Terms Flashcards

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Written guideline or instructions describing assessment and care

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Protocols

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1
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Scope of practice

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Rules regulations and laws that designate how you legalLy function

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2
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When patient gives permission

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Expressed consent

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3
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Assuming permission of an unresponsive patient

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Implied consent

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4
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Law regarding confidentiality of protected health info

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Health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa)

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5
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Legal documents giving a person instructions on medical decisions

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Advanced directives

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6
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a legal wrongdoing

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Tort

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7
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The threat or act of physical harm

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Assault

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8
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Unlawful touching a person

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Battery

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9
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Leaving patient after beginning the care

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Abandonment

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10
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Failure to follow a standard of care

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Negligence

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11
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Four elements required to prove negligence

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Duty to act
Breach of duty
Harm caused to patient
Proximate causation

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12
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Away from midline

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Lateral

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13
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Toward head

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Superior

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14
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Toward feet

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Inferior

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15
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Farther from point of attachment

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Distal

16
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Proximal

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Closer to point of attachment

17
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Toward front

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Anterior/ventral

18
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Toward back

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Posterior/dorsal

19
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Movable bone of lower jaw

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Mandible

20
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Vertebrae

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Bone that come from spinal column