Legal And Ethics

Question 2

Advance directive

Answer 2

The client unable to take become decision and regarding end of life care.

Question 3

Two components of advance directive

Answer 3

Living will (client wishes) and durable medical power of attorney (document where a person designed to make decisions for the clients, also called health care proxy). Medical/financial POA.

Question 4

Nursing responsibility for advance directive

Answer 4

Providing written information. Informing all members of healthcare team of the claims advance directives. Conflict?-Clients choice takes priority, document AD status, into advance directives current.

Question 5

Advocacy

Answer 5

Nurses role in supporting clients by ensuring that they are properly informed, their right are respected ,they are receiving the proper level of care. Nurses must act advocates even When they disagree with clients decisions. Situation in which process may need to advocate for clients or assist them to advocate for themselves include: end-of-life decisions, access to healthcare protection, informed consent, substandard practice

Question 6

ethical principles-confidential dick

Answer 6

privacy- is the patient expectations to be treated with dignity and respect. confidential is safe gardening patient information. Justice-treating every client equally regardless of gender,sexual orientation,religion,ethinicity,disease,or social standing.

Question 7

What’s autonomy and accountability?

Answer 7

Autonomies is freedom for a competent client to make decisions for oneself.(pt freedom) Accountability-is acepting responsibility for one’s actions . (RN responsibilities).

Question 8

Nonmaleficence

Answer 8

Nonmaleficence mean doing no harm . Beneficence to do good-holistic care. It is also relates to protecting clients who are unable to protect themselves due to their physical mental condition(infants /children, dementia, sedated)

Question 9

Fidelity, veracity and HIPAA 

Answer 9

fidelity-faithful devotion to (DT)duty – the duty to keep one’s promises or word: committed/loyal to job. Keeping an appointment with a client. veracity – truthfulness . HIPAA:- health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 is United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information.

Question 10

Privacy tips

Answer 10

Is the only minimum recorded information to take care of the patient. Do not look at previously assigned clients information to know about prognosis. Do not tell until Clerk , or a transporter about the actual diagnosis or prognosis of client. OK to tell them about safety precautions.