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Chapters 5, 6, 15, 22, 23, 25, 31, 34, 38, 39

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show a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that integrates the conscientious use of best evidence in combination with a clinician's expertise and client preferences and values in making decisions about client care.  
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List the 5 steps of Evidence Based Practice.   show
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show P=patient population of interest; I=intervention of interest; C=comparison of interest; O=outcome  
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List some examples of knowledge gaps.   show
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Define clinical guidelines.   show
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What are randomized controlled trials?   show
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What is a systematic review?   show
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show predictions made about the relationship or difference between study variables  
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What are variables?   show
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Define research.   show
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Define nursing research.   show
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show research designed to assess and document the effectiveness of health care services and interventions  
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show a systematic step-by-step process that provides support that the findings from a study are valid, reliable, and generalizable to subject similar to those researched.  
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show the study of nursing phenomena that offers precise measurement and quantification  
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List some quantitative methods of study.   show
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What is qualitative nursing research?   show
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List some qualitative methods of study.   show
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List the steps of the research process.   show
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Phase 1: Conceive the study   show
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show select research design; identify sample and setting; select the data collection methods; evaluate instrument quality  
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show get approval to use human subjects; recruit subjects; collect data  
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show describe the sample; answer the research questions; interpret the results  
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show recommend further research; state implications for nursing; disseminate results  
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Define confidentiality.   show
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show when even the researcher cannot link the subject to the data  
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show an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care services to meet the needs of clients and others  
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Define performance improvement.   show
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show plan, do, study, act  
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PDSA cycle: Plan   show
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PDSA cycle: Do   show
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show study (evaluate) the results of the change  
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PDSA: Act   show
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List the two overarching goals for Healthy People 2010?   show
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show 1. promoting healthy behaviors; 2. promoting healthy and safe communities; 3. improving systems for personal and public health; 4. preventing and reducing disease and disorders  
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show a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity  
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What are health beliefs?   show
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show addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors  
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List the 3 components of the health belief model.   show
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Health Promotion Model   show
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show 1. individual characterisitcs and experiences; 2. behavior-specific knowledge and affect; 3. behavioral outcomes  
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show certain human needs are more basic than others; that is, some needs must be met before other needs  
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show 1. self-actualization; 2. self-esteem; 3. love and belonging; 4. physical activity and psychological safety; 5. physiological: oxygen, fluids, nutrition, body temp., elimination, shelter, sex  
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show nurses using the nursing process consider clients the ultimate experts regarding their own health and respect client's subjective experiences as relevant in maintaining health or assisting in healing  
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List the internal variables influencing health and health beliefs and practices.   show
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show family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background  
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List the stages of Health Behavior Change.   show
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show not intending to make changes within the next 6 months  
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show client will not be interested in information about the behavior and may be defensive when confronted with the information  
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show considering a change within the next 6 months  
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show ambivalence may be present, but clients will more likely accept information as they are developing more belief in the value of change  
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show making small changes in preparation for a change in the next month  
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Preparation: Nursing Implications   show
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Action: Definition   show
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show be aware of previous habits that may prevent action on new behaviors; identify barriers and facilitators of change  
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Maintenance Stage: Definition   show
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Maintenance stage: Nursing Implications   show
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Define health promotion.   show
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show education teaches people how to care for themselves in a healthy way and includes topics such as physical awareness, stress management, and self-responsibility  
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Illness prevention   show
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Passive strategies of health promotion   show
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show individuals are motivated to adopt specific health programs  
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show true prevention; it precedes disease or dysfunction and is applied to clients considered physically and emotionally healthy  
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show health education programs, immunizations, and physical and nutritional fitness activities  
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show focuses on individuals who are experiencing health problems or illnesses and who are at risk for developing complications or worsening conditions; activities are directed at diagnosis and prompt intervention, thereby reducing severity  
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Tertiary prevention   show
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show any situation, habit, social, or env. condition, physiological or psychological condition, developmental or intellectual condition, or spiritual or other variable that increases the vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness or accident  
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What is the first step in health promotion, wellness education, and illness prevention activities.   show
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show a state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience.  
