E. Legal and Ethical Issues

Question 1

the failure to behave with the level of care that a reasonable person would have exercised under the same circumstances

Answer 1

Negligence

Question 2

a professional misconduct, negligent care or treatment or failure to meet the standards of care resulting in harm to a person

Answer 2

Malpractice

Question 3

The facility is held responsible for the negligent acts or omissions of its employee’s even the facility itself is not negligent

Answer 3

Respondeat Superior

Question 4

the burden of proof shifts to the defendant, who must prove the negligence did not occur

Answer 4

Res Ipsa Loquitor

Question 5

“The thing speaks for itself”

Answer 5

Res Ipsa Loquitor

Question 6

Is the legal time limit allowed to file a claim, and usually measured from the time alleged wrong occurred or is, or should have been discovered

Answer 6

Statute of Limitations

Question 7

it is one of the best methods of defense in a malpractice suit if the charting is accurate, thorough and timely

Answer 7

Documentation

Question 8

Are important tools used by nurses, attorneys, risk managers, healthcare administrators and insurance carriers

Answer 8

Incident Reports

Question 9

This report are a source of assessing problem areas, subjects for in-service teaching, minimizing patient risk, evaluating individual healthcare

Answer 9

Incident Reports

Question 10

Ethical principles applied to healthcare situations

Answer 10

Ethics of Care

Question 11

Include compassion, equity, fairness, dignity, confidentiality, and mindfulness of a person’s autonomy within the realm of the person’s

Answer 11

Ethics of Care

Question 12

Codes of moral reasoning used by members of a profession to direct the moral behavior of their work

Answer 12

Code of Ethics

Question 13

This Code forms the corner stone of nursing practice

Answer 13

Code of Ethics

Question 14

Consent that has been granted, not assume, following an educational process that facilitates the weighing of benefits, risk and available options

Answer 14

Informed Consent

Question 15

Rights to which patients are entitled, usually defined or described by the organization charged with providing care or protecting patients

Answer 15

Patient’s Right

Question 16

the healthcare record remains the property of the healthcare provider however the information contained in the record belongs to the patient

Answer 16

Patient’s Right

Question 17

Legal documents that record decisions regarding life-saving or life sustaining care and actions to be taken in a situation where the patient is no longer able to proved informed consent

Answer 17

Advance Directive

Question 18

A legal document designating an alternative decision maker in the event of the person is incapacitated

Answer 18

Durable Power of attorney

Question 19

A patient may designate a close friend with _ superseding the designation of immediate family members in decision making

Answer 19

durable power of attorney

Question 20

conflict of values between the nurse’s values and choice made by the patient’s, their families, other healthcare team members, the organization or hospital

Answer 20

Conflict of Interest

Question 21

Ethical/Moral Principles

Answer 21

• Advocacy
• Autonomy
• Beneficence/Non-Maleficence
• Confidentiality
• Fidelity
• Justice
• Quality of Life
  -Reciprocity
• Sanctity of Life
• Veracity