Legislation
The main difference between ethics and law.
What is ethics are guidelines for behaviour driven by morals and laws are enforced rules of action/govern people?
The SDOH which has the greatest impact on health outcomes.
What is income or poverty?
The ethical concept most closely related to the challenge for those in remote areas to access health care.
What is equity or justice?
The biggest problem facing public health care and policy in Canada.
What is sustainability $$$?
This is responsible for the largest single proportion of health care spending in Canada.
What are hospitals?
This legislation protects the privacy and confidentiality of health records.
What is the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA)?
A process which exists to protect the public and applies to nurses and issues of misconduct, sexual abuse, incapacity or incompetence.
What is mandatory reporting?
This is usually a last resort to draw attention to a concern whereby someone publically speaks out. Can trigger a high risk, high stress response.
What is whistleblowing?
The rate at which the homeless experience premature death in relation to other Canadians.
What is 8-10 times more?
4 major Elements of delivering culturally safe care.
What is trauma awareness; safety and trust; choice, collaboration and connection; strengths-based and skill building?
One of the groups who receive health care through the federal government.
What is FN, Inuit and Metis; Military, Immigrants, Inmates?
The 5 professional characteristics of nursing.
What is expertise, autonomy, accountability, authority, and unity?
The result of being in difficult situations over and over again. Can result in feelings of guilt, inadequacy and powerlessness.
What is Moral Residue?
The legal term for a wrong or injury that a person suffers because of someone else’s action, either intentional or unintentional.
What is tort?
This is an example of allocative policy in Canada.
What is the Canada Health Act, the Ontario Drug Benefit Act, OHIP childern and youth Pharmacare?
4 Types of discrimination prohibited by Canada's Human Rights Act.
What is discrimination based on race; religion; sexual identity, sexual orientation; age; mental or physical disabilty;
The age at which nurses should start screening for abuse.
What is 12 years old?
Political activism whereby nurses and volunteers write letters and contact legislators to advocate for an issue.
What is Grassroots Lobbying?
The 5 values of Canadian Health Care and the basis of funding of provincial health care.
What is Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and Accessibility?
The theory that underlies privatization of health care where people with money are advantaged over poor and vulnerable populations.
What is libertarianism?
Two of the safeguards in place for patient requests of MAID.
What are must be 18 years or older, 10 day delay, consent immediately before administration, assessment by 2 MDs or NPs.
One thing we can do to address equity in our practice.
WHat is screen for poverty? Ask if patient has difficulty making ends meet?
Describes using position of authority to influence or make decisions for patients.
What is paternalism/parentalism?
3 Things that contributed to the increase in health care spending in 2017.
What is population growth, aging population, and inflation.
The theory which underlies investment in large scale vaccination programs.
What is utilitarianism?