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What are the MO board of nursing disciplines?

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Censure, probation, suspension, revocation

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What are the KS board of nursing disciplines?

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Denied, limited, revoked, suspended, stay of suspension, private censure, public censure

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Censure

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Basically a point on your license, if you receive enough you will be disciplined further

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Probation

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imposes additional terms and conditions to a license

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suspension (suspended)

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nurse may not practice, but still retains license

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revocation (revoked)

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nurse may not practice, does not retain license

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A license is considered…?

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your property

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Since a license is property, legally it…?

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cannot be taken without due process, is subject to regulation, can be taken/restricted with just cause, and just cause must be proven by the state

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State Board of Nursing

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Administrative arm of state government and serves as the legal body to oversee the practice of nursing in the state

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What does the practice committee do?

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Assists the BON in developing strategies to address current and evolving issues r/t nursing and acts as a resource to the public, nurses, employers

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What does the executive committee do?

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Provide leadership in making decision r/t protocols, operating budget, etc..

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What does the education committee do?

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Assist the board in safeguarding the health and welfare of the public

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What does the licensure committee do?

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Assist the board in developing, refining, and monitoring policies and procedures relevant to licensure by examination, endorsement, and renewal

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What does the discipline committee do?

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guards the public through vigilance of the licensee’s compliance with the Nursing Practice Act.

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Where can complaints come from?

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Individuals, employers, public entities, nurses, other agencies, the BON

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I-M-N-F-M-D?

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Incompetency, misconduct, gross negligence, fraud, misrepresentation, or dishonesty

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Enabling?

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Violating the NPA or assisting and/or enabling another person to violate the NPA

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What is NURSYS?

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Centralized data bank of regulatory information on nurses, each state reports disciplinary actions to NURSYS

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Religious Suffering

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Viewed as a dichotomy. It is part of human existence, character and empathy is develops, highest duty to care for the suffering

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Philosophical Suffering

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It is part of human condition, humans have right to avoid suffering. Drives assisted suicide argument.

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Medical Suffering

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If there were no suffering, there would be no need for health care

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Personal Suffering

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Value in being a “wounded healer”, those who suffer can more closely connect with the suffering

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Compassion

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The antidote to suffering. It is the awareness of the suffering and a wish to relieve it.

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Where to Values arise from?

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Faith belief, culture, upbringing, society, philosophy, experience

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Morals

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Outward expression of values

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Ethics

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Approaches to life events that drive decisions, arise from personal value systems

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Ethical dilemma

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situation in which an individual is compelled to choose b/w two actions that will generate a quandary

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Deontology

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Humans have the duty to do the right thing. The duty relies on the action itself, not necessarily the outcome

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Teleology

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Utilitarianism/Consequentialism the right/wrongness of an action is based on the consequences not necessarily the action itself. Do the most good for the most people.

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Nursing ethical principles

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Nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, justice, veracity, fidelity, respect/compassion, privacy/confidentiality

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Nonmaleficence

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do no harm

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beneficence

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to promote good

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autonomy

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the right to choose for oneself

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justice

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the obligation to be fair to all people

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veracity

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to be truthful in both commission and omission

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fidelity

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loyalty to another, faithful, to keep promises

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respect/compassion

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to treat with worth and dignity

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privacy/confidentiality

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respecting the right for non-disclosure, protecting disclosed information

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Nursing code of ethics

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respect, primary commitment, promotes/protects the health/safety/right of patient, accountability, owes duties to self, maintain/improve healthcare environments, advances profession, collaboration, responsible for the integrity of the profession and shaping social policy.

