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What are three things nurses can provide education for in their community?
This right ensures that patients can make informed decisions about their healthcare after being fully informed about their treatment options.
What is informed consent?
This type of tort occurs when a nurse unintentionally causes harm due to negigence.
What is malpractice?
Risk-taking, vision, self-confidence, clear communication, and assertiveness are important skills to have in nursing.
What are skills needed for advocacy?
This term refers to the process where nurses work together with other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive patient care.
What is interdisciplinary collaboration?
These groups are the noted groups in NM to face significant health care disparities.
Who are Children, Low Income, Rural, Elderly, Homeless, Indigenous, Immigrants, Disabled?
This document developed by the American Hospital Association outlines what patients can expect during a hospital stay, including high-quality care and protection of privacy.
What is the Patient Care Partnership?
This intentional tort involves performing a medical procedure without the patient's consent.
What is battery?
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This tool is used by the healthcare teams to ensure effective communication and coordination during handoff.
What is SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)?
This term refers to the efforts made by healthcare providers to understand and address the unique cultural needs of diverse communities.
What is cultural competence?
Informed consent, refusal of treatment, advanced directives, confidentiality, and information security are just some of the things nurses are accountable for protecting and educating on.
What are Patient's Rights?
A healthcare provider refuses to allow a patient to leave or restrains them against their will.
What is false imprisonment?
Advocacy in nursing.
What is one of the most important roles in the nursing profession?
This type of team includes nurses, providers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals working together to manage patient care.
What is a multidisciplinary team?
What is community health advocacy?
Nurses must do this if the patient is unable to speak the same language as the nurse.
What is providing a trained medical interpreter?
These are the two types of laws nurse can be convicted of.
What are criminal and civil laws?
Local, state, national, and global levels.
What are the levels of advocacy in the healthcare profession?
Health promotion, treatment strategies, and decision making.
What are a few things nurses must collaborate with patient for/on?
Removing throw rugs, improving lighting, and providing assistive equipment.
What are some modifications that may need to be made to the patient's home before discharge?
Empathy and respect
What are things patients deserve from healthcare providers?
This law will protect nurses who help in an emergency outside of their place of employment.
Any adult should have one of these on file in their medical records.
What is an Advanced Directive?
This is mentoring
What is nurse-nurse collaboration?