Chapter 1 Legal Concepts and the Judicial Process
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
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1) A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state's nursing practice act and believes the 1)
best strategy is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom
should the nurse contact?
A) State nursing association B) State board of nursing
C) State governor D) State legislature
2) A group of nurses are reviewing the decision of legal action in which a patient brought suit against 2)
a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to trial and the jury found for the hospital.
Which legal precedent would the nurses select if the patient were to take this same suit
and evidence to another trial court in hopes of a different decision?
A) Stare decisis
B) Res judicata
C) Doctrine of precedent
D) None needed as this is an example of a landmark decision.
3) The circumstances of a lawsuit cause it to be under the jurisdiction of more than one court. In this 3)
case, the nurse expects that which court will have the greatest personal jurisdiction?
A) State trial court B) Federal Supreme Court
C) State Supreme Court D) Federal district court
4) Several state nursing associations are working together in an attempt to change a constitutional 4)
law. These nursing associations should ask for which action on this law?
A) Amendment B) Redefinition C) Repeal D) Expansion
5) An emergency department patient was injured while attacking his neighbor with a knife. After 5)
treatment the patient was arrested and charged with battery and assault. The nurse in reviewing
this information would identify which classification or type of law to be applied in the case against
this defendant?
A) Constitutional law B) Criminal law
C) Private law D) Civil law
6) A nurse is reviewing legal law concepts. A person who was injured in a motor vehicle accident 6)
sued the driver to recover hospital costs. Which type of law would the nurse identify as being
enforced in this situation?
A) Tort law B) Constitutional law
C) Public law D) Procedural law
7) An emergency department nurse has agreed to testify as an expert witness in a lawsuit involving a 7)
child. The opposing attorney questions the nurse's qualifications as a pediatric nurse. Which type of
law does this scenario reflect?
A) Procedural law B) Due process of law
C) Substantive law D) Private law
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