legal & ethics Flashcards
protection of health information
confidentiality
Causing one to fear being touched in way that is offensive, insulting, physically injurious without consent
assault
One exception to the confidentiality rules
duty to warn
Willing to seek treatment and agree to be hospitalized; have right to leave voluntarily
voluntary hospitalization
Civil commitment to a facility for psychiatric care against their will; lose right to freedom
involuntary hospitalization
Patient signs a written request for discharge
against medical advice
conditional release; requirement to participate in treatment involuntarily after release
mandatory outpatient treatment
Staff physically control client or ankle or wrist fastened to bed
restraint
Goal is to give the client opportunity to regain physical and emotional control
seclusion
No hospitalization if treatment in outpatient setting will be effective; Free from restraint/seclusion unless necessary
least restrictive environment
Must provide the purpose/description of procedure and potential harm that can can occur when getting informed consent
provider
The care provided to clients meets set expectations/what any nurse in a similar situation would do
standards of care
Nurse or physician failed to conform to standards of care
breech of duty
Negligence or malpractice
unintentional tort
Assault, battery, false imprisonment
intentional tort
