Legal issues in Nsg and workplace advocacy
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| accountability | show | (blank)
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| advance directives | show | Living wills and durable powers of attorney.
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| adverse event | show | An adverse event attributable to error is a preventable adverse event.
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| case law | show | Also know as judge-made law and common law.
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| civil law | show | Based on societal expectations regarding interpersonal conduct. Common causes of civil litigation include professional malpractice, negligence, and assault and battery.
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| show | Law that is created through the decision of judges as opposed to laws encated by legislative bodies | Laws not made by Congress.
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| comparative negligence | show | The extent of liability depends on the defendant's relative contribution to the patient's injury.
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| criminal negligence | show | Behavior that demonstrates a complete disregard for another, such that death is likely
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| damages | Monetary compensation the court orders paid to a person who has sustained a loss or injury to his or her person or property through the misconduct of another | show 🗑
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| defendant | The individual who is named in a person's complaint as responsible for an injury | show 🗑
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| show | An instrument that authorizes another person to act as one's agent in decisions regarding health care if the person becomes incompetent to make his or her own decisions. |
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| error | show |
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| immunity | show |
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| liability | show | Compensation for harm normally is paid in monetary damages.
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| show | Laws that establish the qualifications for obtaining and maintaining a license to perform particular services. | Persons and institutions may be required to obtain a license to provide particular health care services.
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| Malpractice | Failure of a professional to meet the standard of conduct that a responsible and prudent member of his/her profession would exercise in similar circumstances that results in harm. | show 🗑
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| Negligence | show | The failure to act responsible and prudent manner is unintentional.
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| Plantiff | show | The person who claims he/she was injured by the acts of another.
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| Standard of care | show | Commonly defines as the knowledge and skill that an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would possess and exercise in the same or similar circumstances.
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| show | LAW ENACTED BY LEGISLATIVE BODY; SEPARATE FROM JUDGE MADE OR COMMON LAW. | WRITTEN BY CONGRESS OR STATE LEGISLATURES. VIOLATION OF LAW IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. A NURSE IS SUBJECT TO PENALTIES, INCLUDING FINES, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE, OR IMPRISONMENT
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| What is EMTALA? | show | Prohibit the refusal of care for indigent and uninsured patients seeking medical assistance in the emergency department
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| show | to end discrimination against qualified persons with disabilities by removing barriers that prevent them for enjoying the same opportunities as people with no disabilities. | as patients advocates, the nurse must provide patient education, by meeting disable clients needs and equipment to facilitate communication.
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| Patient self determination act of 1990; Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 | show | must inform adult pt. in writing, their right to make tx choices. (includes DNR orders) ask pt. about "living will" or "poa"
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| HIPPA of 1996 | show | maintaining privacy of pt.'s health information.
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