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| National Standard of Care |
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| The degree of care, skill, and judgement exercised by a reasonable nurse under the same or similar circumstances. |
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| The nurse must practice with the degree of skill and care possessed by other nurses in the same or similar area (example: rural hospital vs metropolitan hospital) |
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| step-by-step guide on implementing a policy |
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| plan for meeting agency goals |
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| Unreasonable nursing care or conduct for the circumstances |
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| level of care required for a nurse to avoid disciplinary action |
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| Defines the level of competency required of a nurse |
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| professional negligence suit that requires expert opinion as to the standard of care within the nursing profession and how it was breached. |
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| Defines the practice of nursing and determines whether nurses stay within their scope of practice. |
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| a person who is permitted to testify at a trial because of special knowledge or proficiency in a particular field that is relevant to the case |
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| American Nurses Association |
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| publishes the current standards for general and specialty practice by nurses |
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| publishes the standards of best practices for starting IV lines. |
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| Failure to meet standards or care can be grounds for what? |
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| licensure discipline actions, civil negligence lawsuits, malpractice lawsuits |
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