let's get ethical
A nurse is involved in a situation at work wherein hospital policy contradicts what she thinks is the right thing to do. What term describes this problem?
ethical distress
The health care team failed to carry out the action that had in the patient care plan. What is this known as?
4 aims of nursing
What is:
1. promoting health
2. restoring health
3. preventing illness
4. facilitating coping with death and disability
established the scope of nursing and standards of nursing practice and promotes safe and ethical working environments
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)?
founder of nursing profession
Who is Florence Nightingale <3
The difference between ethics and morals is that morals are usually more ______________ than ethics.
What is subjective?
an injury caused by healthcare management rather than patient's underlying condition
Which of the following is an avenue to becoming a licensed registered nurse (RN)? (select all the apply)
a. vocational degree
b. diploma program
c. associates program
d. baccalaureate program
e. master's program
b, c, d, e
organization a nursing school must go through to become accredited institutions
What is the National League of Nurses?
first trained nurse in the US and pioneer for psychiatric nursing
Who is Linda Richards?
What are the 5 principles of bioethics?
1. autonomy
2. nonmaleficence
3. beneficence
4. justice
5. fidelity
In the movie Knives Out, Marta (the nurse) accidently gives Harlan 100mg of morphine instead of instead of 100mg of ketorolac, which ends up killing Harlan. What is the term used for this type of mistake?
a. error of execution
b. error planning
c. adverse event
d. sentinel event
d. sentinel event
Which of the following are NOT included in the list of nursing advocacy roles?
a. patient representatives
b. promoting self-determination
c. whistle-blowing
d. administering medications
e. being politically active
f. none of the above
d. administering medications
the first international organization of women
What is the International Nursing Organization (INO)
First trained African American nurse
Who is Mary Mahoney?
Which of the following is NOT a function carried out by health care ethics institutions?
a. Education
b. Policy making
c. Case review
d. Patient care planning
e. Consultation
d. patient care planning
area of healthcare that accounts for more than 50% of pain malpractice claims
What id outpatient care?
What are the 4 main goals of nursing research?
1. improve care
2. study people in the nursing process
3. develop greater autonomy as a profession
4. provide evidence-based nursing practice
establishes quality standards for baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education programs and assists in implementation of those standards
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
founder of public health nursing
Who is Lillian Wald?
What are the 3 main areas addressed in the ANA code of ethics?
1. clients rights and safety
2. health work culture and self-care
3. obligations to society and profession
process required by the Joint Commission following sentinel events, identifies system and process of remediation (not individuals)
What is a Root Cause Analysis?
A nurse is in the process of adjusting to a new hospital policy. She has gotten to the point where she recognizes the need for change but has not yet instituted the change. According to the theory of change, what stage is the nurse in?
unfreezing stage
organization that generates, synthesizes, and disseminates nursing knowledge to contribute to health policy
What is the American Academy of Nursing (AAN)
found of the American Journal of Nursing, also known as the "architect of nursing"
Who is Isabel Hampton Robb?