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Standards of Practice

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Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, evaluation

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Implementation (standard of practice)

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Prescriptive authority and treatment, Consultation,

Coordination of care, Health teaching and promotion

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Standards of Professional Practice

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Leadership, resource utilization, evaluation, environmental health, education, quality of practice, R&D, communication, collab, ethics

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Aikens Decision making model

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collect/analyze/interpret data, state dilemma, consider choices of action, analyze advan/disadvan of each option, make decision

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Pro/con of Aikens

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Pro - organized, nursing process orientated

Con - no action after decision, no evaluation

45
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ETHICAL decision making model

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Examine the dilemma
Thoroughly comprehend possible alternatives
Hypothesize arguments
Investigate/compare/eval arguments for each alternative
Choose the alternative
Act on chosen alternative
Look at the dilemma & examine outcome

46
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What is APRNing?

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minimum masters; clinical nurse specialist, midwife, anesthetist, practitioner, cert exam by profession (not state), separate license by state

47
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the 2 measures of appropriate practice

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must meet all ongoing requirements of license, meet the legal standard of care for nurses

48
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3 branches of government?

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legislative (statutory), executive (administrative), judicial (judicial)

49
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law is organized into 3 categories:

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criminal (against society), civil (against individuals), administrative violations (violation of regulations)

50
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Criminal Law

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either misdemeanor or felony, government is always prosecutor

51
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Civil Law

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Wrongs b/w individuals, wronged person receives damages (payment for restitution or a prohibition of the wrongful behavior

52
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Major areas of civil law:

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contracts, employment, torts, business, family, probate, property, etc…

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Torts

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A civil wrong for which a remedy may be obtained, usually in the form of damages or a breach of a duty that the law imposes on everyone in the same relation to one another

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Types of Torts

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assault, battery, false imprisonment, trespassing, conversion, negligence, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress, misrepresentation, strict liability, products liability

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Battery

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a harmful, offensive, or non-permitted contact with another, must be intentional

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Assault

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Apprehension of an imminent harmful contact, words not enough need action also.

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False imprisonment

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a sufficient act of restraint in a bounded area; patient must believe they are not free to leave and can not leave

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Conversion

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unauthorized taking or destruction of someone else’s possessions.
Theft(also criminal), coercion, borrowed and damaged, borrowed without consent

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Misrepresentation

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misleading someone else, who relies on your expertise, in order for you to achieve personal gain of some kind.

60
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infliction of emotional distress, intentional or not

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behavior causes severe emotional suffering to the patient or family member and accompanies physical harm

61
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defamation

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a published, untrue statement about someone that damages their reputation, includes both slander (spoken) and libel (written)

62
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conflict

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opposing action of incompatibles, a fight

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types of conflict

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intrapersonal, interpersonal, intragroup, intergroup

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destructive conflict

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feelings of anger/frustration, judgemental actions, parties do not have needs met, refuse to deal with issues

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constructive conflict

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win-win solutions, open communications, needs being met, opposite of destructive

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Conflict process

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5 stages: potential opposition/incompatibility, congnition/personalization, intentions, behavior, outcomes

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Stage 1: Potential opposition or incompatibility

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Antecedent conditions: communication, structure, personal values

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Stage 2: Cognition and personalization

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Perceived or felt conflict

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Stage 3: Intentions

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Conflict handling intentions: competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating

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Stage 4: Behavior

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Overt conflict: Party’s behavior and other’s reactions

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Stage 5: Outcomes

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Increased or decreased group performance

72
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Avoiding

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Least assertive, least cooperative. conflict may grow as it is not addressed; diplomatically postpones an issue til a better time

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Accommodating

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high cooperative/low assertiveness. Individuals may neglect own needs; better ideas mean better rewards. Use this when outmatched and losing

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Competing

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high assertiveness, low cooperation. pursue own needs over groups; when an important/unpopular action needs to occur

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Compromising

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mid assertive/cooperation. when collaborating and competing fail, temp solution; difficult for everyone to compromise

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Collaboration

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high assertive/cooperation. Inefficient, unwise decisions; generates more solutions, more win-win

77
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Core principles of communication

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Makes others the focus
Pay attention to detail
Effective communication can be learned

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What makes people feel valued?

