Ethical & Legal Issues

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

Respect for individual’s right to self-determination

Question 2

nonmaleficence

Answer 2

The obligation to do or cause no harm to another

Question 3

Beneficence

Answer 3

The duty to do good to others and to maintain a balance between benefits and harms

Question 4

Justice

Answer 4

The equitable distribution of potential benefits and tasks determining the order in which clients should be cared for

Question 5

Veracity

Answer 5

The obligation to tell the truth

Question 6

Fidelity

Answer 6

The duty to do what one has promised

Question 7

Advocate

Answer 7

A person who speaks up for or acts on behalf o the client protects the client’s right to make his or her own decisions and upholds the principle of fidelity

Question 8

Ethical Dilemma

Answer 8

When there is conflict between two or more ethical principles

Question 9

Nurse practice act

Answer 9

A series of statues that have been enacted by each state legislature to regulate the practice of nursing in that state

Question 10

standards of care

Answer 10

Guidelines that identify what the client can expect to receive in terms of nursing care

Question 11

Negligence

Answer 11

Conduct that falls below the standard of care

Question 12

Malpractice

Answer 12

Nurse owed a duty to the client and did not carry out that duty in which the client was injured because the nurse failed to perform the duty

Question 13

Assault

Answer 13

A person puts another person in fear of a harmful or offensive contact

Question 14

Battery

Answer 14

Intentional touching of another’s body without their consent

Question 15

Invasion of Privacy

Answer 15

Violating confidentiality intruding on private client or family matters, sharing client information with unauthorized persons

Question 16

False Imprisonment

Answer 16

1. Client not allowed to leave healthcare facility when there is no legal justification to detain client
2. Restrating devices used without appropriate clinical need
3. Client can sign AMA form when client refuses care and is competent to make decisions
4. Nurse needs to DOCUMENT to prevent all allegations

Question 17

Fraud

Answer 17

Deliberate deception intended to produce unlawful gains

Question 18

Defamation

Answer 18

False communication that causes damage to someone’s reputation

Question 19

Informed Consent

Answer 19

Client’s participation in the decision regarding health care and approval to have the body touched by a specific individual

Question 20

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPAA)

Answer 20

Personal Health Information should be used and how the client can obtain access to information