Test Bank - Chapter 08 1. The purpose of the law is to enforce moral beliefs, promote social justice, and protect individual rights. True False 2. Which of the following are sources of law? (Select all that apply.) Constitutional law Statutory (legislative) law Common law Administrative law Nursing law 3. In common law, decisions are based upon earlier court rulings in similar cases, called _______________. plaintiffs antecedents precedents postcedents 4. An action can be legal but unethical. True False 5. Which are branches of civil law? (Select all that apply.) Criminal law Public law Tort law Contract law 6. Two types of unintentional torts are negligence and malpractice malpractice and plaintiffs negligence and defendants negligence and plaintiffs 7. Which of the following is a potential source of malpractice claims against nurses? Ability to act Failure to use medical equipment improperly Ability to communicate Failure to properly plan and administer nursing care 8. Which of the following are part of the duty of care? (Select all that apply.) Exercise informed nursing judgment in the delivery of that care Possess the knowledge and skills required of a competent nurse in the same specialty Consider a breach of duty as a standard practice of that care Apply that knowledge and skill at or above the level that a reasonably competent nurse in that same specialty would 9. Ethics establishes rules that define rights and obligations and sets penaltie