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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Constitutional

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Law written as part of a local, state, or federal constitution
Ex:Bill of rights

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Statutory

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Any laws enacted by a legislative body
ex.Nurse practice Act

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Administrative

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empowers agencies to create and enforce rules and regulations
Ex:Development of state boards of nursing

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Common

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Interprets legal issues based on previous court decisions

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Civil

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Protects civil rights such as freedom from invasion of privacy and freedom from threats of injury

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Intentional torts

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Assault
Battery
False Imprisonment
invasion of privacy
Defamation

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Unintentional torts

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Negligence
Malpractice

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Liability

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the legal responsibility of ones actions or failure to act appropriately

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Good Samaritan Laws

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Protects professionals when providing aide in emergency cases outside of employment

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Statue of limitations

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Length of time someone can be held charged for something

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Assumption of risk

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Patient warned of something and chooses to ignore

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Documentation

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Extremely important, if not written it didn’t happen

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Risk Management

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identifying problems to help reduce losses

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Incident reports

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reporting incidents

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Anecdotal records

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nurse personally retains info so you can remember later- descriptions of events of incidents

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Ethics

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moral principles

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Code of Ethics

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list of written statements describing ideal behaviors

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Dilemmas

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Individual valves and laws conflict, could be legal but unethical vice versa

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Ethical Theories

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Theres 2 ethical theories
Teleology- Ethical decision making based on outcome, aka utilitarianism because it is based on whats best for most people

Deontology-ethical decision based on duty or moral obligations.

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Common Ethical Issues

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Truth
Confidentiality
withhold/withdrawals
code status
allocation of scarce resources
whistle-blowing

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Truth

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Telling the truth

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Confidentiality

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HIPPA

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Withhold/withdrawal

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Advanced directs
Living will
Power of attorney

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Code Status

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How to manage care in the case of cardiac or respiratory arrest

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Allocation of scarce resources

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deciding how to distribute life saving equipment or procedures

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Whistle-Blowing

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reporting competent or unethical practices

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Ethical Principles

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Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Auto omy
Veracity
Fidelity
Justice
Values

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Beneficience

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Doing good for others

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Nonmaleficence

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Doing no harm, avoiding harming the patient

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Autonomy

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Person having the ability to make their own decisions

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Veracity

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Truthful, and avoid misleading deceiving a client

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Fidelity

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faithful, keeping your word

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justice

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Treating people fairly and equally

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Values

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Persons most meaningful belief

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Elements in Malpractice

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Duty
Breach of Duty
Causation
Injury

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Duty

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An obligation existed to provide care for the person who claims to have been injured or harmed

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Breach of Duty

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Caregiver failed to provide appropriate care

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Causation

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The caregivers action or lack of it caused plaintiff harm

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Injury

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Physical Psychological or financial harm

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Ethics

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Refers to philosophic studies that examine the actions,values and more principles of human behaviors

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