Nursing History and Legal

Question 1

Nightingale’s nursing theory

Answer 1

balance between environment and patient
emphasized prevention
clean air, water, housing

Question 2

1st Principle of Delegation

Answer 2

nurse needs to have knowledge of their Nurse Practice Act

Question 3

2nd Principle of Delegation

Answer 3

don’t plan what you can EAT and be accountable for

evaluate, assess, teach

Question 4

3rd Principle of Delegation

Answer 4

don’t delegate what has already been delegated

Question 5

5 Rights of Safe Delegation

Answer 5

Right Task
Right Person
Right Circumstance
Right Communication
Right Supervision

Question 6

standards of care

Answer 6

describe minimum acceptable nursing care

described in the Nurse Practice Act

Question 7

negligence

Answer 7

conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person
ex: administering wrong IV solution

Question 8

malpractice

Answer 8

type of negligence
referred to as professional negligence
nurse owed duty of care to pt
nurse did not carry out the duty
patient was injured
failure to perform duty caused the injury

Question 9

primary prevention

Answer 9

prevention
precedes illness/disease
Health education
marriage counseling
sex ed
genetic screening

Question 10

secondary prevention

Answer 10

focuses on people who have illness
activities directed at dx and tx
screening techniques and early tx

Question 11

tertiary prevention

Answer 11

occurs when defect or disability is irreversible
minimize effects of long term disease
directed at rehabilitation