Legal & Ethical Aspects of Nursing
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| show | person legally able to make healthcare decisions for another person. AKA Health Care Proxy
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| show | Consent constructed before the need arises; spells out a patients wishes regarding surgery, diagnostic & therapeautic treatments when they become unable to AKA Living Will
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| show | taking responsiblity for one's actions
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| show | the threat to harm another or even to threaten to touch another without the person's permission
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| show | actual physical contact that has been refused or is carried out against that person's will
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| show | a person that is legally fit mentally & emotionally
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| consent | show 🗑
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| show | assignment of duties to another person (only to another licensed person)
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| show | orders written by physician when the patient has indicated a desire to be allowed to die if he stops breathing or his heart stops
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| ethical principles | show 🗑
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| show | patient makes their own decisions
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| From an ethical point of view, what does beneficience mean? | show 🗑
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| show | bad done on behalf of the patient
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| show | treating patient fairly
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| From an ethical point of view, what does fidelity mean? | show 🗑
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| From an ethical point of view, what does veracity mean? | show 🗑
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| show | one in which there is no right or wrong answer
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| show | negligence by a professional person
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| negligence | show 🗑
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| prudent | show 🗑
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| defamation | show 🗑
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| slander | show 🗑
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| show | Education, Legal/Ethical status, Practice (assess, plan, intervention, evaluation -A PIE), Continuing Education, Specialized Nursing Practice
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| show | violation of civil law
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| show | challenge to a court decision; a higher court will judge whether the original decision is affirmend or reversed
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| show | assignment of duties to an unlicensed person
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| show | specific drugs with a potential for abuse, such as narcotics, tranquilizers, stimulants, & sedatives. Laws regulate how these are prescribed, dispensed & stored
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| confidential | show 🗑
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| civil rightscivil law | show 🗑
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| show | violation of public law
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| defendant | show 🗑
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| damages | show 🗑
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| show | makin a desision or treating a person based on a class or group to which he belongs, such as race, religion, or sex rather than on his individual qualities
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| emancipated minor | show 🗑
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| show | marriage, parenthood, enlistment into the armed services
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| ethical codes | show 🗑
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| ethics comnitee | show 🗑
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| Is an ethical code the same as a law? Why or why not? | show 🗑
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| ethics | show 🗑
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| show | mercy killing; the act of ending another person's life with or without the person's consent, to end actual or potential suffering
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| false imprisonment | show 🗑
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| felony | show 🗑
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| health care agent | show 🗑
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| show | used to document what happened, facts about the incident, who was involved & who witnessed it - a tool used by risk management
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| show | a violaion of the confidential & privelaged nature of a professional relationship
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| show | rules of conduct that are established by our government
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| liability | show 🗑
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| show | written form of defamation
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| living will | show 🗑
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| show | advance directive
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| litigation | show 🗑
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| malpractice insurance | show 🗑
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| misdemeanor | show 🗑
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| nurse practice act | show 🗑
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| show | a law passed in 1970 to improve the work environment in areas that affect the workers health or safety
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| show | one who speaks for & protects the rights of the patient
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| privilege | show 🗑
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| show | mechanical: locks, rails, belts or garments that prevent a person from getting out of a room, bed or chairCHEMICAL: drugs, sedatives, tranquilizers to sedate a patient so that he is unable to move about
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| show | person who believes he/she has been injured by actions of another & seeks to prove it in court
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| show | legal action to allow a person to conduct business matters for another
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| precedent | show 🗑
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| privelaeged relationship | show 🗑
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| show | recognition of one state's nursing license by another state
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| show | a legal forn used to excuse one party from liability
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| sentinel event | show 🗑
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| sexual harassment | show 🗑
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| statutes | show 🗑
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| whistle-blowing | show 🗑
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| show | suspension, licensure
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| Ways in which a nurse can preven patient lawsuits against themselves or the hospital | show 🗑
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| show | temporary suspension, loss of licensure
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| The purpose of the standards of nursing practice are to____ & _______ | show 🗑
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| show | promote specific improvements in patient safety
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| Student nurse's legal responsibilities | show 🗑
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| Examples of professional accountability | show 🗑
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| show | still be responsible for patient care, must ensure person has skills/abilities to perform assignment safely
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| show | infectious waste handling, hazardous materials, radiation safeguards, mandatory orientation & education
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| show | talk to person, tell supervisor
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| show | protects professional performing aid within their scope, doe not protect EMT
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| Elements of malpractice | show 🗑
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| How many elements of malpractice must be present in order to sue? | show 🗑
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| show | NO
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| Can not discriminate on | show 🗑
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| show | consent, notice, access, amendment, accounting for disclosures, restriction of disclosures
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