Nursing Liability The American Nurse Association provides guidelines and policies for standards of care and scope of practice; they are listed in the Nurse Practice act. While hospital policies may vary from facility to facility it is the Nurse Practice Act that guides and dictates the standards by which nurse perform their duties and are held liable. Nurse have the legal duty of adhering to the standards of care whenever they are taking care of patients‚ when they fail to perform to these standard
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OCCUPIERS LIABILITY The occupancy of premises is affected by two statues: 1) The occupier’s liability act 1957. Under this act there is a duty to keep safe and lawful visitors to the premises 2) The occupier’s liability act 1984. Where an occupier may owe a duty to protect trespassers onto the premises. LAWFUL VISITORS A lawful visitor has permission to enter premises. This can be expressed permission of implied. There are four situations covering implied permissions: 1) If the occupier
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Lia Thompson Mr. Faria HZT 4U1 Wednesday January 18‚ 2012 The Validity of Knowledge This paper will explain the validity of John Locke’s Theory of Knowledge. Epistemology has been the topic of discussion for many philosophers over the centuries. The study of knowledge is important because as humans‚ it is necessary to understand where the basis for our knowledge originates. Locke‚ like many philosophers believed that all knowledge about the world is derived from sensory perceptions
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Case Study Vicarious Liability Introduction Under the English Common Law‚ Vicarious liability is a principle of the tort laws. The law imposes liability of employees and agents to their employers. Under this law‚ the liability of any tort committed by an employee that falls under the scope of his duties to the employer is transferred to the employer. This includes both the intentional and unintentional torts. The inclusion of the intentional torts came in to effect after the ruling in the case
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Hypothesis/Outline Hypothesis: The events of September 11th has caused racial profiling‚ a practice that was vilified by many just months ago‚ to become a common and accepted practice used by the government‚ airline officials‚ police agencies‚ and the American public. Profiling has also become a necessary tool used to prevent further terrorist attacks on the United States. Map of the Territory: I. Racial profiling is the practice of "selecting someone for investigation or stronger action on
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Seminar 7 Vicarious Liability The problem question deals mainly with the issue of Vicarious Liability and Negligence. In order to advise Jerry one would have to explore the rules of vicarious liability‚ relevant statute law and case law which may apply. Vicarious liability has been defined as the person who commits a wrong must be an employee and not an independent contractor‚ the employee must have committed a tort and the tort must have been in the course of employment. The doctrine of ‘vicarious
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Introduction Geographic profiling is an investigative process rooted in Environmental Criminology (Brantingham & Brantingham 1981) and is a tool used by international police forces‚ whom use the crime scene locations of a linked series of offences to examine the likelihood of the geographical area the offender most likely works or lives in – known as their anchor point- (Rossmo‚ 2000a) in order to narrow down the area in which the police will focus their investigation to identify a suspect. This
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RACIAL PROFILING DOES EXIST Does racial profiling exist here in the United States? The answer to that question is yes. First of all what is racial profiling? Racial profiling is an illegal method the police you to top a person or person on the bases of their race. Racial profiling happen to blacks and Hispanics more then it does to the Caucasians. A white person may not know what racial profiling is and what it feels like. The meaning of racial profiling does not even come close to explaining
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Product Liability Research Paper Shericia Bonnett Professor Kapalko LEG 500 – Law and Ethics In the Business Environment 09/09/2012 Consumers use a variety of products on a daily basis to assist them in accomplishing a task or completing a project and they expect the product to be properly designed and safe to use. However‚ in the event that a product is defective and causes injury to the person using it‚ the manufacturer may be liable for the injury and have to compensate the injured
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Teacher Liability University of Phoenix AED/201‚ Week 5 Erin Witt February 5‚ 2012 Your Results for "Classroom Management " | Print this page | Book’s Title: | Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional | Book’s Author: | Kauchak | Location on Site: | Home > School Law: Ethical and Legal Influences > Reflect on This > Classroom Management | Date/Time Submitted: | February 6‚ 2012 at 4:05 AM (UTC/GMT) | | Summary of Results | All 3 questions in this activity
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