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Legal issues in perioperative nursing
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- 1Deposition meaningtaking sworn testimoney of a witness outside of court
- 2Torts definitionviolations against an individual
a wrong - 3Assault definition (torts)crime of violence against another person
- 4Battery - intentional tortsintentionally causing harm to another person
- 5False imprisonment- Torts intentionalconfinement without legal authority
- 6Defamation definitionfalse statment that injuries someones reputation
- 7Invasion of privacyright to control information about yourself
- 8Negligencefailure to act with prudence, that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- 9Liabilitystate of being legally obliged and responsible
- 10Plaintiffparty who initiates the lawsuit
- 11Defendantrequired to answer the complaint
- 12Subpoenacourt order commanding a person or entity either to surrender documents to court
- 13Perjurylying or making verifiably false statement under oath
- 14Jurybody of person convened to render a verdict on a legal qeustion
- 15ACORN negligencelegally, professionally, ethically accountable for all their actions in delivering care
- 16responsibility vs accountabilityresponsibility - act one undertakes
accountability - higher level of responsibility, why care is expected - 17How do we asses breach of duty of care?4 principles:
did the duty of care exist?
was the conduct below expected standard?
did the breach result in damage to the pt?
could this damage have been foreseen? - 18omission and commissionomission - something was not done
commission - something was done that should have not been done - 19Informed consentvoluntary
cover act performed
legal capacity - 20surgical consent purposesethical, legal, practical
- 21legal principles that underpin consentimplied, verbal, written
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- Created by Elizabeth Then · Jun 13, 2018
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