NUR 304 Vocabulary
- malpractice
Answer Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards
- negligence
Answer careless neglect, often resulting in injury
- tort
Answer a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
- assault
Answer threat or attempt to injure
- battery
Answer unlawful touching of another person without consent
- criminal law
Answer A law that defines crimes against the public order.
- civil law
Answer A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights. 1 / 2
- Statutory Law
Answer The body of law enacted by legislative bodies (as opposed to constitutional law, administrative law, or case law).
- Regulatory Law
Answer reflects decisions made by administrative bodies
- Slander
Answer the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation.
- Libel
Answer A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property rights.
- Benefiance
Answer taking positive actions to help others
- fidelity
Answer faithfulness; loyalty
- Justice
Answer fairness; rightfulness
- Nonmaleficence
- / 2
Answer duty to do no harm