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Emotional engagement, effective listening, giving feedback, positive nonverbal messages

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What makes you a good communicator?

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Skill(not talent), finding common ground, keeping it simple, being interested, being inspiring, being congruent (trust).

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Communication up?

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Dominant or passive-aggresive boss: both should be prepared, informed, offers solutions, available, professional

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Communication down?

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Abandon business-speak, pick language carefully, know when to hold/share

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Methods of communication?

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video/phone conference, voicemail, email/text, inperson

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Best mode of communication?

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Either in person or audio/video conference with graphic and text support

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Standards for HIT (health information technology)

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HIPAA, HHS, AACN, there are no tele-health skills or certifications (HHS working on this)

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Negligence

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Unintentional TORT. Harm occurs d/t carelessness. Malpractice is negligence. Negligence is when Standard of Care is violated.

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Gross Negligence

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Excessive and/or deliberate carelessness

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Negligence per se refers to:

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self-evident negligence, violation of a specific statute/regulation (harm from violation to a person the statute intended to protect)

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4 Elements of negligence:

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Duty, breach, causation, harm

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Duty?

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Starts when you assume care of the patient, volunteering, providing care related to nursing expertise

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What duties do we owe to patients?

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protect, report when needed/required, obtain necessary medical care, educate, monitor to level needed, assess, advocate, basically the LEGAL standard of care

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What is the legal standard of care?

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The average degree of skill, care, and diligence exercised by members of the same profession under the same or similar circumstances. Licensure = minimum
SOC = average skill

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Breach (of duty)

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violation of SOC: failing to fulfill a duty, omitting a duty, or performing a duty below standard

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Who/what determines duty, breach, and SOC?

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fed/state law, regulatory agencies, nursing orgs, other orgs, policies/procedures, education, nursing/experts/literature

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Federal/state laws r/t SOC

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Determine legal definitions, each state different

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Regulatory agencies r/t SOC

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Fed agencies: Medicare, HIPAA

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Nursing orgs r/t SOC

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Define professional minimum SOC. ANA establishes general SOC. Specialty orgs establish specialty SOC

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Other orgs r/t SOC

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AMA, american diabetic association, AHA

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Policy/procedures/guidelines r/t SOC

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Establishes the nursing standard of care within your facility, must know these, includes printed instructions for meds/equip/supplies

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Education/Literature r/t SOC

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Level of education determines legal parameters of practice. Literature cited by P/P can be used to establish SOC in each agency

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Nurse experts r/t SOC

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Nurses who lead the field, have expertise in a certain area, can establish benchmarks, can testify in court

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The COURTS

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fed/state CIVIL courts determine if SOC is met with: nurse expert, fact witness, any sources for SOC.
Fed/state CRIMINAL court penalize nurses who violate CRIMINAL laws

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Causation

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Even if nurse does absolute best, if SOC is not met then negligence occurs only if it results in harm to a patient. 2 types of causation: direct/proximal

103
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Direct Causation (but-for)

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the nurse’s action was a substantial factor to cause damages

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Proximal causation (foreseeability)

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there is a “more likely than not” chance that the nurse’s action caused the harm and the nurse could/should have foreseen that their actions would result in harm to the patient; an unbroken chain of events flowing form the breach

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Harm

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harm that occurs to the person as a consequence of negligent action. can be physical, emotional, economic

106
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So.. back to malpractice/professional negligence… this only occurs WHEN:

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SOC not met AND: 
A duty existed AND
The duty was breached AND
The breach CAUSED
Harm to occur
Even if unintentional
107
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State BON can discipline malpractice if:

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sued or not in civil court, found liable in civil court, crimes committed or “no contest” pleas, or breach of the NPA even if patient is not involved

108
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Even if BON doesn’t discipline

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A nurse can still be sued and/or prosecuted for a crime

109
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Can the nurse be prosecuted in criminal court, sued in civil court, and disciplined by BON all at the same time?

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