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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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The legal relationship that exists between?

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Between you and your patient, it is a legal relationship because we are legally licensed

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LAWS Give me definition?

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prescribe proper behavior in society,
sanction ( disobeying law) acceptable behavior and prohibit unacceptable behavior

PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

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What are two primary categories of law ?

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Criminal Law ( involves public charged by agent that represent either federal or state governments )

Civil Law (between individuals brought individuals or agency )

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Civil law and Criminal Law are established at once two things?

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  1. Federal state and local government statutory law
  2. common law or case law encodes in response to specific legal questions that come before the court usually follow precedent previous ruling on the issue
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Negligence refer to ?

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Absence of due care and failure to act in a manner demonstrating the care and knowledge any prudent individuals wound

(term negligence and malpractice often are used interchangeably)

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What example is this medication error,patient falls,use of restraints and equipment injury?

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Example of negligence

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Malpractice contains four key elements?

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Duty- refers to established relationship between the patient and the nurse

Breach- of duty is failure to perform the duty in reasonable ,prudent manner

Harm- has occur this does not have to be physical injury

proximate cause of the harm- the occurrence breach

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The legal Process?

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1.The person alleged to be liable legally responsible

  1. This process is referred to as the deposition, witnesses are under oath

3.Once evidence has been presented to court renders verdict (decision). based on the facts of the case and the evidence and testimony present

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Different by accountability and Liability legal ?

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Accountability being responsible for one is own action and Liability legal responsibility legal duty of nursing

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is one defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of other and legal and ethical obligations to safeguard the patient interest ?

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Advocate

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Standard Care defined ?

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Acts whose performance is required,permitted , or prohibit this standard from federal and state laws , rules and regulations and codes govern and ANA

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What are the four important standard Care?

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  1. Acts that are or are not permitted to be performed
  2. Every nurse is obligated to know and follow the established standard care
  3. Gives directly to the practice nurse , defines what can do or cannot be done to patient
  4. Failure to adherence to the standard give rise to legal liability
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Legal Issues?

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1.Statutory and common law can both play important roles defining the rights of others

  1. Patient Bills of Right

3.Informed consent

4.Confidentiality(nurse have duty to protect information about a patient regardless of how the information is kept)

5.medical records

6.Invasion of privacy

7.Reporting Abuse (lifesaving treatment and care is a form of passive euthanasia letting a person die and medical negligence

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Doctrine of informed Consent ?

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Refer to full disclosure of the facts the patient needs to make an intelligent informed decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is performed

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Ethics refers to?

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Value that influence person behavior and individuals feeling and beliefs about what is right or wrongs

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Advance directives are ?

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Signed and Witnessed documents that provide specific instructions for health care treatment

17
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What are two basic types of advance directives?

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Living wills and durable power of attorney for health care

18
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Values ?

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Are personal beliefs about the words of objective an idea , custom or attitude

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Value Clarification ?

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Is the process of self evaluations that helps gained insight into person values

20
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Ethical Dilemmas ?

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Are situations that don’t have clear right or wrongs answer

21
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Ethical principles in nursing practice the frist fundamental ?

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The first fundamental is respect for people
Autonomy is another ethical principles , it refer to freedom of person choice

A right to be independent and make decisions freely Another nonmaleficence which do not harm

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Codes of ethics ?

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become more competent,trustworthy, and accountable, such codes of ethics help
safeguard

( The nations Federations of licensed Practice Nurse NFLPN has developed code )

22
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Ethical Issues?

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Change as society changes

Practitioner-assisted suicide PAS ( suicide with help of nurse or doctor of person is very sick or too much pain they take there own life with help of doctors )

Refusal to treat

Do not resuscitate DNR orders

23
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-Teaching bicycle safety to schoo age children
-Discussing the prevention of sexually transmitted infections with a community group
-Distributing brochures about heart health at center for older adult

Is Primary, Secondary , Tertiary Prevention?

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Primary

24
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Scheduling a client for a screening for prostate cancer
Checking all clients for depression at well client checkup

Is Primary, Secondary , Tertiary Prevention?

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Secondary Prevetion

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-Leading a support group for clients who have post-traumatic stress disorder
-Nutritional Counseling for a client who has diabetes mellitus
-Implementing bladder retraining with a client who has spinal cord injury

Is Primary, Secondary , Tertiary Prevention?

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Tertiary Prevention

26
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Decreasing the risk of alterations in health occurring by changing behaviors or minimizing exposure ?

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Primary Prevention

27
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Early Screening interventions to detect a disease process before it progresses to cause symptoms or complications in the client?

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Secondary Prevention

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Efforts to control an health issue has already occurred or slow the spread and prevent illness?

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Tertiary Prevetion

29
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A program established by the US Department of Health and Human Services HHS, with the intention of improving the overall health of Americans?

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Healthy People

30
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Behavior and Exposure that can raise or lower a person’s risk and that can be changed to reduce risk ?

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Modifiable risk factor

31
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Conditions that increase the risk of developing a disease and cannot be changed, they include, genetics, ethicity/race,age and family health history ?

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Nonmodifiable Risk Factors

32
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Being Sensitive to issues related to culture,race,gender and sexual orientation while providing care to nondominant populations?

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Culturally Competent Care

33
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Identify the following risk factors modifiable or nonmodifiable ?

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Modifiable
-Weight, Diet, Tobacco Use

Nonmodifiable
-Gender,Age,Gentics

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