Final Exam Flashcards
What does PICO stand for?
P: Patient (population, problem) I: Intervention 3: Comparison 4: Outcome
Telling the truth and making sure that we are able to speak freely and openly about certain problems involving patients
Effective Communication
Intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers. This Code includes four sections.
The first Section, “Preamble,” summarizes the social work profession’s mission and core values.
The second section, “Purpose of the NASW Code of Ethics,” provides an overview of the Code’s main functions and a brief guide for dealing with ethical issues or dilemmas in social work practice.
The third section, “Ethical Principles,” presents broad ethical principles, based on social work’s core values, that inform social work practice.
The final section, “Ethical Standards,” includes specific ethical standards to guide social workers’ conduct and to provide a basis for adjudication.
Code of Ethics
The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Provision 1
The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
Provision 2
The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient.
Provision 3
The nurse has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions; and takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health and to provide optimal care.
Provision 4
The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth.
Provision 5
The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of employment that are conducive to safe, quality health care.
Provision 6
The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy
Provision 7
The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
Provision 8
The profession of nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate principle of social justice into nursing and health policy.
Provision 9
1 gram = _____?
1000 miligrams
I liter = _____?
1000 milliliters
5 Milliliters = ____?
1 Tablespoon
