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PN Exam 1 Class #89
Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Value? | Your belief of something's worth that may differ from the value of other people. |
| What is an Ethic? | An idea made up of values that influence your decisions and behavior. |
| How does a Nurse Advocate for a patient? | A nurse stands up for that which is in the patients best interest: as opposed to that which is in the best interest of the health-care provider, hospital, or staff. |
| Who is the primary advocate for the patient? | Nurses |
| What is empathy? | The awareness of and insight into the feelings, emotions and behavior of another person. |
| What is sympathy? | Often, not objective, and involves such a strong feeling of closeness because of shared or very similar experiences. |
| What is Assault? | To purposefully threaten physical harm to an individual. |
| What is Battery? | To touch an individual without consent. |
| What is Criminal Law? | Laws that protect the public or society as a whole. |
| What is an Emancipated Minor? | Legal consideration of one younger than age 18yrs old as an adult because he or she lives alone and is self-supporting, has joined the military, is married, or is a parent. |
| What is Civil Law? | Laws which protect an individuals personal rights, which include most health-care issues. |
| What is HIPAA? | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. |
| What 2 rules does HIPAA cover? | The Privacy rule and Security rule. |
| What is the HITECH act? | The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health act. |
| What is the CDC? | The Center for Disease Control and Prevention: a federal agency that supports health promotion and the prevention of disease. |
| In how many states must you report suspicions of child abuse? | All 50 states. |
| What is a mandatory reporting law? | Law requiring reporting of certain situations to the proper authorities, particularly communicable diseases and abuse. |
| What is the most common area of civil law that affects nurses? | Tort Law. |
| What is Tort Law? | Law dealing with claims of injury or harm due to someone else's actions. |
| What is Malpractice? | When a nurse's action fails to meet professional standards of care and injures a patient. |
| What is Negligence? | When a nurse does something that a reasonable or prudent person would not do, or fails to do something that a prudent person would do. |
| When are Restraint devices reasonable to use? | 1. Only if the patient presents a clear danger to either self or others and 2. other methods of protecting the patient from injury have already been attempted. |
| Who do medical records belong to? | Either the hospital, OR the physician in a medical office setting. |
| What is Informed Consent? | A voluntary agreement made by a well-advised, mentally competent patient to be treated by a health care provider or institution. |
| What are Incident Reports? | AKA "unusual occurrence reports" or "variance reports": must be completed in the event of an unusual occurrence (such a patient falling out of bed) and includes details such as the what, where, when, who, and why surrounding it. |
| Is the existence of an incident report mentioned in the patients medical record? | No, it is not. Instead the incident reports are reviewed and evaluated by quality assurance committees. |
| What is Abandonment? | |
| What are Standards of Care? | The statements of actions that are consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions. |
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