Nursing profession is never an easy thing because you are handling the lives of people. There have been many cases where in the nurse is being connected to legal issues. If you are a licensed nurse you need to familiarize yourself with NURSE PRACTICE ACT. This is where you can find out the policy and the law that are concerning with nurses.

It is proper that you get informed about the changes and the regulations that are under this nurse’s manual. Your licensed has something to do with it if ever that there are unwanted outcome in the hospital.
If there are legal situations that occur in the hospital and are being brought in the court. Here are some of the terms that you need to know.

Negligence has been one of the common things that are associated with nurses when it comes to legal issues. This term means that the nurse failed to do something or she/he performed something carelessly.

While malpractice is the negligence to act that is according with the profession. This is also applicable with other medical personnel like doctors or surgeons.

The other issue is called assault. This is done by a nurse when he is threatening a patient that he will harm the patient. Even if there are no specific harm that is done the patient can still sue the nurse for this matter.

Other matter is called Battery. Unlike assault this is an act by the nurse that he harmed the patient without any consent.

Libel and slander is also included in the legal issues that are concern with nursing profession. This is already common to us because this is also use even in public matters.

Nurses should be very particular when it comes to these legal issues not only it concern there license but because it concern the lives of people.