Law and Professional Nursing Practice
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Chapter 15: Law and Professional Nursing Practice
- What does “reasonable and prudent” mean as it relates to standards of care?
- What measures are taken when a nurse is summoned to court for a legal action? Is a nurse more responsible than a doctor in the situation if both were involved with the patient’s care?
- You have been asked by a charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit to discuss the importance of the legal system for nurses. What are the important aspects regarding law and nursing that you will include in your presentation?
- What are the differences between nursing disciplinary action by a board of nursing and legal ramifications set forth by state and federal laws?
- Are there differences in the responsibility related to informed consent for the nurse and physician? If so, what are the differences?