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Chapter 4 Ethics and Laws Flashcards

1
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______ involves choices or judgement about what should or should not be done

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Ethics

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What is ethics?

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Knowledge of what is right conduct and wrong conduct

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What is based on culture, religion, education, and experiences?

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Judgements and views

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4
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What is code of ethics?

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Rules, or standards of conduct, for group members to follow

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5
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_________ Separate helpful actions and behaviors from those that are not helpful

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Professional Boundaries

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If you are under-involved in a patients care, what 3 things can occur?

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  • Disinterest
  • Avoidance
  • Neglect
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If you are over-involved in a patients care, what three things can occur?

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  • Boundary crossing
  • Boundary violation
  • Professional sexual misconduct
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Boundary ________ is a brief act or behavior of being overinvolved with the person. The intent of the act or behavior is to meet the person’s need

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Crossing

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You hug a patient to meet their needs at the time, but the hug also meets your needs too. What is this an example of?

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Boundary crossing

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What is boundary violation?

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Act or behavior that meets your needs, not the person’s

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Boundary violation includes what three things?

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  • Abuse
  • Giving a lot of information about yourself
  • Keeping secrets with the person
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______ ______ act or behavior is not ethical, it violates the code of conduct and the person can be harmed

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Boundary violation

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What is professional sexual misconduct?

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Violation of professional interactions with an act, behavior, or comment that is sexual in nature

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What is boundary sign?

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Acts, behaviors, or thoughts that warn of a boundary crossing or boundary violation

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T/F: Accepting gifts from patients, residents and their family is not a boundary violation.

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FALSE: It is a boundary violation

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T/F: Ethics is about what you can and cannot do

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FALSE: The law is about what you can and cannot do

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17
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Ethics is about what you ______ or _______ not do

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should

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18
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What is the law?

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Is rule of conduct made by a government body

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What is a criminal law?

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Concerned with offenses against the public and society in general

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What is a crime?

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An act that violates a criminal law

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What is civil laws?

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Concerned with relationships between people

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What are two examples of a civil law?

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  • Contracts
  • Nurse practice act
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23
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What is tort?

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A wrong committed against a person or the person’s property

24
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What refers to the skills, care, and judgements required by a health team member under similar conditions

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Standard of care

25
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Standard of care comes from? (5)

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  • Laws
  • Job description
  • Agency Policies
  • Procedures
  • Manufacturers instructions
26
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Which approval agencies set standards of care?

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  • Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Accrediting agencies
27
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Standards & guidelines also come from other government agencies like the?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

28
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_________ is a risk when standards of care are not met

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Negligence

29
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What is negligence?

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An unintentional wrong. The negligent person did not act in a reasonable and careful manner. A person or the person’s property was harmed
Failure to use reasonable care or failure to take proper care in doing something

30
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What is malpractice?

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Negligence by a professional person: Nurse, pharmacist, doctor

31
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What is defamation?

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Injuring a person’s name and reputation by making false statements to a third person

32
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What is the difference between Libel & Slander?

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  • Libel is making false statements in print, writing, through pictures or drawings
  • Slander is making false statements through the spoken word, sounds, sign language, or gestures
33
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Negligence and malpractice are considered what kind of torts?

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Unintentional torts

34
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______ is saying or doing something to trick, fool, or deceive a person

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Fraud

35
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False imprisonment involves what three things?

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  • Threatening to restrain a person
  • Restraining a person
  • Preventing a person from leaving the agency
36
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What is false imprisonment?

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Unlawful restraint or restriction of a person’s freedom of movement

37
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What is assault?

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Intentionally attempting or threatening to touch a person’s body without the person’s consent

38
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What is battery?

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Touching a person’s body without consent

39
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Privacy of the resident/patient involves?

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Person’s body, private affairs, and information about care, treatment, and condition

40
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What is HIPAA?

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Protects the privacy and security of a person’s health information

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

41
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Who is responsible for informing the person about all aspects of treatment?

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The doctor

42
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What is informed consent?

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Person receives and understands information about a treatment or procedure and is able to decide to receive or refuse the treatment or procedure

43
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Who cannot give consent?

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  • Person under legal age (18 years)
  • Person mentally unable: Unconscious, sedated, or confused
  • Have certain mental health disorders
44
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A informed consent is given by a responsible party, list some examples.

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Spouse, parent, adult child, guardian, legal representative

45
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T/F: You are responsible for obtaining written consent

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False: You are never responsible for obtaining written consent

46
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T/F: You can witness signing of consent

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True

47
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What is abuse?

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*Willful *infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish

48
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If you suspect abuse or a patient confides in you to not tell the nurse about abuse happening, what will you do?

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Say: “I will not keep it a secret”; tell the nurse

49
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_________ adult is a person 18 years old or older who has a disability or condition that causes the person to be at risk for harm

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Vulnerable

50
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Who is considered an elder?

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Older adult 60 years of age or older

51
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What are the forms of elder abuse?

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  • Physical
  • Neglect
  • Financial abuse
  • Emotional or psychological abuse
  • Sexual
  • Abandonment
52
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_________ is the illegal, dishonest, unfair, or wrongful use of a person’s money property, or assets for one’s own use

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Misappropriation

53
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_______ is mis-use of a person’s money, property, or assets

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Exploitation

54
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What’s another name for intimate partner violence?

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Domestic violence

55
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What is intimate partner violence?

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Physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression by a current or former partner

56
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What is neglect of a child?

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Failing to provide for the child’s basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter

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