hill& howlett week 1

Question 0

assimilation

Answer 0

the process of giving up parts of their own culture and adopting parts of the culture of the dominant group is called

Question 1

Cultural competence

Answer 1

Is the continuous attempt of the LVN to gain knowledge and skills that allow them to effectively provide care for all patients of different cultures

Question 2

all people regardless of back ground share these things in common

Answer 2

personal care and hygiene
Sleep and rest
nutrition and fluids
elimination
body alignment and activity
environment
emotional and spiritual support
diversion and recreation
mental hygiene

Question 3

Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) focus on ?

Answer 3

assisting the bodies own healing powers and restoring body balance

Question 4

The Most definitive legal statue or legislative act regulating nursing practice is?

Answer 4

The states Nurse Practice Act

Question 5

Nurse Practice Act governs?

Answer 5

what you can and can not do as a nurse

Question 6

student nurses are held to a standard of?

Answer 6

an LVN

Question 7

Nursing Standard of Care is?

Answer 7

what an ordinary nurse with similar education and experience would do in a similar situation

Question 8

Ethics deals with?

Answer 8

rules of conduct

Question 9

Law provides regulations that?

Answer 9

control the practice of nursing.

EX: what you legally can and can not do (NURSE PRACTICE ACT)

Question 10

The Nurse Practice act is a __________law?

Answer 10

statutory law.

Question 11

Civil action is related to?

Answer 11

individual rights

Question 12

Criminal action involves?

Answer 12

persons and society as a whole

Question 13

Tot law has to do with a wrong injury to ?

Answer 13

someone who violates his or her rights

Question 14

Intentional torts involve?

Answer 14

intended harm by the nurse

Question 15

Examples of intentional torts in nursing include?

Answer 15

false imprisonment
restraints 
defamation 
physical abuse
emotional abuse

Question 16

Unintentional torts mean

Answer 16

no harm was intended by the nurse

Question 17

Examples of unintentional torts are?

Answer 17

professional negligence

malpractice

Question 18

4 Elements necessary for negligence are? (in order)

Answer 18

1- Duty
2- Breach of Duty
3- Damages
4- Proximate Cause

Question 19

Personal Liability holds us responsible for?

Answer 19

our behavior, including negligent behavior

Question 20

Depositions are used to gather information under?

Answer 20

oath

Question 21

_______________is a legal expectation in nursing regardless of the method used.

Answer 21

Documentation

Question 22

If it was not charted, then it ?

Answer 22

DID NOT HAPPEN!

Question 23

__________ errors are among the most common errors related to nursing liability?

Answer 23

Medication

Question 24

Patient ______________ has both a legal and clinical definition?

Answer 24

Competency

Question 25

Patients __________ to Consent is?

Answer 25

general
informed
authorized
(depending on the situation)

Question 26

This Act Involves advance directives (LIVING WILL and POWER OF MEDICAL ATTORNEY), written and signed by patient to state his or her wishes for end of life care?

Answer 26

PATIENT SELF- DETERMINATION ACT

Question 27

__________ orders written by a physican are legal orders to not resuscitate a patient and are made possible because of the Patient Self-Determination Act?

Answer 27

DNR

Question 28

Nurses may not remove a life support system until a patient is declared dead by the ?

Answer 28

physician

Question 29

involves a patient voluntary ending his or her life by self administering lethal medication prescribed by a physician,especially for that purpose.

Answer 29

PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE

in us only allowed in OR

Question 30

This act hold that a person who gives emergency care in good faith at the scene of an accident is immune from being sued

Answer 30

Good Samaritan Acts

Question 31

Incidents should always be?

Answer 31

Legible
Factual
Specific
Objective
not worded to place blame

Question 32

Nonmaleficence means to

Answer 32

do no harm.

Few treatments are entirely without harm.

Question 33

Beneficence means to ?

Answer 33

do good with your nursing actions.

BASIS OF TRUST IN NURSING

Question 34

Autonomy means respect for patients right to

Answer 34

chose, as long as the patients rights do not interfere with rights of others.

Question 35

Fidelity means to

Answer 35

be true

Question 36

Justice in nursing means

Answer 36

The Nurse must give the same level of care to all patients. With dignity and respect

Question 37

___________ ____________is only justified in extreme circumstances and is most often and Medical Decision.

Answer 37

Beneficent paternalism

Question 38

________________ in womens health care is changing slowly. Nurse’s advocacy for women helps promote this change, one patient at a time.

Answer 38

Paternalism

Question 39

Members of the health care team who assist the LVN nurse in providing spiritual care to patients are?

Answer 39

Ministers
Priest
Rabbi
Chaplain
and other reps of religions, groups, philosophies, and the pastoral care team.

Question 40

____________ can be part of religion, but religion is not necessarily part of it.

Answer 40

Spirituality

Question 41

__________ ASSUME that patients who belong to a specific religion or belief system adopt all beliefs and practices!

Answer 41

NEVER