LEGAL/ ETIical Flashcards
Statutory law
Legislation passed by government body
Ex: The nurse practice act is an example
Common law
- judical decisions
- “case law”
- miranda rights is an example
Criminal law
- act against people/society
- reasonable doubt
- misdemeanor
- felony
Civil action (tort)
- an individual or group receive monetary compensation for injury (mental or physical)
- intentional vs. unintentional
Intentional tort
Assault
Battery
False imprisonment (restraints)
Defamation
-libel (written)
-slander (verbal)Unintentional tort
Negligence requires a duty, breach of duty, actual damage or injury, proximate cause
Malpractice : (professional (listened) negligence )
- act of omission (supposed to do something...but failed too)
- act of commission ( did it wrong/caused more harm)
All four must apply together in order to be considered malpractice
Duty
Breach
Harm
Proximate cause
Personal liability
1-1 all one persons fault
Vicarious liability
Wrong place at the wrong time… Associated with it.
Institutional liability
Hospital/ facility as a whole as well as individuals are at fault
Morals
Society or groups agreed upon right or wrong
Ethics
Accountability
Values
Society, personal, organized (a blend of the 3)
How you prioritize right and wrong
The document that defines and limits the scope of nursing practice is?
Nurse practice act
The nurse protects the information in a patients chart to fulfill the ethical responsibility for?
Confidentiality
The nurse concludes that the best way to avoid a law suit is?
Providing compassionate, competent care
A newly licensed LVN may practice?
Under the supervision of a physician or RN
The document in which the roles and responsibilities of the LVN is identified is the ?
State Practice Act
The purpose of licensing laws for LVN is to?
Protect the public from unqualified people
The nurse would avoid standing at the bedside with a patient lying in bed because the nurse may be construed as demonstrating?
Power
Assuming responsibility for a patient’s care forms a legally binding condition that is described as?
Nurse-patient relationship
Universal guidelines are developed for all nursing interventions which define appropriate measures that should be observed during the performance of those interventions. These are known as?
Standard of care
Autonomy
The personal rule of the self that is free from both controlling interferences by others and from personal limitations that prevent means full choice
Ex( presenting all treatment options to a patient, explaining risks the patient understands)
Non-maleficence
Means to “do no harm”
do the benefits out weigh the harm?
Beneficence
Is action thar is done for the benefit of others
Beneficent actions can be taken to help prevent or remove harms or simply improve the situations of others
EX( resuscitating a drowning victim)
Informed consent
Is the requirement that one shares decision making with patients.
A fixed concept of how all members of an ethnic group act or think is identified as?
Ethnic stereotype
When members of a particular ethnic group believe that their beliefs and practices are the best, this is?
Ethnocentrism
The term used to describe cultures which the women make decisions about health care and provide the care and discipline to the children is ?
Matriarchal
A set of learned values, beliefs, customs, and practices shared by a group is referred to as ?
Culture
The nurse who diligently works for the protection of the patients interests is functioning in the role of?
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