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Statutory laws

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Elected legislative bodies such as state legislatures and US Congress create these. These can be CIVIL or CRIMINAL.

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Nurse Practice Acts

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Describe and define legal boundaries of nursing practice in each state.

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Regulatory law

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Reflects decisions made by administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing. Ex. Requirement to report unethical nursing conduct.

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Common law

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Results form judicial decisions made in courts. Ex. Informed consent, right l refuse tx, negligence, malpractice.

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The American Nurses Association….

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Develops standards of care for nursing practice, policy statements, and similar resolutions. Established first code of ethics. Basic principles of responsibility, accountability, advocacy, and confidentiality.

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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

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Provides that when a client comes to ED, appropriate medical screening occurs within the hospital. Client cannot be transferred until stable.

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Mental Health Parity Act

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If insurance offers mental health coverage they cannot make it less generous than med or surg benefits.

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Advance directives

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Include Living wills, health care proxies, durable power of attorney.

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Living wills

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Written documentation that directs tx in accordance with clients wishes in the event of terminal illness.

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DPAHC

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Legal document that designates a someone to make medical decisions on someone’s behalf who is no longer able to make decisions them-self.

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Anatomical Gift Act

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Anyone over 18 yr old has right to make organ donation.

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The National Organ Transplant Act

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Prohibits sale or purchase of organs.

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HIPAA

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Provides rights and protects employees, protects individuals from losing health insurance when changing jobs, allows employees to change jobs without losing coverage as a result of preexisting coverage exclusion as long as hey have had at least 12 continuous months of coverage.

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The Federal Nursing Home Reform Act

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Gives residents right to be free of unnecessary and inappropriate restraints.

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Restraints can be used when…

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1) to ensure physical safety or resident or others, 2) when less restrictive interventions are not successful, 3) only when written order from HCP. (Need specific start and end times.)

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Public Health Laws

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Reporting laws for communicable diseases, school immunizations, reporting suspected abuse, child neglect, elder abuse and domestic violence.

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The Uniform Determination of Death Act

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States HCPs can either use cardiopulmonary or whole brain definition to determine death.

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Tort

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Civil wrong made against a person or property. Defined as intentional, quasi intentional, or unintentional.

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Intentional torts include…

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Assault, battery, and false imprisonment.

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Assault

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Any action that puts a person at risk for harm or offensive contact without consent.

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Battery

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Intentional touching without consent.

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Quasi intentional torts

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Invasion of privacy, defamation of character.

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Defamation of character

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Publication of false statements that result in damage to persons reputation.

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Slander

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When someone speaks falsely about another person.

