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
2
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- intentional threat twos another
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Assault
3
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- intentional offensive touching without consent
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Battery
4
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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
5
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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
6
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- protects private information once it is disclosed
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Confidentiality
7
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- protect society and provide punishment for crimes
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Criminal Laws
8
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- publication of false statements that damage anthers reputation
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Defamation of character
9
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- unjustified imprisonment without legal reason
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False imprisonment
10
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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
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
12
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- a patients to have procedure after full disclosure of risks
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Informed consent
13
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- freedom from intrusion upon internal affairs
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Invasion of Privacy
14
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- deliberate acts that violate another rights
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Intentional torts
15
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- preventable errors
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Never events
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
17
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- the right to keep personal information from being disclosed
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Privacy
18
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- acts in which in which intent is lacking but violations action occur
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Quasi-intentional tort
19
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- a data base to determine deviations from standards of care
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Occurrence Report
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
21
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- identifying risks, analyzing them, reduce them, and evaluate steps to reduce them
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Risk management
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
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- Laws created by elected legislatures and congress
Statutory law
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- civil wrongful acts
Torts
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- negligence or malpractice
Unintentional torts
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- refers to the ability to answer for one’s actions
Accountability
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- refers to the support of a particular cause
Advocacy
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- refers to freedom from eternal control
Autonomy
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- taking positive actions to help others
Beneficence
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- care based reasoning
Casuistry
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- a set of guiding principals that all members of a profession accept
Code of ethics
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- protection of a patients personal health information
Confidentiality
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- value determination is based on usefulness
Consequentialism
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- the study of concept and character
Ethics
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- understanding relationships with in a a structure
Ethics of care
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- refers to fairness
Justice
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- refers to the avoidance of harm or hurt
Nonmaleficence
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- refers to the agreement to keep promises
Fidelity
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- refers to a willingness to respects one’s professional obligations and follow through
Responsibility
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- the study of the final out come or end
Teleology
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- the value of something is determined by usefulness
Utilitarianism
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- a personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom, or object that influences behavior
Value
45
Explain the legal concepts of standard of care and informed consent.
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
Define sources of standards of care for nurses.
The American Nurses Association, state boards, and hospital policies define the standards of care
47
Describe the nurses role in a DNR order.
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
List the elements needed to establish negligence.
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
Analyze nursing actions most often associated in a breach of nursing practice.
Assault - intentional threat
Battery - intentional offensive touching
Invasion of privacy - unwanted intrusion into personal affairs
Defamation of character - publication of false statements
50
Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing.
Ethics is concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals, groups, or society
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Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics.
Value is a personal belief about the worth of a given idea attitude, custom, or object that sets a standard and influences behavior
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Examine and clarify personal values.
Personal beliefs
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Understand the basic philosophies of health care ethics.
Deontology - mutual acceptance of right and wrong
| Utilitarianism - value is based on usefulness
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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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