NUR CHAP 23 206
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What is a Statutory Law | written law set down by national, state, and local legislature |
| What is the Nurse PRactice Acts | describes and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state |
| What is the Americans With Disabilitys act | statue protects the rights of handicapped individuals in the workplace in educational institituions and throughout society |
| Statutory law is ether this or this | civil or criminal |
| What is a criminal law | prevent harm to society and provide punishment for crimes |
| What are the two classification of crimes | felony, misdeameanor |
| what is a felony | is a crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for greater than 1 year or even death |
| what is a misdeameanor | is a less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for less than 1 year |
| What is a Civil law | protects the right of individual persons within our society and encourage fair and equitable treatment among people |
| Generally civil law usually cause harm to and involve | individual or property and involve money |
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