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Libel
Written defamation of character. Ex. Charting false entries.
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Unintentional torts
Negligence, malpractice.
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Negligence
Conduct that falls below standards of care. Ex. Driver fails to stop at stop sign and accident occurs.
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Malpractice
Type of negligence that falls below standard of care resulting in injury.
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During first trimester
Woman can end pregnancy without state regulation.
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The Community Health Accreditation Program
Require institutes to have guidelines determining the nurse to client ratio.
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Occurrence report (incident report)
Provides database for further investigation to prevent future occurrences and improve care.
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Kubler Ross stages of dying
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
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Necessary loss
Loss that every person experiences.
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Maturational loss
Loss resulting from normal changes of growth and development. Ex. Mother feeling loss when child goes to school for the first day.
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Situational loss
Sudden unpredictable cause this. Ex. Automotive accident crippling someone.
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Actual loss
Occurs when a person can no longer feel, hear, see, or know a person or object. Ex. Loss of body part, death of family member or loss of a job.
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Perceived loss
Is uniquely defined by the person experiencing the loss and is less obvious to other people. Ex. Rejection by a friend.
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Grief
The emotional response to a loss, it is unique to each individual and based on personal experiences, cultural expectations, and spiritual beliefs.
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Mourning
Outward, social expression of grief and behaviour associated with loss.
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Bereavement
Encompasses both grief and mourning and includes the emotional responses and outward behaviours of the person experiencing loss.
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Normal grief
Common universal reaction characterised by complex emotional, cognitive, social, physical, behavioural, and spiritual responses to loss and death.
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Anticipatory grief
The unconscious process of letting go before the actual loss or death occurs.
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Disenfranchised grief
Experienced when their relationship to the deceased person is not socially sanctioned, cannot be openly shared, or seems less significant. Ex. Death of ex spouse, a gay lover, or a pet death or death from stigmatised illness.
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Ambiguous loss
A type of disenfranchised grief, occurs when the lost person is physically present but not psychologically. Ex. Severe brain injury or severe dementia.
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Complicated grief
When a person has prolonged or a significantly difficult time moving forward after a loss. This type of grief includes exaggerated, delayed, and masked.
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Exaggerated grief
Person exhibits self destructive or maladaptive behaviour, obsessions, or psychiatric disorders.
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Delayed grief
A persons grief response is unusually delayed or postponed due to person avoiding grief.
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Masked grief
Grieving person behaves in ways that interfere with normal functioning but are unaware.
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Kubler-Ross stages of dying
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
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Bowlby's attachment theory
Describes four stages of mourning: numbing, yearning and searching, disorganization and despair, and reorganization.
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Wordon grief task model
Individuals actively engage in behaviours by responding to outside interventions to help them. Task I, Task II, Task III, Task IV.
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Randos "R" Process model
Describes grief as a series of processes instead of stages or tasks. Recognising the loss, reacting to the pain of separation, reminiscing, relinquishing old attachments, and readjusting to life after the loss.
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Ethics
The study of conduct and character.
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Fidelity
Agreement to keep promises by following through on actions and interventions. Ex. Assessing a client for pain and offering plan to manage pain. Fidelity means monitoring for a response to this plan.
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Autonomy
Commitment to include clients in care by acknowledging and protecting their independence. Ex. Surgeon obligated to review procedure. The consent form clients read and sign before a procedure documents this respect for autonomy.
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Justice
Fairness. The fair distribution of resources such as organs.
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Nonmaleficence
The avoidance of harm or hurt. Ex. Bone marrow transplant may offer cure but process may be painful.
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Beneficence
Taking positive action to help others. Ex. Best interest of client remain more important than self interest.
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Veracity
Principles of truth telling. Consumers expect accurate and precise information revealed in an honest and respectful manner.
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Code of ethics
Set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept. Serve as guidelines to assist when questions arise about correct practice or behavior.
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Advocacy
The support of a particular cause.
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Responsibility
Refers to willingness to respect one's professional obligations and follow through on promises. Ex. Being responsible for your actions and the actions of those you delegate tasks to.
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Accountability
The ability to answer for one's actions TJC establishes national guidelines to ensure patient and workplace safety through consistent, effective nursing practices.
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Ethics committee
Multidisciplinary resource used to process ethical dilemmas. Serve several purposes; education, policy recommendation, case consultation.
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Acupuncture
Direct needle manipulation of energetic meridians.
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Chiropractic medicine
Manipulation of the spine.
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Ginseng
Increases physical endurance, improved immune function.
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Chamomile
Anti inflammatory, calming agent.
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Echinacea
Stimulant of immune system, used of upper respiratory infections.
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Ginger
Antiemetic
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Ginkgo bilboba
Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Improves memory. Warfarin, anticoagulants, NSAIDs, and aspirin interfere with this.
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Nursing accessible therapies
Relaxation therapy, music therapy, meditation/breathing therapy, and imagery.
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Healing intention
Techniques that use caring, compassion, and empathy in the context of prayer to facilitate healing.
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Biofeedback
Using technology to increase awareness of various neurological body responses to minimize extremes.
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Ayurveda
Means "science of life" and is a system of care that promotes spiritual, mental and physical balance.
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Therapeutic touch
Need specific training for this. Uses energy of the provider to positively influence the client's energy field. 5 phases: centering, assessing, unruffling, treating and evaluating.

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