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9 Cards in this Set
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What are the two basic categories of laws?
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Criminal and Civil
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What is the difference between statutory and common law?
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Statutory=developed by federal, state, and local governments. Common laws are developed in response to sp legal questions brought before the court.
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Defamation of character in written worlds is known as?
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Libel
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Defamation of character done verbally is known as?
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Slander
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Nurses are held to the current______. These state what a reasonable, prudent nurse would do in similar circumstances.
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Standards of Care
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Giving an injection to a competent adult tha refuses it is considered what?
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BATTERY OR CIVIL BATTERY
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The category of law involving civil wrongs is_______. Nursing issues in this category include these acts____.
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1. TORT 2. NEGLIGENCE, FRAUD, ASSAULT, FALSE IMPRINSONMENT, BATTERY, INVASION OF PRIVACY.
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If a nurse performs a procedure that is unfamiliar, and the patient is harmed from the nurse's actions, the nurse may be guilty of?
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Commission Malpractice or negligence.
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When a nurse fails to perform a procedure that a prudent nurse would do in similar circumstances, the nurse may be guilty of?
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Ommission or breach of duty
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