professional practice and the nurse-client relationship Flashcards
are not regulated through legislation and are not members of an organization or professional college that governs their role
unregulated care providers (UPCs)
a civil wrong committed against a person or property
tort
deliberate actions that violate another’s rights and include assault, battery, invasion of privacy, and false imprisonment
intentional torts
physical or verbal threat that creates apprehension or a fear of being harmed
assault
intentional physical contact with an individual without that persons consent
battery
protects the clients rights to be free from intrusion into their private affairs
invasion of privacy
intended to protect an individuals freedom and basic rights
false imprisonment
failure to take the care that a reasonable nurse in similar circumstances would have taken
negligence
concerned with determining what is good or valuable for all people
ethics
what are the four phases of nurse-client relationship>
pre-interaction
orientation
working phase
termination phase
begins before the nurse meets the client and may involve accessing information about the client, a dx, or a procedure
pre-interaction phase
involves the meeting of the nurse and the client
orientation phase
consists of the nurse and the client working together to facilitate the accomplishment of the clients goal
working phase
a time to evaluate the achievement of goals and for the nurse and the client to separate and make the transition whereby the client or another caregiver assumes responsibility for the care
termination phase
motivates a person to share info with another person
referent
encodes a message, the content of the communication, and sends to a receiver
sender