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65 Cards in this Set
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Ethics
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study of conduct and character
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Autonomy
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commitment to include clients in decisions about all aspects of care
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Beneficence
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taking positive actions to help others
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Nonmaleficence
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Avoidance of harm or hurt
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Justice
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fairness
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Fidelity
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agreement to keep promises
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Code of ethics
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set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
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Advocacy
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support of a cause
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Responsibility
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willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises
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Accountability
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ability to answer for one's own actions
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Confidentiality
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respecting client privacy
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Value
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a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that sets standards that influence behavior
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Culturally competent care requires ____ & _____.
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respect and patience
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Deontology
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defines actions as right and wrong based on their right-making characteristics - not concerned with right or wrongness of results
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Utilitarianism
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proposes that the value of something is determined by it's usefulness - emphasis on outcome
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Consequentialism
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proposes that the value of something is determined by it's usefulness - emphasis on outcome
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Teleology
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proposes that the value of something is determined by it's usefulness - emphasis on outcome
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Feminist ethics
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nature of relationships between people, propose that it is impossible to be unbiased
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Ethic of care
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understanding personal narratives, stories reveal individual’s values and moral preferences
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How do you process an ethical dilemma?
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1) Is this an ethical dilemma? 2) Gather information 3) Examine values 4) Verbalize the problem 5) Consider possible courses of action 6) Negotiate a plan 7) Evaluate action
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Futile care
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something that is "useless; hopeless; serving no useful purpose"
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Statutory law
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elected legislatures
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Nurse Practice Acts
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describes and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice withing each state
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Regulatory law
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reflects decisions made by administrative bodies when they pass rules and regulations
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Administrative law
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reflects decisions made by administrative bodies when they pass rules and regulations
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Statutory law is broken up into what two parts?
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criminal and civil
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Common law
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results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are decided
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Criminal laws
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prevent harm to society and provide punishment for crimes (society)
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Felony
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crime of serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for 1> year or death
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Misdemeanor
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less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for 1< year or fine
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Civil laws
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protect the rights of individual persons withing our society and encourage fair and equitable treatment among people
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What does a violation of a civil law result in?
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harm to an individual or property
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Standards of care
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legal guidelines for nursing practice and provide the minimum acceptable nursing care
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What is the purpose of licensure?
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protect the public
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What are the parts of a lawsuit?
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pleading's phase, discovery, trial, proof of negligence
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What is the pleading phase of a lawsuit?
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plaintiff brings charges up against nurse and she either denies or admits
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What is the discovery phase of a lawsuit?
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evidence against and for the nurse is obtains in the form of witnesses, medical records, experts
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What is the trail phase of a lawsuit?
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follows the discovery phase 1-3 years and can last days to months
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What is the proof of negligence phase of a lawsuit?
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The nurse owed a duty to the client.
The nurse did not carry out the duty or breached the duty. The client was injured. The client's injury was caused by the nurse's failure to carry out that duty. |
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What is the Americans with Disabilities Act for?
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provides for assistance for disabled people such as sidewalks, rails, ramps, etc.
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What is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act for?
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protects from dumping patients
(transferring patients when they are unstable) |
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What are advanced directives?
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a broad heading in which you find living wills, POAs, DNRs
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Living wills
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represent written documentation that directs treatment with a client's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition
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POA
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a legal document that designates a person or persons of one's choosing to make health care decisions when the client is no longer able to make decisions on his or her own behalf
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What are two examples of chemical restraints?
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sedatives and hypnotics
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What does the Good Samaritan Law protect you from?
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if in an emergency you provide reasonable and prudent care
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What is the cardiopulmonary part of the Uniform Determination of Death Act?
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requires irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions
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What is the whole brain part of the Uniform Determination of Death Act?
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irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain
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Tort
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civil wrong made against a person or property
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Intentional tort
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willful acts that violate another's rights, such as assault, battery, and false imprisonment
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Assault
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any intentional threat to bring about harmful or offensive contact
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Battery
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any intentional touching without consent
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False imprisonment
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unjustified restraining of a person without legal warrant
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Invasion of privacy
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protects the client's rights to be free from unwanted intrusion into his or her private affairs
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Defamation of character
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publication of false statements that result in damage to a person's reputation
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Malice
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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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Slander
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verbilzation of the false statement
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Negligence
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conduct that falls below a standard of care
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Malpractice
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professional negligence
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What are the criteria for malpractice?
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1) The nurse owed a duty to the client
2) The nurse did not carry out that duty 3) The client was injured 4) The nurse's failure to carry out the duty caused the injury |
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Libel
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written false statements
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Fraud
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misrepresentation of a treatment
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If you find that an order is wrong what is the action you should take?
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1) Inform provider
2) Record your actions 3) Inform your supervisor 4) Refuse to carry it out |
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Malpractice insurance
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a contract between the nurse and the insurance company which provides for a defense when a nurse is in a lawsuit involving malpractice
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When you float what should you make sure to tell your supervisor?
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any lack of experience in caring for the type of clients on the nursing unit
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