Week 9 Terms Flashcards
Abandonment
Health professional’s failure to stay w a pt and provide care
Accountability
Accepting responsibility for one’s actions
Administrative laws
Laws created by an agency or a dept of the US govt
Advance Directive
Document in which a person gives instructions about his/her medical care in the event the individual cannot speak for him/herself
Damages
Money awarded in a civil lawsuit to compensate the injured party
Defamation
Derogatory statement concerning another person’s skill, character, or reputation
Delegation
Assignment of one’s duties to another person
Deposition
Testimony of a witness given under oath and transcribed by a court reporter during the pretrial phase of a civil lawsuit
Dilemma
Situation or personal conflict that arises from a need to make a decision when none of the choices are acceptable
Ethical Dilemmas
Situation in which ethical choices involve conflicting values
Ethics
Core values that define one’s relationship with others
Evidence-based practice
Professional practices and their standards based established scientific research rather than opinion or tradition
Hospital policy
Rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow
Incident report
Written description of any event that caused harm or presented the risk of harm to a pt or staff in the course of normal health care
Informed consent
Process and a legal document that states the pt’s surgical procedure and the risks, consequences, and benefits of that procedure
Insurance
Contract in which the insurance company agrees to defend the policy holder if that individual is sued for acts covered by the policy
Laws
Standards of conduct that apply to all people in a given society
Liable
Legally responsible and accountable
Libel
Defamation in writing
Living will
Legal document stating the pt’s wishes regarding care in the event the pt is unable to speak from him/herself