Texas Nursing Jurisprudence Exam With Answers Version 1 (V1)
Can a patient successfully sue a doctor if there is no physician-patient relationship?
No
If there is no prior physician-patient relationship, are you legally obliged to respond to a call
from a patient for treatment?
No
Does being on call give rise to a physician-patient relationship?
No
How can one terminate a physician-patient relationship, without abandonment if there is ongoing
treatment?
30 days written notice; must provide for emergency
Does a physician's duty extend to the unborn child or potential victims of an ill patient?
Yes
What is "proximate cause"?
Prove that negligence caused harm and that the cause was not too remote; what is required to
hold a defendant liable in a civil lawsuit
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What are the two components of proximate cause?
Cause-in-fact (but-for test) and foreseeability
Does an expert witness have to be actively practicing medicine?
Yes
Does an expert witness have to know standards of care?
Yes
Does an expert witness have to have enough training to express an opinion on whether standard
of care was provided?
Yes
Does an expert witness have to be board certified?
No, board certified or eqivalent