ethical and legal aspects of nursing

Question 1

morals

Answer 1

standard of behavior

Question 2

ethics

Answer 2

the science of morals , determine good for society and people, rules to prevent harm

Question 3

computer ethics

Answer 3

branch of professional ethics define code of conduct, standard of good practise

Question 4

health informatics ethics

Answer 4

ethical issues result from use of technology in managing healthcare information

Question 5

autonomy

Answer 5

freedom to make choices about issues affect life
derivative principle privacy, confidentiality, advocacy informed consent

Question 6

non maleficence

Answer 6

obligation to not harm
derivative principle due diligence , double effect
diligence: care to prevent harm
double effect act do harm and benefit

Question 7

beneficence

Answer 7

do or produce good for others
derivative principles compassion, fidelity , paternalism , proportionality
compassion: caring
vericity: telling truth
paternalism : overriding patient wishes , or not consult patient at all in decision making

Question 8

justice

Answer 8

fair, equitable, appropriate treatment what is owed to persons , giving some will deny to other
derivative principle is respect

Question 9

code of ethics

Answer 9

formal document (ethical principles +duties)

Question 10

case study

Answer 10

use similar ethical conflicts , situations in past to assist in decision making

Question 11

ethics committees and personnel

Answer 11

trained personnel appointed by institution to resolve ethical issues

Question 12

informal disscusion

Answer 12

informal advice from friends , colleagues on how to resolve ethical conflict

Question 13

physical threat

Answer 13

computer system loss whole computer system , damage hardware, natural disaster

Question 14

malicious software attacks

Answer 14

attack by viruses, worms, trojian horses, ransomware

Question 15

insider threats

Answer 15

staff authorized access to system intentionally or unintentionally misuse access to negatively affect facility critical data or systems

Question 16

identity theft

Answer 16

act as someone else to obtain person s personal information or access vital information by login into account by using login credentials

Question 17

phishing attacks

Answer 17

attacks involve tricking users to give up confidential information including name, address, login credentials by hackers
hackers use fake mails and ask you to click link website ask for personal information or install malware

Question 18

adminstrative safeguard

Answer 18

formal by facility to prevent, detect, correct security violations through assess threats , review audit trails and security incident reports to decte violation
audittrail provide info about who , when data accessed , what part accessed , date , time

Question 19

physical safegaurds

Answer 19

secure data, building , equipment where they are placed
unauthorized instructions use locks , security guards
patient information not left unattended on computer
staff should logout system after each use to avoid leaving PHI protected health information visible to unautharized personnel
natural disasters and enviromental hazards the hospital must backup data regularly to restore it in emergency or natural disaster