NUR 4837 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Patient Safety Organization, Perioperative Mortality, Air Embolism
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8: legal issues in nursing and health care. The actions of all individuals are regulated through 2 systems of principles known as laws and ethics. Laws: enforce a minimal level of conduct by imposing penalties for violations of acceptable behavior, expressed in terms of must and shall and are based on a society"s interest in prohibiting or controlling certain behaviors. Ethics: described in terms of should and may and address beliefs about appropriate behaviors within a societal context. Along with ethics, professional nursing conduct is also regulated by a variety of laws: the 2 major sources of law are statutory law and common law, the terms law and stature are used interchangeably in this chapter. Part 482 contains the conditions of participation for. This sets the minimum standards of care required in all health care settings that receive federal reimbursement for treatment of medicare beneficiaries.
