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NURS 110 Flashcards

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Altruism

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concern for the welfare + well-being of patients + other health care providers

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Autonomy

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right to self-determination

  • nurse respects patient’s right to make decisions about their health care
  • provide info + support patients + families need to make decision that is right for them
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Human Dignity

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nurse values + respects all patients + all colleagues

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Integrity

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acting in accordance w an appropriate code of ethics + accepted standards of practice
-reflected when nurse is honest + provides care based on an ethical framework that is accepted w/in the profession

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Social Justice

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upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles

-nurse works to assure equal treatment under the law and equal access to quality healthcare

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Ethics

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systematic study of right + wrong, virtue + vice, good + evil as they relate to conduct

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Morals vs Ethics

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morals usually refers to personal or communal standards of right + wrong

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Nursing ethics is a subset of ____

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bioethics

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Utilitarian

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rightness or wrongness of an action depends on the consequence of the action
-focuses on USEFULNESS - actions are right when they promote a greater good

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Deontologic

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action is right or wrong based on a rule, regardless of its consequence

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Principle-Based Approach

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combines utilitarian + deontologic theories

  • offers specific action guide for practice
  • 4 key principles
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4 key Principle-Based Approach

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1 Autonomy
2 Nonmaleficence
3 Beneficence
4 Fidelity
5 Justice
6 Veracity
7 Accountability
8 Privacy
9 Confidentiality
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Nonmaleficence

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  • avoid causing harm
  • seek to not inflict harm
  • seek to prevent harm or risk of harm when possible
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Beneficence

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  • benefit the patient; balance benefits against harm/risk

- actively promoting health/well-being

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Justice

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  • give each his or her due
  • act FAIR
  • distribute benefits, risks, cost of nursing care justly
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Fidelity

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  • keep promises
  • be faithful to promise you made to the public to be competent + be willing to use competence to benefit the patients entrusted to your care
  • never abandon patient without first providing patient care
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Constitutions:

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serve as guides to legislative bodies

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Statutory law:

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enacted by a legislative body

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Administrative law:

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empowered by executive officers

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Common law:

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judiciary system reconciles controversies, creates body of common law

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Credential

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Accreditation>
Licensureo>
Certification

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the most important law affecting nursing practice.

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nurse practice act

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nurse practice act

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protects the public by broadly defining the legal scope of nursing practice.

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Crime

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wrong against a person or the person’s property as well as the public
2 types: Misdemeanor + Felony

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Misdemeanor

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punishable by fines or less than 1 year imprisonment

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Felony

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punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year

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Tort

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a wrong committed by a person against another person or that person’s property; tried in civil court

2 types: intentional + unintentional

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Types of Intentional Tort

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  • Assault and battery
  • Defamation of character
  • Invasion of privacy
  • False imprisonment
  • Fraud
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Types of Unintentional Tort

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Negligence

Malpractice

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Types of Malpractice

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  • Failure to follow standards of care
  • Failure to use equipment in responsible manner
  • Failure to assess and monitor
  • Failure to communicate
  • Failure to document
  • Failure to act as a patient advocate
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Information Contained in Incident Reports

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  • Complete name of person and names of witnesses
  • Factual account of incident
  • Date, time, and place of incident
  • Pertinent characteristics of person involved
  • Any equipment or resources being used
  • Any other important variables
  • Documentation by physician of medical examination of person involved
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responsibility vs accountability

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R: willingness to respect obligations + follow thru promices

A: ability to answer for one’s actions

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Veracity

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commitment to tell the truth

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Informed consent

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legal process by which a client or client designee has given a written permission for a procedure or treatment

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consent is informed when a provider explains…

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  • the reason for treatment/procedure
  • how the client will benefit
  • description of procedure
  • description of who is involved
  • risk involved
  • other treatment/procedure options (including not getting any)
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nurse’ 2 jobs in informed consent

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1 witness signature on informed consent form

2 make sure provider gets signed informed consent form

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written consent

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for invasive procedure/surgery

-an implied consent wont qualify

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5 elements to prove negligence

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1 standard of care
2 breach of duty by not providing standard of care
3 foreseeability of harm
4 breach of duty can cause harm (2+3)
5 harm occurs
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who mandates computerized database?

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JCO

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subjective data should be written as…

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  • in quotation marks or summarized as patient’s statement

- supported by objective data

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objective data should be written as…

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  • descriptive as possible
  • ACCURATE + CONCISE
  • what nurse sees, hears, feels, smells w/o any interpretation
  • exact measurements
  • no judgmental words
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flow charts

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shows trends in vital signs, blood glucose levels, pain level etc

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charting by exception

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uses standardized forms that ID norms and allows selective documentation of deviation from norms

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ETHICAL DISTRESS

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you know what to do but you have obstacles that prevent you from choosing the right thing

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ETHICAL RESIDUE

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when you let your choice be compromised

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FIRST AID is….

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preventing illness

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Newest Vital Signs

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has to relate w health literacy

-patient is able to understand and act on it

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prescriptive theory

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designs, controls, promotes clinical practices

-designs intervention

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developmental theory

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outlines growth + development

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PICOT

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population
intervention
comparision
outcome
time

-elements of a clinical research question

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