Government Agencies
This government agency is responsible for public health in SC
What is SCDHEC?
It describes the who, what, where, when, why and how of nursing practice.
What is the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice?
Pt has right to contact attending physician and nurse has duty to assist
What is Lewis Blackmon Act
Type of care that a reasonably competent and skilled nurse with similar background in same medical community would have provided.
What is a standard of care?
Informed Consent
What must be signed by a patient or patient representative before any procedure/treatment?
The mission is to investigate diversion of controlled substances
What is DEA?
Located in nursing administration at each hospital and in the Professional Development office
Where can I find a copy of the ANA Scopes & Standards of Practice?
This is called when an active shooter is present
What is a code silver?
Leaving a patient requiring nursing care without properly notifying appropriate personnel
What is patient abandonment?
Restraining an individual or restricting freedom
What is False Imprisonment?
Any act that removes a prescription drug from its intended path from manufacturer to intended patient
What is drug diversion?
Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person
What is Negligence?
The failure of a nurse to demonstrate and apply the knowledge, skill, and care that is ordinarily possessed and exercised by other nurses of the same licensure status and required by the generally accepted standards of the profession.
What is incompetence?
Occurs when health care workers unintentionally harm patients as a result of not following their profession's scope of practice.
What is Malpractice?
The mission is to continuously improve health care for the public by evaluating heath care organizations and inspiring them to excel in delivering safe effective care
What is Joint Commission?
Caring, Values, Widsom, Energy, and Ethics
What is the Professional Nursing Model?
1. Falsifying any organization's records, including personnel records or patient records
OR
2. Misappropriating money, property, or drugs from an employer or patient
What are grounds for disciplinary action by the SC BON?
A case in which a person is harmed because of another person's actions or failure to act
What is tort?