Chapter 32 Legal Issues
1. Which of the following elements must be proven by the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case?
2. A neonatal nurse is asked to write an institutional policy for a new procedure. The nurse is concerned that this procedure may not be in a nurse’s scope of practice. Where can the nurse go to obtain scope of practice information?
3. The nurse notes that a neonate’s blood pressure is dropping dangerously low and calls the hospital operator to have the physician paged; the nurse then documents the current blood pressure and call to the physician. After 15 minutes the physician has not returned the call. The nurse pages the physician again and records: “1300—BP continues to fall. Dr. paged with no return call after 15 minutes. Paged again. Infant’s condition unstable and worsening.” This documentation:
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