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Exam 1 (legal/ethical) Flashcards

1
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  • decisions made by administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing
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Administrative law

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2
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  • intentional threat twos another
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Assault

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  • intentional offensive touching without consent
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Battery

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  • protect the rights of individuals and provide fair treatment for all; consequences of a violation would include fines or public service
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Civil Laws

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  • judicial decision made by the court when individual cases are decided, such as issues with informed consent, right to refuse treatment, or malpractice
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Common Laws

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6
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  • protects private information once it is disclosed
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Confidentiality

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7
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  • protect society and provide punishment for crimes
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Criminal Laws

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  • publication of false statements that damage anthers reputation
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Defamation of character

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9
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  • unjustified imprisonment without legal reason
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False imprisonment

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  • serious offense that causes serious harm to anther person or society; punishment is prison for more than a year
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Felony

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11
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  • These laws limit liability and offer legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident.
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Good Samaritan Laws

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12
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  • a patients to have procedure after full disclosure of risks
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Informed consent

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13
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  • freedom from intrusion upon internal affairs
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Invasion of Privacy

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14
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  • deliberate acts that violate another rights
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Intentional torts

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15
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  • preventable errors
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Never events

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16
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  • descriptions and definitions of nursing legal boundaries in each state and sets education requirements for nursing
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Nurse Practice Acts

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17
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  • the right to keep personal information from being disclosed
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Privacy

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18
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  • acts in which in which intent is lacking but violations action occur
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Quasi-intentional tort

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19
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  • a data base to determine deviations from standards of care
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Occurrence Report

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20
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  • the requirement to report unethical or incompetent nursing the the State Board of Nursing
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Regulatory law

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  • identifying risks, analyzing them, reduce them, and evaluate steps to reduce them
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Risk management

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22
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  • speaking falsely about another
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Slander

23
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  • the legal requirements for nursing practice that describe the minimum acceptable nursing care
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Standards of care

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  • the legal requirements for nursing practice that describe the minimum acceptable nursing care
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Standards of care

25
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  • Laws created by elected legislatures and congress
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Statutory law

26
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  • civil wrongful acts
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Torts

27
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  • negligence or malpractice
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Unintentional torts

28
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  • refers to the ability to answer for one’s actions
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Accountability

29
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  • refers to the support of a particular cause
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Advocacy

30
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  • refers to freedom from eternal control
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Autonomy

31
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  • taking positive actions to help others
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Beneficence

32
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  • care based reasoning
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Casuistry

33
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  • a set of guiding principals that all members of a profession accept
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Code of ethics

34
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  • protection of a patients personal health information
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Confidentiality

35
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  • value determination is based on usefulness
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Consequentialism

36
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  • the study of concept and character
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Ethics

37
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  • understanding relationships with in a a structure
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Ethics of care

38
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  • refers to fairness
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Justice

39
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  • refers to the avoidance of harm or hurt
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Nonmaleficence

40
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  • refers to the agreement to keep promises
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Fidelity

41
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  • refers to a willingness to respects one’s professional obligations and follow through
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Responsibility

42
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  • the study of the final out come or end
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Teleology

43
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  • the value of something is determined by usefulness
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Utilitarianism

44
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  • a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that influences behavior
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Value

45
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Explain the legal concepts of standard of care and informed consent.

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Standards of care are the requirements that describe the minimum acceptable nursing care
Informed consent is a patient’s agreement to have a medical procedure after receiving the full disclosure of risks

46
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Define sources of standards of care for nurses.

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The American Nurses Association, state boards, and hospital policies define the standards of care

47
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Describe the nurses role in a DNR order.

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Documentation is required providing information that the health care provider has consulted with the patient before attaching a DNR
If a patient does not have a DNR we must do all that is possible to revive the patient

48
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List the elements needed to establish negligence.

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Negligence is an act that falls below the standard of care for nurses
To establish negligence
The nurse owed a duty to the patient
The nurse did not carry out the duty
The patient was injured
The nurse’s failure to fulfil duty caused the injury

49
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Analyze nursing actions most often associated in a breach of nursing practice.

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Assault - intentional threat
Battery - intentional offensive touching
Invasion of privacy - unwanted intrusion into personal affairs
Defamation of character - publication of false statements

50
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Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing.

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Ethics is concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals, groups, or society

51
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Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics.

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Value is a personal belief about the worth of a given idea attitude, custom, or object that sets a standard and influences behavior

52
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Examine and clarify personal values.

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Personal beliefs

53
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Understand the basic philosophies of health care ethics.

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Deontology - mutual acceptance of right and wrong

Utilitarianism - value is based on usefulness

54
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Apply critical thinking to ethical dilemmas.

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Ask question, is this an ethical dilemma? 
Gather information relevant to the case 
Clarify values 
Identify the problem
Identify possible course of action 
Negotiate plan 
Evaluate plan

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