A nurse is determining whether a hospital has the right to require infected patients to be isolated against their will.To which type of law will the nurse refer?

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Constitutional law provides the right to intervene in a reasonable manner to protect the health,safety,and welfare of the citizenry.State power concerning health care is called police power.This power allows states to act to protect the health,safety,and welfare of their citizens.The state must show that it has a compelling interest in taking actions,especially actions that might infringe on individual rights.The state can isolate an individual to prevent an epidemic,even though this infringes on individual rights.The community's rights are deemed more important than the individual's rights when there is a threat to the health of the public.Judicial law,based on court and jury decisions,and the principles of common law (precedent,justice,fairness,respect for an individual's autonomy,and self-determination)are both used by court's as the basis to make a decision and do not relate to having the right to isolate a patient.Legislation is law that comes formthe legislative branches of the government and regulations are specific statements of law related to defining or implanting individual pieces of legislation.Neither are as important in this case as the constitutional law of the police power of the states in regards to isolation of a patient.

A Nurse Is Determining Whether a Hospital Has the Right