A nurse was scheduled to appear before the state board of nursing in regard to action against the nurse's license. The place of the meeting was changed and the nurse was not notified. What legal concept was violated in this situation?
1. Equal protection under the law
2. Res judicata
3. Due process of law
4. Stare decisis
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Rationale: Due process of law ensures that fair procedures are followed in enforcing rules and holds that proper notice of upcoming hearings be provided along with the charges to be evaluated at the meeting. Equal protection under the law holds that all similarly situated persons will be affected similarly. Res judicata means "a thing or matter settled by judgment" and prevents the same parties in the original lawsuit from retrying the same issues involved in the first lawsuit. The doctrine of precedent, or stare decisis, means to "let the decision stand" and is applied by courts of law in cases with similar fact patterns that have been previously decided by the court system.
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