Exam 1 Flashcards
Local, state, or federal constitution
Constitutional law
Enacted by legislative body (nurse practice act)
Statutory Law
Deliberate commission of a forbidden act or omission of an act required by law
Crime
Serious crime
Felony
Crime that is considered not as serious as a felony but is still serious and may be cause for revocation of a nursing license
Misdemeanor
Legal responsibility for one’s actions or failure to act appropriately
Liability
Injury that occurred because of another person’s intentional or unintentional actions or failure to act
Tort
Harm done to a client as a result of neglecting duties, procedures, or ordinary precautions
Negligence
What is the number one act of negligence?
Failing to question a doctor order that seems incorrect
Professional negligence
Malpractice
Threat or an attempt to do bodily harm, and includes physical or verbal intimidation
Assault
Physical contact with another person without that person’s consent
Battery
Tests, treatments, and medication are to be explained, documented, and signed by the client. This is a doctors job, a nurse can only witness.
Informed Consent
Two types of defamation
Slander and Libel
Written statement or photograph that is false or damaging
Libel
Malicious verbal statements that are false or injurious
Slander
Unnecessary confinement or restraint
False Imprisonment
The law that defines and regulates the practice of nursing in the United States. These laws define the title of nursing and regulate the aspects of the field.
Nurse Practice Act
The legislative power to initiate, regulate, and enforce the provisions of the Nurse Practice Act is delegated to a specific state agency
State Board of Nursing
Able to make one’s own decisions
Autonomy
Trustworthy and dependable
Responsibility
Answer’s for one’s own actions
Accountability
Do no harm
Nonmaleficence
For the good or benefit of others
Beneficence
Keeping promises
Fidelity
Obligation to be fair, equal for all
Justice
To tell the truth
Veracity
Judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
Prejudice in favor of one thing v. Another unfairly
Bias
Preconceived opinion not based on reason or actual experience
Prejudice
A way of life of a group of people – the behaviors l, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept and pass from generation to the next
Culture
Refers to spiritual beliefs
Religion
Category of people whom identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences
Ethnicity
The study of the typically controversial ethical issues emerging from new situations and possibilities brought about by advances in biology and medicine (abortion, ART)
Bioethics
Protects a person from liability if they give emergency care within the limits of first aid and if they act in a “reasonable and prudent manner”
Good Samaritan Law
Questionable behavior, meeting your needs instead of the client’s
Boundary Crossings
Excessive personal disclosures, asking client to keep secrets
Boundary Violations
Seductive, sexually demeaning, or harassing behavior
Professional Sexual Misconduct
Do not exploit the power to access private client information
Power Versus Vulnerability
A legal document in which a person either states choices for a medical treatment or names someone to make treatment choices if he or she loses decision-making ability
Advance Directive
Person chooses what measure to be taken or not taken if terminally ill
Living will
Client directs the doctor to make decisions for them. Dr must agree to accept
Directive to Physicians
Client directs who will be decision maker
Durable Power of Attorney
Person’s wishes for psychiatric care boundaries
Mental Health Advance Declaration
