Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Fundies ch. 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Values | Personal belief about somethings worth |
| Ethics | the values that influence a persons decisions and behaviors |
| Ethical dilemma | A situation in which a decision must be made between two opposing alternatives |
| Meaning of treating others with courtesy, politeness, and respect, even if you disagree with what they think or believe | Civility |
| the nurse stands up for what is in the patients best interest | the nurse is an advocate |
| Discusses the expectations, rights, and responsibilities of the patient during their hospital stay | the patient care partnership (PCP) |
| According to the law, you must initiate _________________ unless there is a written order not to do so | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) |
| DNAR order | -used in the terminal stages of a disease -written by the healthcare provider -the nurse is a support and caregiver to the patient and family |
| How do the Committee members serve the healthcare facility? | by developing its policies and procedures for handling eithical issues |
| What defines the boundaries in which nurses may work and still be protected from lawsuits | Law and Ethics |
| scope of practice | -varies state to state -Defined by the nurse practice act -illinois has 3 NPA |
| to desert or forsake a patient in your charge; to leave a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing replacement | Abandonment of patient |
| A written statement indicating a patient's wishes regarding future medical care in the event the patient becomes unable to voice his or her decisions | Advance directive |
| to change the decision of a court to a higher court where the decision will be either confirmed or reversed | Appeal |
| To purposely threaten physical harm to an individual | Assault |
| To touch an individual without consent | Battery |
| The individual or personal rights guaranteed by federal law, such as the constitution and the bill of rights | Civil Law |
| The legal qualification to make ones own decisions | Competency |
| to give permission for, to agree to; the consent generally must be written | Consent |
| Drugs, regulated by law; drugs that have potential for abuse, such as narcotics | Controlled substances |
| Laws that protect the public or society | Criminal Law |
| Money awarded to a plaintiff upon proving injury by the defendant | Damages |
| the one accused of breaking criminal or civil law | Defendant |
| Legal written designation making another person responsible for ones medical decisions | Durable medical power of attorney |
| Legal consideration of one younger than 18 as an adult because he or she lives alone and is self-supporting, has joined the military, is married, or is a parent | Emancipated minor |
| ones responsibility for his or her own actions, such as acts of negligence | Liability |
| False written statements about another that are made publicly known, with intent to harm | Libel |
| Injury, loss, or damage to a patient because of failure to provide reasonable standard of care or demonstrate a reasonable level of skill | Malpractice |
| Failure to provide certain care that another person of the same education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances | Negligence |
| The one accusing another of criminal or civil law violation | Plaintiff |
| A written law | Statute |
| A violation of a civil law; involves a wrong against an individual or his or her property | Tort |
| Where constitutional rights are protected (Bill of Rights) | Constitutional |
| Federal, state, and local laws (Nurse Practice Acts) | Statutory |
| Written in response to court cases | Case or judicial |
| Protect the public as a whole | Criminal |
| Involve an individuals personal rights | Civil |
| Provides for confidential maintenance of protected health information, privacy rule, and security rule | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) |
| Established penalties for those healthcare providers not using an EHR by 2015 and the breach notification rule | Health information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) act (2009) |
| Each state has an NPA the defines the scope of nursing within the state | Nurse Practice Acts |
| State agency designated to administer and enforce the NPA | Boards on nursing |
| Protect publics health, safety, and welfare | National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) |
| Most states have laws requiring the reporting of certain situations to the proper authorities | Mandatory reporting Law |
| -outbreaks of disease or illnesses -child abuse -abuse of disabled individuals -elder abuse | Statutes |
| -Provides legal protection to the voluntary caregiver at sites of accidents and emergencies -it serves to protect a citizen, nurse, or other healthcare provider from legal liability if they choose to stop | Laws Affecting Nurses |
| when a nurses action fails to meet professional standards of care and injures a patient | Malpractice |
| Restraint devices | False imprisonment |
| Death listed, loss of limb etc | Risk spell out |
| Unwelcome sexual advances, comments of a sexual nature, or offensive remarks about a persons sex | Sexual harassment |
| what is the most civil law that affects nurses? | Tort |
| A health record kept on patients who enter the health-care system | Patient health record |
| A voluntary agreement made by a well-advised, mentally competent patient to be treated by a healthcare provider or institution | Informed Consent |
| Completed in the event of an unusual occurrence or an accident | Incident report |
| What is the name for the written documents that provide guidelines for making medical decisions in the event a person becomes incapacitated | Advance directive |
| Responsible for your actions | Being accountable |
| -Performing as a nurse successfully and efficiently -comes with practice and experience | Achieving Competence |
| Represent the level of skill and nursing care that another nurse in the same area of the country, with the same education level, would perform in the same situation | Following standards of care |
| the federal agency that supports health promotion and prevention of disease that also helps healthcare professionals be prepared to respond to outbreaks of diseases and illnesses is called | Center for disease control and prevention (CDC) |
| who owns a hospitalized patients' medical records? | the hospital |
| Which type of hospital in the united states requires that you shred any notes that are written while caring for the patient before you leave the facility? | Government Hospitals |
| in a court of law, there is a standard regarding documentation in patients' records. what is this standard? | if it was not documented, it was not done. |
| Documenting something that you did not actually do would be legally considered as? | Constitutes as fraud |
Created by:
g_brooke9
Popular Physical Science sets