Module 1 Flashcards
Who grants legal authority for NP practice
State legislative statues
provides title protection
places restrictions on practice
states grounds for disciplinary action
sets NP credentialing requirements
Nurse Practice Act
process by which an agency of state government grants permission to persons to engage in that practice
Licensure
Process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence
credentialing
-A credential that provides title protection
-Determines scope of practice
-Assures the public that a person as mastery of a specified body of knowledge and skills
certification
Duty to Warn (exception to confidentiality)
Tarasoff principle
Doing what is fair in all aspects of care
Justice
Promoting well being and doing good
Beneficence
Doing no harm
Nonmaleficence
Being true and loyal
Fidelity
Doing for self
Autonomy
Telling the truth
Veracity
Treating everyone with equal respect
respect
An action is judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
Deontological Theory
An action is judged as good or bad based on the consequence or outcome
Teleological Theory
Actions are chosen based on the moral virtues or the character of the person making the decision
Virtue Ethics
Four elements that prove malpractice
Duty (reasonable care)
Breach of Duty (violation of standard of care)
Proximate Cause (causal relationship)
Damages (resulting from breach)
Basic criteria for commitment
Diagnosed psychiatric condition
Harm to self of others
Person is unaware or unwilling to accept severity of disorder
Treatment is likely to improve functioning
Sexual Identity
How people identify between female and male and whom they are attracted to.
Gender identity
A person’s identity along a continuum of masculine and feminine
Gender dysphoria
Formal diagnosis of incongruence between gender at birth and expressed gender
Sexual orientation
Asexual: no attraction to either sex
Bisexual: Attracted to both sexes
Heterosexual: Attracted to opposite sex
Homosexual: Attracted to same sex
Transgender: Gender identity not same as gender at birth
Sexual behaviorl
expression of sexuality
phases of therapeutic relationship
Introduction (orientation)
Working (identification and exploitation)
Termination (resolution)
