The term meaning in a pickle
What is dilemma
The mandated procedure for ensuring that surgery is performed on the correct patient, site, and side
What is timeout
What is ethics
A rule or set of rules that governments make to regulate people's behavior
What is laws
This action is performed by two people during any surgery in which an item can be lost inside the patient
What is surgical counts
Core values that define one's relationship with others
What is ethics
What is informed consent
Personal standards, which are adopted by persons to govern their personal conduct
What is morals
Set of rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow, created to protect patients and employees from harm & to ensure the smooth operation of the hospital
What hospital policy
Aeger primo is defined as
What is the patient first
What is delegation
This is created by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which outlines federal standards for the protection of a patient's privacy
What is HIPPA
Neglecting a patient, or leaving a patient unattended when the patient requires the presence of a health care professional
What is abandonment
Negligence committed by a professional who deliberately acts outside of his or her scope of practice or while impaird
What is malpractice
The surgical consent is signed by who? (3 people)
What is patient, surgeon, witness
Legal wrongdoing that results in injury to a person or property
What is tort
What is sexual harassment
Deliberate efforts to erode the reputation of another person
What is defamation
What is sentinel event
The patients ability to understand certain medical terminology used in the media and in educational settings
What is Health literacy
The failure to do something
What is negligence
The means for making a permanent legal record of the patient's interaction with health care providers and services
What is documentation
The ST has the right to abstain from participation in certain types of cases that violate his or her ethical, moral, or religious values. This is known as:
What is refusal to perform an assigned task
"The thing speaks for itself"
What is Res ipsa loquitur
A legal document that specifically states the type of medical intervention or treatment the patient wants
What is living will