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Health

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state of optimal functioning or well-being

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Licensure

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to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting requirements

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Nurse practice act

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law established to regulate nursing practice

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Nursing

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profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health

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Nursing process

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five-step systemic method for giving patient care

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Profession

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an occupation that meets specific criteria including a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, a code of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy

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Standards

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acceptable, expected level of performance established by authority, custom, or consent

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Advocacy

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protection and support of another’s rights

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Autonomy

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self-determination-being independent and self-governing

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Beneficence

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principle of doing good

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Bioethics

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ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural world

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Care

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based approach-approach to bioethics that directs attention to the specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative

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Clinical ethics

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branch of bioethics concerned with ethical problems that arise within the context of caring for patients

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Deontologic

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ethical system in which actions are right or wrong independent on the consequences they produce

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Ethical agency

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the ability to behave in an ethical way

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Ethical dilemma

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arise when attempted adherence to basic ethical principles results in two conflicting courses of action

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Ethical distress

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occurs when the nurse knows the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow the correct course of action

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Ethics

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system dealing with standards of character and behavior related to what is right and wrong

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Feminist ethics

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type of ethical approach that aims to critique existing patterns of oppression and domination in society - especially as these affect women and the poor

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Fidelity

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keeping promises and commitments made to others

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Justice

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process that distributes benefits, risks, and costs fairly

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Morals

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like ethics, concerned with what constitutes right action- more informal and personal than the term ethics

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Nonmaleficence

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principle of avoiding evil

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Nursing ethics

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subset of bioethics, is the formal study of ethical issues that arise in practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgments

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Paternalism

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an action that is based on what a parent would do

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Principle-based approach

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an approach to bioethics that offers specific action guides

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Utilitarian

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action-guiding theory of ethics that states that the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequences of the action

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Value

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set of beliefs that are meaningful in life and that influence relationships with others

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Value system

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organization of values ranked along a continuum of importance

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Values clarification

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process by which people come to understand their own values and value system

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Accreditation

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process by which an educational program is evaluated and then recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education

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Assault

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threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person without that person’s permission

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Battery

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assault that is carried out

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Certification

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process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by a nongovernmental association is granted recognition

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Common law

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law resulting from court decisions that is then followed when other cases involving similar circumstances and facts arise - common law is as binding as civil law

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Credentialing

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general term that refers to ways in which professional competence is maintained

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Crime

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offense against people or property.the act is considered to be against the government, referred to in a lawsuit as “the people”, and the accused is prosecuted by the state

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Defamation of character

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an intentional tort in which one party makes derogatory remarks about another that diminishes the other parties’ reputation -slander is oral defamation of character - libel is written defamation of character

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Defendant

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the one being accused of a crime or tort

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Expert witness

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nurse who explains to the judge and jury what happened based on the patients record and who offers an opinion as to whether the nursing care met acceptable standards of practice

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Fact witness

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nurse who has knowledge of the actual incident prompting a legal case-bases testimony on firsthand knowledge of the incident not on assumptions

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Felony

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crime punishable by imprisonment in a state or federal penitentiary for more than one year - crime of greater offense than a misdemeanor

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Fraud

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willful and purposeful misrepresentation that could cause, or has cause, loss or harm to people or property

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Liability

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legal responsibility for one’s acts (and failure to act)- includes responsibility for financial restitution of harms resulting from negligent acts

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Licensure

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to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting requirements

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Litigation

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process of lawsuit

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Malpractice

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act of negligence as applied to a professional person such as a physician, nurse, or dentist

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Misdemeanor

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crime of lesser offense than a felony and punishable by a fine, imprisonment (usually for less than one year), or both

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Negligence

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performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would not do, or failing to perform an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do

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Plaintiff

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person or government bringing a lawsuit against another

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Sentinel event

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An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof

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Statutory law

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aw enacted by a legislative body

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Tort

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wrong committed by a person against another person or his property