Terms Flashcards
Written guideline or instructions describing assessment and care
Protocols
Scope of practice
Rules regulations and laws that designate how you legalLy function
When patient gives permission
Expressed consent
Assuming permission of an unresponsive patient
Implied consent
Law regarding confidentiality of protected health info
Health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa)
Legal documents giving a person instructions on medical decisions
Advanced directives
a legal wrongdoing
Tort
The threat or act of physical harm
Assault
Unlawful touching a person
Battery
Leaving patient after beginning the care
Abandonment
Failure to follow a standard of care
Negligence
Four elements required to prove negligence
Duty to act
Breach of duty
Harm caused to patient
Proximate causation
Away from midline
Lateral
Toward head
Superior
Toward feet
Inferior