Topic 3 Legal and ethical aspects

Question 1

The American Hospital Association published a Patient’s Bill of Rights, which is now revised and called _

Answer 1

The Patient Care Partnership.

Question 2

The Code of Ethics is a moral statement of _ for practicing nurses and for student nurses.

Answer 2

Accountability.

Question 3

Scope of nursing practice

Answer 3

1. Defines specific activities for each level of nursing and who can perform what functions.
2. Part of the responsibility of the state board of nursing.

Question 4

Negligence

Answer 4

Failure to act as an ordinary prudent person or “reasonable man” would under similar circumstances.

Question 5

Four elements of negligence

Answer 5

1. Duty.
2. Breach of duty.
3. Proximate cause or causal connection.
4. Damages or injuries.

Question 6

Malpractice

Answer 6

A specific type of professional negligence that occurs when the standard of care that can be reasonably expected from professionals is not met.

Question 7

Assault

Answer 7

The threat or attempt to inflict effective physical contact to a person.

Question 8

Battery

Answer 8

The invasion of a person’s privacy by unpermitted touching.

Question 9

False imprisonment

Answer 9

The unlawful intentional confinement of another within fixed boundaries so that the confined person is conscious of or harmed by the confinement.

Question 10

Autonomy

Answer 10

A patient’s right to self-determination without outside control; the freedom to make choices and decisions about one’s own care without interference, even if those decisions are not in agreement with those of the health care team.