Good Samaritan Laws exist to protect health care professionals ...

[jparksx]

Good Samaritan Laws exist to protect health care professionals from legal liability for actions administered in an emergency situation. Which of the following is not correct regarding Good Samaritan Laws?
 
  a. The care is provided with good intent above and beyond duty by an assigned health care professional.
  b. The care is rendered in an emergency situa-tion only.
  c. The health care worker is not paid for his or her services.
  d. The care provided did not recklessly or intentionally cause harm or injury.

Question 2

During an evaluation meeting with one of the nurses, the manager compliments the nurse on the excellent care the nurse provided to the family of a terminally ill patient.
 
  The manager also indicates that the nurse will be recommended for a promotion. The nurse manager is demonstrating which of the following? a. Reward power c. Coercive power
  b. Informational power d. Referent power

[SVictor]

Answer to Question 1

A
Good Samaritan Laws are laws that exist to provide protection for health care professionals who provide care in emergency situations where they are not being paid for their services or assigned as emergency workers. For example, an off-duty nurse who stops at the scene of a rollover accident on the highway to render service on her way from work is covered under the Good Samaritan Laws. Conversely, the EMT who arrives at the scene of the same rollover accident who provides care, but is working his shift, is not covered by Good Samaritan Laws. Other characteristics of Good Samaritan Laws are that the care provided did not recklessly or intentionally cause harm or injury, and that the health care worker is not paid for his or her services.

Answer to Question 2

A
The nurse manager is demonstrating reward power. The compliment and indication of a promotion are
both types of rewards that nurses may receive.

[jparksx]

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