Saunders Unit II Issues in Nursing

Question 1

Accountability

Answer 1

Moral concept that involves acceptance by a professional nurse of the consequences of a decision or action.

Question 2

Acculturation

Answer 2

Process of learning norms, beliefs, and behavioural expectations of a group other than one’s own group.

Question 3

Advance directives

Answer 3

Written document recognized by state law that provides directions concerning the provision of care when a client is unable to make his/her own treatment choices.

Question 4

The two basic types of advance directives include…

Answer 4

an instructional living will and durable power of attorney for health care.

Question 5

Advocacy

Answer 5

Acting on behalf of the client and protecting the client’s right to make his/her own decisions.

Question 6

Client’s Bill of Rights

Answer 6

The rights and responsibilities of clients receiving care.

Question 7

Confidentiality/information security

Answer 7

in the health care system, refers to the protection of privacy of the client’s personal health information.

Question 8

Consent

Answer 8

voluntary act whereby a person agrees to allow someone else to do something.

Question 9

Cultural Assimilation

Answer 9

Process in which individuals from a minority group are absorbed by the dominant culture and take on the characteristics of the dominant culture.

Question 10

Cultural competence

Answer 10

Acquisition of knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of a culture that facilitates provision of culturally appropriate health care.

Question 11

Cultural diversity

Answer 11

Differences among groups of people that result from ethnic, racial and cultural variables.

Question 12

Cultural imposition

Answer 12

Tendency to impose one’s beliefs, values, and patterns of behaviour on individuals from another culture.

Question 13

Culture

Answer 13

The knowledge, beliefs, patterns of behaviour, ideas, attitudes, values, and norms that are unique to a particular group of people.

Question 14

Delegation

Answer 14

Process of transferring a selected nursing task in a situation to an individual who is competent to perform that specific task.

Question 15

Disaster

Answer 15

Any human-made or natural event that causes destruction and devastation that cannot be alleviated without assistance; internal disasters are events that occur within a health care agency, whereas external disasters are events that occur outside the health care agency.

Question 16

Dominant culture

Answer 16

Group whose values prevail within a society.

Question 17

Emergency response plan

Answer 17

A health care agency’s preparedness and response plan in the event of a disaster.

Question 18

Ethics

Answer 18

The ideals of right and wrong; guiding principles that individuals may use to make decisions.

Question 19

Ethnic group

Answer 19

People within a culture who share characteristics based on race, religion, color, national origin, or language.

Question 20

Ethnicity

Answer 20

An individual’s identification of self as part of an ethnic group.

Question 21

Evidence-based practice

Answer 21

Approach to client care in which the nurse integrates the client’s preferences, clinical expertise, and the best research evidence to deliver quality care.

Question 22

Informed consent

Answer 22

A client’s understanding of the reason for proposed intervention, with its benefits and risks, and agreement with the treatment by signing a consent form.

Question 23

Interprofessional collaboration

Answer 23

promotes sharing of expertise from health care professionals to create a plan of care that will restore and maintain a client’s health.

Question 24

Leadership

Answer 24

Interpersonal process that involves influencing others (followers) to achieve goals.

Question 25

Malpractice

Answer 25

Type of negligence; failure to meet the standards of acceptable care, which results in harm to another person.

Question 26

Management

Answer 26

Accomplishment of tasks or goals by oneself or by directing others.

Question 27

Minority group

Answer 27

Ethnic, cultural, racial, or religious group that constitutes less than a numerical majority of the population.

Question 28

Negligence

Answer 28

Conduct that falls below a standard of care; failure to meet a client’s needs either willfully or by omission or failure to act.

Question 29

Prioritizing

Answer 29

Deciding which needs or problems require immediate action and which ones could tolerate a delay in action until a later time because they are not urgent.

Question 30

Race

Answer 30

A grouping of people based on biological similarities; members of a racial group may have similar physical characteristics, such as blood group, facial feature, and color of skin, hair, and eyes.

Question 31

Racism

Answer 31

Discrimination directed toward individuals or groups who are perceived to be inferior..

Question 32

Stereotyping

Answer 32

Expectation that all people within the same racial, ethnic, or cultural group act alike and share the same beliefs and attitudes.

Question 33

Triage

Answer 33

Classifying procedure that ranks clients according to their need for medical care.