NSG 101 Unit II

An intentional act that causes a person to fear that he or she will be touched in an offensive or injurous manner -even if no touching actually takes place

An intentional act resulting in actual physical contact or touching in an offensive or injurous manner

not behaving in a reasonable manner

Concerned with relationships between individuals; protects the rights of persons within our society and encourages fair & equitable treatment among people

• The injuury of one person's reputation of character by willful & malicious statement to a third person.
• Includes libel & slander

• Person or entity alleging harm & bringing the lawsuit. The plaintiff must prove four elements of negligence
• 1) Duty
• 2)Breach of Duty
• 3) Proximate cause or causal connection
• 4) Damages

One who has special training, knowledge, skill or expertise who is permitted to offer an opinion in court

A serious crime such as major robbery, arson, rape, or murder & which carries a penalty of imprisonment or death; can be grounds for nursing license denial, revocation, or suspension

A legal statute which protects persons who assist in emergency situation while acting within the accepted standards of practive of their profession

• Delineation of the essential nature of the procedure & its consequences. The elements of include:
• 1. explanation of the condition
• 2. a fair explanation of the procedures to be used & the consequences
• 3. description of the alternative treatment
• 4. description of the benefits to be expected
• 5. an offer to answer the patient's inquiries
• 6. freedom from coercion

A tort in which a client's health care is made public or exposed to public scrutiny

A wrongful act or private injury committed by one person against another person or property, which may be pursued in civial court by the injured party

Legal responsibility; a nurse is legally responsible for actions that fail to meet the standard of care or for failing to act, thereby causing harm

A false or malicious writing that is intended to dishonor another person & is published so that someone besided the one defamed will observe it

• Professional minsonduct, unreasonable lack of skill in professional or judicaiary duties, resulting in injury, unnecessary suffering or death to the patient.
• (only refers to professionals)

A lesser crime such as small thefts, assaults without the use of weapons usually dealt with on a local level. The penalty is usually a fine or imprisonment for less than a year

Failing to conduct oneself in a prescribed manner, with due care, thereby doing harm to another; or doing something that a reasonable prudent person would not do in like circumstances

Acts which ordinary professional would or would not have done; a measure against a defendant's malpractice conduct

An oral statement made with the intent to dishonor or defame another person when made in the presence of a third person

The knowledge & skill that an ordinary , reasonably prudent person would possess & exercise as a member of a profession