Deck 8: Legal Issues

Question 1

The system of binding rules of action or conduct that governs the behavior of people in respect to relationships with others and with the government is:

A) ethics.
B) law.
C) morals.
D) intentional tort.

Answer 1

law.

Question 2

Disturbing the peace, solicitation, assault, and battery are examples of:

A) misdemeanors.
B) felonies.
C) precedents.
D) rioting.

Answer 2

misdemeanors.

Question 3

Changes in Medicare and Medicaid laws and statutory recognition of nursing in advanced practice (including prescriptive authority) are examples of what type of law?

A) Legislative law
B) Constitutional law
C) Administrative law
D) Common law

Answer 3

Legislative law

Question 4

Serious crimes that carry significant fines and jail sentences refer to:

A) legislative laws.
B) felonies.
C) misdemeanors.
D) precedents.

Question 5

Law that deals with the rights and obligations of people who make agreements between two or more people that can be enforced by law is:

A) tort law.
B) negligence.
C) contract law.
D) private law.

Question 6

The branch of law that deals with actions considered harmful to society is:

A) administrative law.
B) common law.
C) criminal law.
D) constitutional law.

Question 7

Formal laws written and enacted by federal, state, or local legislatures are known as:

A) statutory/legislative law.
B) constitutional law.
C) administrative law.
D) common law.

Question 8

A wrong or injury that a person suffers because of someone else's action, either intentional or unintentional, is a:

A) negligence.
B) tort.
C) private law.
D) breach.

Question 9

Components of malpractice include:

A) causal relationship with the breach of standard of care.
B) duty owed to the patient.
C) actual harm or injury suffered by the patient.
D) All of the above

Question 10

The omission to do something that a reasonable person would do, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, refers to:

A) negligence.
B) unintentional tort.
C) malpractice.
D) common law.

Question 11

A set of rules and principles that describes the powers of a government and the rights of the people refers to:

A) constitutional law.
B) statutory/legislative law.
C) common law.
D) administrative law.

Question 12

Willful acts that violate another person's rights or property are:

A) intentional torts.
B) fraud.
C) assault.
D) battery.

Question 13

The unjustifiable attempt or threat to touch a person without consent that results in fear of immediately harmful or threatening contact is referred to as:

A) assault.
B) battery.
C) fraud.
D) malpractice.

Question 14

A type of negligence committed by a person in a professional capacity in which there is an unreasonable lack of professional skill or nonadherence to the accepted standard of care causes injury to a patient is:

A) accident.
B) unintentional tort.
C) plaintiff.
D) malpractice.

Question 15

A deliberate deception for the purpose of securing an unfair or unlawful gain is:

A) assault.
B) fraud.
C) battery.
D) intentional tort(s).

Question 16

Law that defines a person's rights and obligations in relation to the government and describes the various divisions of government and their powers refers to:

A) criminal law.
B) misdemeanors.
C) common law.
D) public law.

Question 17

Law that involves the operation of government agencies is:

A) common law.
B) administrative law.
C) constitutional law.
D) statutory/legislative law.

Question 18

Fraud, invasion of privacy, assault, battery, and false imprisonment are examples of:

A) intentional torts.
B) malpractice.
C) unintentional torts.
D) negligence.

Question 19

First- and second-degree murder, arson, burgarly, extortion, kidnapping, rape, and robbery are examples of which type of crime?

A) Misdemeanor
B) Precedent
C) Felony
D) Citation

Question 20

Law that generally involves relationships between individuals, rather than between the state and individuals, is:

A) public law.
B) contract law.
C) tort law.
D) civil law.

Question 21

Defamation by written words or images is an example of:

A) slander.
B) libel.
C) criminalization.
D) fraud.

Question 22

Reducing the risk of malpractice litigation can be accomplished by:

A) being courteous, keeping up to date with knowledge and skills, and seeking attention for patients with changing health status.
B) involving patients in decision making, documenting objectively, avoiding physicians and the telephone.
C) keeping up to date with current knowledge, seeking physician attention for patients with changing health status, and challenging the patient.
D) all of the above.

Question 23

When one harms a person's reputation and good name, diminishes other's value or esteem, or arouses negative feelings toward the person in others by the communication of false, malicious, unprivileged, or harmful words, this is referred to as:

A) fraud.
B) defamation.
C) libel.
D) slander.

Question 24

Speaking false and defamatory words is an example of:

A) slander.
B) libel.
C) false imprisonment.
D) gossiping.

Question 25

Locking patients in rooms, denying use of the telephone, and restraining a patient who is not intoxicated, mentally ill, disoriented, or a substance abuser is an example of:

A) defamation.
B) libel.
C) false imprisonment.
D) slander.

Question 26

Liability insurance is an important risk-management strategy. Which of the following is true regarding liability insurance? Select all that apply.

A) Nurses can have individual coverage or group coverage.
B) Liability insurance provides for payment of lawyer fees only.
C) Two basic types of insurance coverage are occurrence based and claim based.
D) Nurses should never be without coverage
E) Employer-sponsored coverage is the most limited type of insurance.