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Chapter Four Flashcards

1
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Threatening a patient

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Assault

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Touching a patient against their will whether or not you cause them harm

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Battery

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Writing or drawing something that can be proven to be damaging to another’s character or reputation

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Libel

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Verbalizing something that can be proven to be damaging to another’s character or reputation

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Slander

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Patient must receive an explanation, (in terms he/she can understand and when he/she is fully alert or competent) of the risks and possible complications of the procedure before he voluntarily signs to give permission

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Informed Consent

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Holding, restraining or retaining a patient against his will without any legal medical reason to do so

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False imprisionment

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A serious crime that carries a penalty of imprisonment for more than one year and possibly the death penalty

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Felony

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A lesser crime

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Misdeamor

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Leaving a patient without turning over his care to another qualified healthcare professional

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Abandonment

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10
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A civil wrong that unlawfully makes public knowledge any private or personal information without consent or the wronged person

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Invasion of privacy

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Commission of an act or failure to perform an act where the respective performance or non-performance deviates from an act that should have been done by a reasonably prudent person under the same or similar conditions.

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Negligence

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12
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Negligence as applied to the professional

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Malpractice

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13
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A legal document that defines disposition of property which take effect after death

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Will

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14
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This is filled out in the hospital anytime something unusual occurs to either the staff, the patient or a visitor.

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Incident report

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15
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Civil wrongs as opposed to criminal acts which cne lead to legal action

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Tort

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16
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A written statement of a person’s wishes regarding medical treatment, often including a living will, made to ensure those wishes are carried out should the person be unable to communicate them to a doctor.

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Advanced directive

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Also known as no code or allow natural death, is a legal order written either in the hospital or on a legal form to withhold cardioopulmoarny resuscitation (CPR) or advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), in respect of the wishes of a patient in case their heart were to stop or they were to stop eating.

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DNR

18
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Document that lets you appoint another person to express your wishes and make health care decisions for you if you cannot speak for yourself

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Healthcare proxy

19
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Intentionally doing something either dishonest or illegal

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Malfeasance

20
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Performing an act that is legal but not properly performed

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Misfeasance

21
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Failure to perform an act that should have been performed

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Nonfeasance

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