Lawsuits involving civil wrongs are called torts.
9. Examples of intentional torts are assaults, battery, defamation, false imprisonment,
and outrage, invasion of privacy and wrongful disclosure of confidential information.
10. An unintentional tort is called negligence.
• Negligence is an unintentional failure of a nurse to perform an act that a reasonable person
would or would not perform in similar circumstances; can be an act of omission or
commission.
11. Negligence occurs when injury results from the failure of the wrongdoer to exercise
care.
12. Intentional torts are lawsuits wherein the defendant is accused of intentionally causing
injury to the plaintiff.
• Malpractice is any professional misconduct that is an unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in
professional duties.
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