Exam 3

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Credentialing

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Is the process of determining and maintaining competence in nursing practice. This helps maintain standards of practice and accountability includes licensure, certification and accreditation.

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Licensure

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legal government agency grants to individual to engage in the practice of a professional and to use a particular license and title.

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Certification

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voluntary practice of validating that an individual nurse has met standards of nursing competence.

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Accreditation

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state board makes sure that schools preparing nurses maintain minimal standards of education. State will either approve or accredit nursing program.

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Law

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is a rule of conduct established and enforced by the government of society. Protects the rights of the public. In nurse practice 1st is public and 2nd is nurse.

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Nurse Practice Acts

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Define the scope of nursing practice establishes the minimum standards with a qualified practitioner must meet in order to practice as a nurse. Protect the public by providing certification of the nurses and competency.

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Liable

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The quality or state of being legally responsible for ones obligations and action and to make financial restitution for wrongful acts.

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Tort

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A civil wrong committed by and against a person or a persons property that may be sued for damage and is initiated in court or civil action. Can either be intentional or unintentional
Intentional  Is assault, battery, false imprisonment and invasion of privacy.
Unintentional  does not require intentional harm, may be negligence or malpractice.

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Assault

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a verbal threat or touching attempt to make bodily contact with another person without that persons consent creates fear.

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Battery

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Unauthorized or unconsented touching of a person their belongings even if the touch was beneficial without consent. This is why an informed consent is needed from every patient going to surgery or having certain test performed.

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Negligence

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Misconduct or practice that is below the standard expected of an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent person is an unintentional tort

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Malpractice

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The negligence acts of a person’s engaged in professional or occupations in which highly technical or professional skills are employed.

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Standards of Care

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Legal guidelines for nursing practice measured by similarly educated and experienced nurse with average intelligence , judgement, forsight and skill. Flexible and constantly changing to meet requirements in advanced care. That we as nurses are responsible to stay informed with.

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False Imprisonment

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Unlawful restraint or attention of another person against his/her wishes. Must be used in order to protect patient or may be accused of negligence

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Good Samaritan Law

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Laws that hold physician and nurses harmless when undertaking to aid a person in ER situation unless it can be shown that there was a gross deviation from the normal standard of care or unwilling wrong doing on their part.

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Invasion of Privacy

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A direct wrong of a personal route . ie.) medical info without consent, HIPAA,

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Confidentiality

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Information that relates will not be made public or available to others without the subject content.

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Defemation of Character

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Occurs when a person discusses another individual in terms that diminish or harm the individual reputation or business.
1. Libel – defamation through print, writing or pictures.
2. Slander- defamation of spoken words.

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DEA

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Drug enforcement agency have to have # on a script, sole agency used in combating drug abuse inspect pharmacies for discrepancies.

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Onset of action

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The time after administration when the body initially responds to drugs.

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Peak of Plasma Level

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Highest plasma level achieved by a single dose when examination rate of drug equals absorption rate.

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Rx Half Life

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Time required for the elimination process rate of a Rx.

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Pharmacodynamics

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Process by which a Rx changes the body.

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Pharmacokinetics

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Is the study of the absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion of Rx.

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Ethics

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Principles or standards governing proper conduct as applied to a professional. Serve to protect rights as humans

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Morals

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Personal conviction that something is right or wrong. A moral issue becomes an ethical one when choice is not clear from right or wrong

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Values

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Standards that influence behavior, freely chosen and beliefs and attitudes. May be religion, education, culture, parents, teachers and experiences.

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Ethical Dilemmas

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Conflict that arises over philosophies values and beliefs

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Bio Ethics

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Ethics applied to life or death decision making .

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Oral Absorption

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• Little absorption occurs in the mouth. Oral mucosa is capable of absorbing certain drugs as long as they dissolve rapidly in salivary secretions.

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Gastric Absorption

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• In stomach pH is low 1.4 and drugs that are acidic are rapidly absorbed. The majority of drugs are weak bases and are absorbed on entry into small intestine because of the alkaline pH. On an empty stomach enhances absorption as the drug passes rapidly into the small intestine.

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Muscle Strength

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the amount of force a person can exert with the muscles against resistance.

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Endurance

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the ability of the muscles to be used over a period of time without becoming fatigue.

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Isotonic

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• Muscle tension is constant and improves muscle strength and endurance, increase cardio respiratory function, HR, and CO increases blood flow systemically

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Isometric

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tighten and relax muscle
use of valsalva Maneuver

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Aerobic

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An activity in which the amount of O2 taken into the body is greater than the amount required
Improves cardio fitness ; walk briskly and swimming

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Anaerobic

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An activity in which the amount of O2 taken into the body is insufficient to meet body’s needs
Used to develop muscle tone and improve cardio respiratory function

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Metabolic

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physical and chemical processes of the body

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Basal Metabolism

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minimal energy expended for maintenance of physical and chemical

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Atelectasis

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collaspe of the aveoli of the lung caused by blocking of bronchioles with mucous or when amount of sufactant decrreases.

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Hypostatic Pneumonia

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infection of the lung tissue resulting from poor circulation or stagnation of secretions. Immobility leads to poor cough reflex, and limited chest expansion and pooling

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Thrombus

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Clot loosely attached to an vein

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Thrombophlebitis

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Clot loosely to and iflamed vein

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Pulmonary Embolism

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Clot that travels to the lungs and differnet organs of the body . can lead to death.

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Osteoporosis

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increase amounts of calcium are extracted from bone resulting in decrease bone mass  results from lack of exercise, decrease muscular activity

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Contracture Formation

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– occurs from prolonged flexion of muscle that results from freezing and inability to extend joint.

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Fibrosis

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incrase amount of fibrous tissue

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Ankylosis

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Fixation of joining structures

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Orthostatic Hypotension

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• Drop in blood pressure 20 more in systolic, 10 more in diastolic when changing form lying to standing. Client may become lightheaded, dizzy and faint. Sympathetic reflex automatically. Causes vasoconstriction in lower extremities upon standing in the immobilized client

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Valsalva Maneuver

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Occurs when a person takes a deep breath and strains again a closed glottis. Can be detrimental to a person who has a cardiac disease or weakened heart