This document discusses legal issues in community health nursing. It defines key terms like legislation, regulations, and judicial law. It explains the sources of law including statutory law, administrative law, and common law. The functions of legal law in nursing are to provide a framework for nursing actions, differentiate nursing responsibilities, establish boundaries, and maintain standards. Legal issues that can arise include negligence, malpractice, assault, battery, invasion of privacy, and defamation of character. Laws impact nursing practices through professional negligence and scope of practice. The document also summarizes legal safeguards in nursing like credentialing, good Samaritan laws, standards of care, and informed consent.