Legal terms
Document that states what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when conditions are terminal.
living will
Which grants another person the authority to make legal decisions for you?
Durable Power of Attorney
You are answerable to yourself, the patient & family, your supervisor, the healthcare team & your instructor for all the nursing actions you perform.
Accountability
Acting in the best interest of the patient when they no longer have the capacity to make free choice.
Fidelity (be true)
Are you required by Good Samaritan Laws if you are a healthcare professional to provide CPR & First Aid to a person out in society?
No
What is a nurse, trained volunteer or social worker that ensures patients are not abused and that their legal rights are protected?
Ombudsman
What refers to 'performing an act that a reasonable person would not have sone, or doing something that a reasonable person would have done in the same or similar circumstance, resulting in harm to a patient'?
Negligence
Term for "DO no harm" by following nursing standards of practice
nonmaleficence
Delivering care that is fair and equal to all patients without bias
Justice (fair to all)
Person that has been appointed by the patient to make healthcare decisions if the patient is unable to make decisions.
Durable Power of Attorney
Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and who has been instructed in terms the person can understand about all risks involved.
Informed consent
What would 'posting something damaging about another person online' be in a court of law as it pertains to healthcare?
Libel
Examples are: Never going off duty without reporting to the next shift, reporting an error promptly, placing the patients' needs before your own.
Beneficence (do good)
Justified circumstance where the MD attempts in court to override a parent decision in order to save a child's life
Beneficent paternalism
Tort that involves unnecessarily exposing a patient or revealing personal information without consent.
Invasion of privacy
Threat or attempt to injure.
Assault
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act
This ethical principle gives patients the freedom to choose and the right to privacy.
Autonomy
Failure to give care normally expected of a person in a particular position resulting in injury.
Negligence
Known as "bad practice" and is failure of the nurse to use the degree of skill commonly expected, resulting in injury, loss or damage to the person receiving care.
malpractice
Which Act gives patients the right to participate in and direct healthcare decisions?
Patient Self-Determination Act
Wrongful act that does not involve a contract. Called a civil wrong instead of a crime.
Tort
Keeping a patient informed of the plan of care or reinforcing patient teaching is what ethical responsibility.
Patient advocacy
Unlawful touching of another person with consent.
Battery
Restraining or restricting a patient's freedom without authorization.
False imprisonment