Week 3 Class 2
If patient has an unsound mind, you can stop them from leaving an health care facility if…
They pose a threat to themselves or others.
Which Act controls where health information is collected & used?
Health Information Act (HIA)
A living will can be…
Verbal or written.
A nurse can stop providing care, they are ethically uncomfortable with when a replacement arrives is what Caregiver right?
Caregiver Right #1 - Conscientious Objection
This Act governs the private sector?
PIPA.
Why is Stem Cell research an ethical issue?
Tissue results mainly from elective abortions.
Moral Rights are not _______ but ____________ _________.
not law —> but societal norms
This Act governs government organizations?
FOIP Act.
Which ethical principle does euthanasia conflict with?
Non-maleficence.
Define Disclosure.
Process when health care provider’s help communicate adverse event to patient.
Which Right comes hand-in-hand with Right to Confidentiality?
Diverse patient’s are at risk because…
There may not be a shared understanding of what is meaningful to them.
Name 3 of 6 Patient Rights…
-Informed consent
-Right to Health Information & Teaching
-Right to Confidentiality
-Right to Respect
-Right to be Kept Safe
-Right to be Discharged from a Health Care Facility
Name 3 instances where a nurse may need to break confidentiality…
-Communicable diseases/STI’s
-Intent to harm self/others
-Suspected child abuse
-WCB cases
-Med malpractice situations
What are the 3 goals of palliative care.
-Support
-Symptom management
-Dignified death