ATI - Ethical Responsibilites, Legal Responsibilities, & Vital Signs

Question 1

What are the 6 ethical principals?

Answer 1

1. Autonomy
2. Beneficence
3. Nonmaleficence
4. Justice
5. Veracity
6. Fidelity

Question 2

What is the term for the right to make one’s own personal decisions, even when those decisions might not be in the person’s own best interest?

Answer 2

Autonomy

Question 3

What is the term for the action that promotes good for others, without any self-interest?

Answer 3

Beneficence

Question 4

What is the term for fulfillment of promises?

Answer 4

Fidelity

Question 5

What is the term for fairness in care and use of resources?

Answer 5

Justice

Question 6

What is the term for a commitment to do no harm?

Answer 6

Nonmaleficence

Question 7

What is the term for commitment to tell the truth?

Answer 7

Veracity

Question 8

What are the 4 basic principles of ethics?

Answer 8

1. Accountability
2. Confidentiality
3. Advocacy
4. Responsibility

Question 9

What term occurs when the nurse is positioned in a difficult situation where the actions taken are different from what the nurse identifies to be ethically correct?

Answer 9

Moral Distress

Question 10

What are the 4 Federal Regulations?

Answer 10

ADA - American Disability Act

PHDA - Patient Health Discrimination Act

MHPA - Mental Health Parity Act

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

Question 11

MHPA acronym is …

Answer 11

Mental Health Parity Act

Question 12

HIPAA acronym is …

Answer 12

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

Question 13

PHDA acronym is …

Answer 13

Patient Health Discrimination Act

Question 14

ADA acronym is …

Answer 14

American Disability Act

Question 15

What are the 3 types of Torts?

Answer 15

1. Unintentional
2. Intentional
3. Quasi-Intentional

Question 16

What involves in an unintentional tort?

Answer 16

1. Malpractice
2. Negligence

Question 17

What involves in an intentional tort?

Answer 17

1. Assault
2. Battery
3. False Imprisonment

Question 18

What involves in a Quasi-intentional tort?

Answer 18

1. Defamation of character
2. Breach of confidentiality’s

Question 19

What is the term to communicate a client’s wishes regarding end-of-life care should the client become unstable to do so?

Answer 19

Advance Directive

Question 20

What are the types of an Advance directive?

Answer 20

1. Living Will
2. POA of Healthcare
3. Provider’s Orders

Question 21

What is the type of advance directive where the client’s wishes of medical treatment in an event the client becomes incapacitated?

Answer 21

Living will

Question 22

What is the type of advance directive if the client designate health care proxy to make decisions?

Answer 22

POA of Healthcare

Question 23

What is the type of advance directive that includes a DNR and an AND?

Answer 23

Provider’s orders