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acute illness   show
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show persists, usually longer than 6 months, and can also affect functioning in any dimension  
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normalization   show
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illness behavior   show
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show to promote optimal functioning in all dimensions throughout an illness  
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show a client's perceptions of symptoms and the nature of the illness  
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External variables influencing illness and illness behavior   show
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show the nature of the illness, the client's attitude toward it, the reaction of others to it, and the variables of illness behavior  
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show the type of changes, their adaptive capacity, the rate at which changes take place, and the support services available  
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show a mental self-image of strengths and weaknesses in all aspects of personality  
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show depends in part on body image and roles but also includes other aspects of psychology and spirituality  
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Role reversal   show
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What is family dynamics?   show
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show an active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking and the thinking of others  
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What separates professional nurses from technical personnel?   show
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show because it allows you to test and refine nursing approaches, to learn from successes and failures, and to apply new knowledge  
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show recognizing that an issue exists, analyzing information about the issue, evaluating information and making conclusions  
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evidence-based knowledge   show
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Critical thinking skills: interpretation   show
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show be open-minded as you look at information about a client; do not make careless assumptions; do the data reveal what you believe is true, or are there other options?  
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show look at the meaning and significance of findings; are there relationships between findings?; Do the data about the client help you see that a problem exists?  
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Critical thinking skills: Evaluation   show
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show support your findings and conclusions; use knowledge and experience to choose strategies you use in the care of clients  
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show reflect on your experiences; identify ways you can improve your own performance; what will make you feel that you have been successful?  
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show basic, complex, and commitment  
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What is the scientific method?   show
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show problem identification; collection of data; formulation of a research question or hypothesis; testing the question or hypothesis; evaluating results of the test or study  
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show evaluating the solution over time to make sure that it is effective  
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What is decision making?   show
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show a process of determining a client's health status after you assign meaning to the behaviors, physical signs, and symptoms presented by the client  
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What is inference?   show
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show careful reasoning so that you choose the options for the best client outcomes on the basis of the client's condition and the priority of the problem  
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show a five-step clinical decision-making approach that includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation  
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Kataoka-Yahiro and Saylor model of critical thinking   show
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List the 5 components of critical thinking in the Kataoka-Yahiro and Saylor model.   show
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List the 11 attitudes that are central features of a critical thinker.   show
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List the 14 intellectual standards universal for critical thinking.   show
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show ethical criteria for nursing judgement; criteria for evaluation; professional responsibility  
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show the process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning  
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show a visual representation of client problems and interventions that shows their relationships to one another  
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What is ethics?   show
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Define autonomy.   show
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show taking positive actions to help others; encourages the urge to do good for others; requires that the best interests of the client remain more important than self-interest  
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Define maleficence.   show
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Define nonmalficence.   show
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show fairness  
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show the agreement to keep promises; supports the reluctance to abandon clients, even when disagreement occurs about decisions that a client makes; obligation to follow through with care offered to clients  
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show a set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept  
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List the basic principles of ethics.   show
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show the support of a cause; as a nurse you advocate for the health, safety, and rights of the client; you safeguard the client's right to physical and auditory privacy  
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show a willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises; as a nurse you are responsible for your actions  
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show the ability to answer for one's own actions  
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What is confidentiality?   show
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show Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; defines the rights and privileges of clients for protection of privacy without diminishing access to quality care  
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What is a value?   show
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show begins in childhood, shaped by experiences within the family unit; schools, governments, religious traditions and other social institutions reinforce or challenge family values; individual exp. influence value formation  
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show used to resolve ethical dilemmas  
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show defines actions as right or wrong based on their "right-making characterisitics such as fidelity to promises, truthfulness, and justice."; specifically does not look at consequences; it examines a situation for the existence of rightness or wrongfulness  
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show a system of ethics that proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness  
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show focuses on the inequality between people; looks to nature of relationships for guidance in the processing of ethical dilemmas; proposes that principles distract you from dealing with larger issues of community  
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show emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, esp. as they are revealed in personal narrative  
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show ask if this is an ethical dilemma; gather all relevant info; clarify values; verbalize the problem; identify possible courses of action; negotiate a plan; evaluate the plan  
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show central to discussions about futile care, cancer therapy, physician-assisted suicide, and DNR; a quality of life measure helps a client/family decide on merits of a certain risky intervention  
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show interventions unlikely to produce benefit for the client that outweighs risks  
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allocating scarce resources   show
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genetic testing   show
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the nursing shortage   show
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Where do the legal guidelines that nurses follow come from?   show
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show Nurse Practice Acts found in all 50 states  
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show describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state  
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show reflects decisions made by administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing when they pass rules and regulations  
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show results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are decided; e.g., informed consent and client's right to refuse treatment  
