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Ch. 6

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show Ethics  
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show bioethics  
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What are the 5 basic principles of bioethics?   show
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the duty to act to benefit or promote the good of others (ex: spending extra time to help calm an extremely anxious patient)   show
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respecting the rights of others to make their own decisions (ex: acknowledging the patient's tight to refuse medication promotes this)   show
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show justice  
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maintaining loyalty and commitment to the patient and doing no wrong to the patient   show
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show veracity  
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show ethical dilemma  
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the right to vote; the right to civil service ranking; the right to receive, forfeit, or deny a driver's license; etc   show
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"formal written order" to "free the person"   show
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mandates that the least restrictive and least disruptive means be used to achieve a specific purpose   show
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one type of voluntary admission that is similar to any general hospital admission in which there is no formal or written application   show
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occurs when a patient applies in writing for admission to the facility   show
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show temporary admission  
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show involuntary admission  
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used for extended care and treatment of those with mental illness. Commitments are obtained through medical certification, judicial hearings, or administrative action   show
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show involuntary outpatient commitment  
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show conditional release  
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the termination of a patient-institution relationship   show
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the right to expect appropriate and adequate treatment   show
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show right to refuse treatment  
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a legal term that indicates that a person has been provided with a basic understanding of risks, benefits, and alternatives and is receiving treatment voluntarily   show
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the capacity to understand the consequences of one's decisions   show
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a form of consent that is not expressly given but is assumed from circumstances of a person's particular situation or a person's actions, especially in life-threatening of serious situations   show
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the ethical responsibility of a health care professional that prohibits the disclosure of privileged information without the patient's informed consent   show
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show Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)  
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the legal expectation of privacy concerning the sharing of medical information   show
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show seclusion  
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show duty to warn  
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show duty to protect  
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require registered nurses and others to report cases of abuse of adults 65 and older   show
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show tort  
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willful and intentional acts that violate another person's right or property   show
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an intentional threat designed to make the victim fearful; produces reasonable apprehension of harm   show
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show battery  
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may be a misdemeanor or tort brought against health care workers who illegally hold people in confinement. Confinement includes restraint within a limited area and restraint within a limited area and restraint with in an institution   show
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breaking a persons confidences or taking photographs without explicit permission   show
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Defamation of character (verbal), such as talking about a patient on the elevator with others around, and ___ (printed), where written information about the patient is shared with people outside the professional setting.   show
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unintended acts against another person that produce injury or harm   show
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the failure to use ordinary care in any professional or personal situation when you have a duty to do so   show
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act or omission to act that breaches the duty of due care and results in or is responsible for a person's injuries or death   show
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show duty, breach of duty, cause in fact, proximate cause, damages  
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occurs if the nursing conduct falls below the standard of care and exposes the patient to an unreasonable risk of harm   show
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When nurses represent themselves as being capable of caring for psychiatric patients and accept employment, a __ of care has been assumed.   show
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show cause in fact  
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legal cause, may be elevated by determining whether there were any intervening actions or persons that ere, in fact, the causes of harm to the patient   show
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include actual damages (loss of earnings, medical expenses, and property damage), as well as pain and suffering   show
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show foreseeability of harm  
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Substandard institutional policies may put nurses at risk of ____, so professional standards of nursing should be followed   show
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The intervention that will be most effective in preventing a nurse from making decisions that will lead to legal difficulties is A. asking a peer to review nursing intervention related decisions. B. balancing the rights of the client and the rights of society. C. maintaining currency in state laws affecting nursing practice. D. seeking value clarification about fundamental ethical principles.   show
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show B  
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If a nurse is charged with leaving a suicidal client unattended, it is being suggested that the nurse’s behavior has violated the ethical principle of A. autonomy. B. veracity. C. fidelity. D. justice.   show
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show A  
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The civil rights of persons with mental illness who are hospitalized for treatment are A. the same as those for any other citizen. B. altered to prevent use of poor judgment. C. always ensured by appointment of a guardian. D. limited to provision of humane treatment.   show
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If a client with psychiatric illness is determined to be incompetent to make decisions affecting his care A. Staff members are required to use their best judgment when defining care. B. No treatment other than custodial care can be provided. C. The court appoints a guardian to make decisions on his behalf. D. The doctrine of least restrictive alternative is null and void.   show
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show D  
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Which right of the client has been violated if he is medicated without being asked for his permission? A. Right to dignity and respect B. Right to treatment C. Right to informed consent D. Right to refuse treatment   show
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show B  
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show C  
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