Author Question: A student asks a nurse educator about what part of the law tort law deals with. The nurse educator ... (Read 412 times)

kfurse · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

A student asks a nurse educator about what part of the law tort law deals with. The nurse educator responds that tort law is concerned with:

a. torts and pies, and always being correct.
b. always being correct and failure to show up for jury duty.
c. failure to show up for jury duty and touching people when they do not want to betouched.
d. touching people when they do not want to be touched and always being correct.

Question 2

What is the role of a clinical ethicist? What academic preparation would you expect a clinical ethicist to have?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

The use of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) was initiated by federal Medicare and private insurers to reduce health care costs. Which situations demonstrate the potential effect this initia-tive has had on clinical nursing practice?

a. A patient is discharged with only one opportunity to change his dressing with su-pervision.
b. A patient can delay her discharge if she is unsure about changing her dressing.
c. A patient's ambulation is delayed if he experiences too much pain.
d. A patient can be admitted to the hospital for a colonoscopy.

vickybb89 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Law.com (2010) has defined tort as a civil wrong for which injury occurs to another. Examples of torts
include failure to show up for jury duty (failure to comply with a public duty), touching people when
they do not want to be touched (battery, which is a type of tort charge), and denial of a person's rights.

Answer to Question 2

Correct answers should include the following points.
o A clinical ethicist is a position found in most large teaching hospitals.
o A clinical ethicist is an individual with graduate preparation in philosophy, ethics, bioethics, or health care ethics. Typically, part of preparation for role is a placement or internship in a health care setting dealing with clinical or health care consultation.

Answer to Question 3

A

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A With the implementation of DRGs, hospitals are reimbursed according to the patient's diagnosis and not the length of stay.
B This occurred frequently in the clinical setting prior to DRG implementation.
C This occurred frequently in the clinical setting prior to DRG implementation.
D This occurred frequently in the clinical setting prior to DRG implementation.