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statutory law is either criminal or civil   show
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show felony: a crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for greater than one year or even death; misdemeanor: a less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for less than 1 year  
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show the legal guidelines for nursing practice and provide the minimum acceptable nursing care; standards reflect values and priorities of the profession  
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Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)   show
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show provides that when a client comes to the emergency department or the hospital, an appropriate medical screening occurs within the hospitals capacity before being discharged or transferred  
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show forbids health plans from placing lifetime or annual limits on mental health coverage that are less generous than those placed on medical or surgical benefits  
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show liviing wills and durable powers of attorney  
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What are living wills and powers of attorney based on?   show
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Patient Self-Determination Act   show
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decisional capacity   show
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living wills   show
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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC)   show
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DNR   show
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Uniform Anatomical Gift Act   show
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Required Request laws   show
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National Organ Transplant Act of 1984   show
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HIPPA of 1996   show
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Privacy section of HIPPA   show
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Privacy   show
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show how HCPs treat client private information once it has been disclosed to others  
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show gave residents in certified nursing homes the right to be free of unnecessary and inappropriate restraints  
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show state that clients have the right to be free from restraints  
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TJC (2006) guidelines regarding use of restraints   show
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written order for restraints   show
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Licensure   show
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show nurses provide care at the scene of accidents; limit liability and offer legal immunity for nurses who help at the scene of an accident  
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Public Health Laws   show
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Uniform Determination Death Act of 1980   show
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cardiopulmonary definition of death   show
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show requires irreversible cessation of all function of the entire brain, including the brain stem  
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show the first statute that permitted physician-assisted suicide; stipulates that competent yet terminal clients could make an oral or written request for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner  
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show a civil wrong made against a person or property  
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show as either intentional, quasi-intentional, or unintentional  
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show willful acts that violate another's rights, such as assault, battery, and false imprisonment  
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Quasi-intentional torts   show
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show includes negligence or malpractice  
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Assault   show
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show any intentional touching without consent; contact can be harmful to the client and cause injury, or it can be merely offensive to the client's personal dignity; a battery always includes an assault  
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show occurs with unjustified restraining of a person without legal warrant  
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Invasion of privacy   show
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List the 4 types of invasion of privacy torts.   show
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Defamation of Character   show
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show means that the person publishing the information knows it is false and publishes it anyway or publishes it with reckless disregard as to the truth  
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show occurs when one verbalizes the false statement  
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Libel   show
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Negligence   show
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Malpractice   show
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show the nurse owed a duty to client; the nurse did not carry out that duty; the client was injured; the nurse's failure to carry out the duty caused the injury  
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show for all routine treatment, hazardous procedures such as surgery, some treatment programs such as chemotherapy, and research involving clients  
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show a person's agreement to allow something to happen, such as surgery or an invasive diagnostic procedure, based on a full disclosure of risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal  
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What type of tort will result if a HCP fails to obtain consent in situations other than emergencies?   show
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show the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is a fundamental right to privacy, which includes a woman's decision to have an abortion; could have abortion in 1st trimester  
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1989, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services   show
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show a system of ensuring appropriate nursing care that attempts to identify potential hazards and eliminate them before harm occurs  
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What is one of the most important roles for a nurse in any health care setting?   show
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show to assist individuals, families, or communities in achieving optimal levels of health  
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What is health education?   show
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show 1. maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention; 2. restoration of health; 3. coping with impaired functions  
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In what 3 domains does learning occur?   show
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show an interactive process that promotes learning  
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Define motivation.   show
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Define compliance.   show
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Define self-efficacy.   show
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Readiness to learn vs. ability to learn   show
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List some important factors when choosing a setting for learning.   show
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show a room that is well-lit and has good ventilation, appropriate furniture, and a comfortable temperature; also important to choose a quiet setting because it offers privacy; infrequent interruptions are best  
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show keep routines consistent; hold infant firmly while smiling and speaking softly to convey sense of trust; have infant touch different textures  
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Toddler   show
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show use role play, imitation, and play to make learning fun; encourage questions, and offer explanations (simple) and demonstrations; encourage children to learn together through pictures and short stories about hygiene  
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show teach psychomotor skills needed to maintain health; offer opportunities to discuss health problems and answer questions  
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Adolescent   show
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show encourage participation in teaching plan by setting mutual goals; encourage independent learning; offer information so that adult understands effects of health problem  
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Older Adult   show
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show an experience a person is exposed to, through a stimulus or stressor  
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show disruptive forces operating within or on any system  
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show how people interpret the impact of the stressor on themselves, of what is happening, and what they are able to do about it  
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How is stress helpful?   show
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What is a crisis?   show
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What is a trauma?   show
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fight-or-flight response   show
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