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1. Legal and Ethical Issues
In Nursing
Carey Bosold MSN, FNP
Orientation to Nursing

2. Legal Issues
 Administrative Law
 Nurse Practice Act
 Legal definition of Nursing
 Scope of Practice
 New Rules and Regulations
 State Board of Nursing
 Protection of the public
 Appointed officials and staff
 Quarterly Updates
 www.arsbn.org

3. Disciplinary Actions
 How Reported
 The Hearing
 The Discipline
 Voluntary Surrender of License
 Reprimand
 Probation
 Suspension

4. Scope of Practice
 “Is this in my scope of practice”?
 Part of your education program?
 Comprehensive training and continuing
education?
 Is the skill/task covered in nursing literature?
 Would a “reasonable and prudent” nurse carry
out the task or skill?
 Is the skill or task covered in the institution
policy and procedure manual?

5. Law
 “Rule of conduct or action which is formally
recognized as binding or enforced by a
controlling authority”
 3 Types of Law
 Statutory Law
 Regulatory Law
 Common Law
 Criminal Law
 Civil Law
 Tort

6. Law and Nursing
 Reckless Endangerment
 Criminal Negligence
 Doing the wrong thing
 Doing the right thing at the wrong time
 Failure to do the right thing
 “Failure to rescue”
 Malpractice

7. Nursing Responsibilities
 Supervising/Delegation
 Duty to report or seek medical care for the
patient
 Duty to review orders, identify problems
 Duty to protect patient information
 Duty to confirm informed concent

8. Law and Nursing
 Fraud
 Assault
 Battery
 False imprisonment
DOCUMENTATION!!!!

9. Ethical Issues in Nursing
 Morals
 Ethics
 Ethical Dilemma
 Autonomy
 Justice/Distributive Justice
 Beneficence
 Nonmaleficence