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30 Cards in this Set
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Define Contract Law
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The enforcement of agreements among private individuals of the payment of compensation for failure to fulfill the agreement.
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Define Contract
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A written or verbal agreement between two or more people to do or not do some lawful act.
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Define Contractual obligation
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The duty of care established by the presence of an expressed or implied contract.
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Define Express consent
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An oral or written agreement
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Define Implied Contract
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A contract that has not been explicitly agreed by the parties but that the law nevertheless considers to exist.
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Define Grievance
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Any dispute, difference, controversy, or disagreement arising out of the terms and conditions of employment.
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Define Tort
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A civil wrong committed against a person or a person's property.
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Common Law
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The body of principles that evolves from court decisions.
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Define Public Law
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Refers to the body of law that deals with relationships between individuals and the government and governmental agencies.
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Define Civil Action
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Deals with the relationship between individuals in society.
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Define Criminal Law
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Deals with actions against the safety and welfare of the public
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Define Complaint
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A document filed by the plaintiff
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Define Answer(legal)
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A written response made by the defendent.
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Define Expert witness
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One who has special training, experience, or skill in a relevant area and is allowed by the court to offer an opinion on some issue within that area of expertise.
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Define Respondeat Superior
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A legal term meaning "let the master answer"; the employer assumes responsibility for the conduct of the employee and can also be held responsible for malpractice by the employee.
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Define Privileged communication
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Information given to a professional who is forbidden by law from disclosing the information in a court without the consent of the person who provided it.
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Define Informed consent
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A clients agreement to accept a course of treatment or a procedure after receiving complete information, including the risks of treatment and facts relating to it, from the physician.
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Define Implied consent
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Consent that is assumed in an emergency when consent cannot be obtained from the client or a relative.
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Define standards of care
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Detailed guidelines describing the minimal nursing care that can reasonably be expected to ensure high quality care in a defined situation.
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Define Registration
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The listing of an individuals name and other information on the official roster of a governmental or nongovernmental agency.
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Define credentialing
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the process of determining and maintaining competence in practice; includes licensure, registration, certification, and accreditation
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Define License
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A legal permit granted to individuals to engage in the practice of a profession and to use a particular title.
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Define false imprisonments
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the unlawful restraint or detention of another person against his or her wishes.
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Define Battery
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The willful or negligent touching of a person (or person's clothes or even something the person is carrying), which may or may not cause harm.
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Define Defamation (legal)
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A communication that is false, or made with careless disregard for the truth, and results in injury to the reputation of another.
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Define Slander
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Defamation by the spoken word, stating unprivileged (not legally protected) or false words by which a reputation is damaged.
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Define Negligence
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Failure to behave in a reasonable and prudent manner; and intentional tort.
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Define Gross negligence
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involves extreme lack of knowledge, skill, or decision making that the person clearly should have known would put others at risk for harm.
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Define Malpractice
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The negligent act of persons engaged in professions or occupations in which highly technical or professional skills are employed.
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Unprofessional conduct
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One of the grounds for action against the nurse's license; includes incompetence or gross negligence, conviction of practicing without a license, falsification of client records, and illegally obtaining, using or possessing controlled substances
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