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Lecture 3 Flashcards

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Legal Issues in Nursing

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Must act within the scope of practice, Must have knowledge of the scope of practice

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Malpractice

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Professional Negligence

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Duty

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established relationship between client and nurse

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Breach

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failure to perform your duty in a responsible manner

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Harm

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injury to the person or property that gives rise to a basis for legal action

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Abandonment of care

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wrongful termination of care

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Assault

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intentional threat to cause bodily harm

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Battery

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touching without informed consent

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Competency

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Age you can make a decision for yourself unless proven otherwise

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Defamation

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spoken OR written statement of malicious intent to injure ones reputation

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Libel

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malicious or untrue WRITTEN things about another and brought to someone else’s attention

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Malpractice

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failure to meet legal duty causing harm

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Negligence

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doing or not doing what a reasonable or prudent person would do in a situation

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Slander

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Malicious or untrue SPOKEN words about another person

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Tort

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civil law that involves wrongs against another person or property. Includes: Negligence, Assault, Battery, Defamation

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Informed consent

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full disclosure of facts needed to make an intelligent decision before an invasive procedure (WITNESSED by a nurse)

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Ethics

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values that influence a person’s behavior and beliefs about what is right

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Nursing Ethics

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moral values and principals that affect personal and professional conduct

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Living Will

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written document that directs treatment in an event of terminal illness or condition

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Durable Power of Attorney

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designates a surrogate to make healthcare decisions on a patients behalf

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Ethical Dilemmas

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situations that do not have a clear right or wrong answer

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