Nursing Care Terms

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Nursing

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Attributes, characteristics, and actions of the nurse providing care on behalf of, or in conjunction with, the client; the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential health problems.

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Consumer

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Individual, group of people, or community that uses a service or commodity

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Patient

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Person who is waiting for or undergoing medical treatment and care.

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Client

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Recipient of nursing care; includes individuals, families, and communities.

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Well-ness

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State of well-being.

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Illness

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Highly individualized response to disease

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DRG

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Diagnostic-related groups- Classification of clinical conditions used for reimbursement by Medicare to health care provider or facility.

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Nurse practice act

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Acts that legally define and describe the scope of nursing practice and that protect the public; legal acts that regulate the practice of nursing in the United States and Canada

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NCLEX-PN

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National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses; a test given to ensure that graduates of practical/vocational nursing schools meet the minimum standards to practice safely as LPNs/LVNs.

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Laws

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"rules made by humans which regulate social conduct in a formally prescribed and legally binding manner" (Bernzweig, 1996, p. 3).

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Tort

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Civil wrong committed against a person or a person's property.

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Negligence

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Misconduct or practice that is below the standard expected of an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent practitioner, which places another person at risk for harm

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Malpractice

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Negligence that occurs while a person is performing as a professional.

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Statute of Limitations

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Limit to the amount of time that can pass between recognition of harm and the bringing of a suit

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Assault:

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An attempt or threat to touch another person unjustifiably

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Battery:

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The willful and unjustifiable touching of a person or personal items; it may or may not cause harm.

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Libel:

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Defamation by means of print, writing, or pictures

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Inductive reasoning:

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Holistic:
Approach that takes into account the client as a physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. Forming generalizations from a set of facts or observations

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Defamation:

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Communication that is false, or made with a careless disregard for the truth, and that results in injury to the reputation of a person.

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Invasion of privacy:

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Direct wrong of a personal nature that injures the feelings of the person and does not take into account the effect of revealed information on the standing of the person in the community.

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Slander:

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Defamation by the spoken word, stating information or false words, which can cause damage to a person's reputation

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Crime:

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Act committed in violation of public (criminal) law and punishable by a fine or imprisonment

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Scope of practice:

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Document developed by the board of nursing which governs practice within each state.

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Liability:

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Being legally responsible for one's acts and omissions

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Sexual harassment:

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"unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature" (EEOC

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Values:

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Freely chosen, enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action.

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Beliefs

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Interpretations or conclusions which people accept as being true; they do not necessarily involve values

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Attitudes:

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Mental positions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea

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Ethics:

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Method of inquiry that helps people to understand the morality of human behavior; the practices or beliefs of a certain group; the expected standards of moral behavior of a particular group

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Bioethics:

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Ethics as applied to life.

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Autonomy:

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The right to make one's own decisions

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Advocate:

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One who expresses and defends the cause of another.

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Code of ethics:

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Formal statement of a group's ideals and values.

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False imprisonment:

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Unlawful restraint or detention of another person against his or her wishes.