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professional issues
LSIII PROFESSIONAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the focus of the first LPN schools | Home nursing including cooking and cleaning |
| What do professional boundaries mean and site examples of how one would break professional boundaries | Getting emotionally involved with a client's spouse Having inappropriate relationships with a client's relative. Accepting money dating a patient |
| Explain the Good Samaritan Law | In the state of Ohio you are not obligated to stop at an accident |
| Who is responsible for governing the practice of nurses> | Ohio Legislative body |
| Why are nurses licensed | To protect the poor defenseless, unsuspecting public |
| How many ?CEU credits do you need to renew your license every two years and how many hours are devoted to state board rules and regulations | 24 CEU with one hour on law and rule |
| What would be the best way to receive a physician order | Written |
| Who sets up the requirements for licensure | Ohio Board of Nursing |
| What is it called when the nurse protects the patients rights | Being a patient advocate |
| What is an approved program and who approves it | Meets minimum standards for the state board of nursing a OBN member surveys the school every 5 years example EHOVE |
| What type of health insurance delivers care for a fixed prepaid rate | HMO |
| What was FLO's nickname | The lady with the lamp |
| What did Clara Barton do | Started the Red Cross |
| Who was Lillian Wald | started public health Henry Street Settlement |
| Who was Mary Breckenridge | Midwife from Kentucky |
| What is an assault and give an example in the patient care setting | An assault is an intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another. Does not have to include actual bodily contact. Threatening a patient with a restraint |
| What is false imprisonment and give an example | patient refuses restraints and you restrain anyway |
| What is abandonment and give an example | walking off job without being relieved or giving report |
| What is negligence and give an example | Wrong medication A patient fall |
| What are different styles of leadership and explain them | Authoritative (Autocratic) good at times of crisis a code blue Very direct with one way communication. Goal and task oriented |
| What are different styles of leadership and explain them | Laisey Faire or Permissive - Free run style Everyone should feel free to do their own thing |
| What are different styles of leadership and explain them | Democratic People centered approach. Allows employees more control |
| What does it mean to delegate a task and what things would you not delegate? | The person is being delegated to, should have the appropriate training for the task. Review the 5 things necessary to properly delegate Delegate those things that do not require judgement or critical decision making. |
| How would you decide what to delegate | Legal to delegate Nurse aide cannot pass meds |
| What does it mean to prioritize care? | Take care of most critical or important patient's issues first |
| In the search for a new job which piece of paper is considered a legal document | Application |
| What is included on a resume? | Contact information name and number. Education, experience, references |
| A resume is never complete without/it gives life to your resume | cover letter |
| Are incident reports included in the chart and do you document that you filled it out? | They are not included in the chart? You do not chart that you filled out. If you do it is considered discoverable by the plaintiffs attorney if there is a suit. |
| What good is an incident report | It is a way to improve care. Risk management tracks mistakes, falls, med errors, etc. and tries to find the root of the problem, correct it and improve patient care. |
| What is patient self determination act of 1991 | It requires instit. to maintain written policy and proced. requir advance directives, and explains pt. that they have the right to refuse treatment. they also have a right to full disclosure of their disease process and benefits and risk s of procedures |
| What is libel | A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is brought to the attention of others. The national inquirer gets this a lot |
| What is slander | malicious or untrue spoken words about another person that are brought to the attention of others. Nurse telling clients Dr. so and so is a quack and kills patients - results in loss of business |
| How often do you renew your license? | Every 2 years. RN's odd years, LPN's even years |
| What is medicare and who does it cover | State and federally funded health care for those that are poverty stricken |
| What does a professional organization do for the nurses | Keeps the nurses up to date on important nursing issues. Provides continuing education. Represents nursing at the state and federal levels |
| Name the two National LPN Organizations | NAPNES NFLPN |
| What defines the scope of practice for the nurse in any given state? | Every nurse should know what he or she can and cannot do while providing nursing care. (Interventions) Ignorance is no excuse. Each state board of nursing defines the scope of practice You need to know your scope in the state you practice |
| What defines the scope of practice for the nurse in any given state? | Nurse practice acts define and limit the scope of nursing practice. All US legislatures and Canadian governments have adopted nurse practice acts. |
| Why do we write a resignation letter and what is the purpose? | It's professional thing to do. It reveals responsibility, allows place of employment time to find replacement. It gives you credibility for future employment elsewhere. IT goes in your file and the dates may be important to get vacation or sick time |
| What are illegal interview questions? Give examples | Age, number of children, sexual preference, religion, your shoe size |
| What sort of things do you need to take your NCLEX | Picture ID, authority to test |
| What makes you eligible to take the NCLEX? | Graduated from an approved program, Acceptance from the OBN after applying |
| How do you provide continuity of care between nurses and shifts | Report at shift change and documentation |
| Define Abandonment of Care | wrongful termination of providing patient care |
| Define Assault | An intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another, does not have to include actual bodily contact |
| Define battery | Intentional touching of another person without informed consent |
| Define Competency | A legal presumption that a person who has reached the age of majority can make decisions for herself or himself unless proved otherwise (if she or he has been legally determined incompetent) |
| Define defamation | spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may injure the subject's reputation |
| Define Harm | injury to a person or the person's property that gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused the damage |
| Define Libel | A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is brought to the attention of others |
| Define malpractice | failing to meet a legal duty that result in harm to another |
| Define negligence | the commission (doing) of an acto r the omission not doing of an act that a reasonably prudent person would have done in a a similar situation that leads to harm of another person |
| Define slander | Malicious or untrue spoken works about another person that are brought to the attention of others. |
| Define Tort | A type of civil law that involves wrongs against a person or property, torts include negligence, assault, battery, defamation, fraud, false imprisonment and invasion of property |
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