Guides to the Nursing Profession
Guides nurse's practice
What is State Practice Act
This is an intentional tort that may occur when the nurse restrains a client either chemically or physically without following hospital policy or procedure.
What is false imprisonment?
Duty owed to the patient; Breach of duty owed to the patient; Foreseeability; Causation; Injury; and Damages.
What is negligence or malpractice?
Duty when given a morally conflicting patient assignment.
What is ask for reassignment?
These are considered to be preventable errors, which may include falls, catheter associated UTI's, and healthcare associated pressure injuries.
What are Never Events?
What is the ethical term for upholding any promises you make to the patient?
Fidelity
This limits the liability and offers legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
As the failure of a professional person to act in accordance with the prevailing professional standards, or failure to foresee consequences that a professional person, having the necessary skills and education, should foresee.
What is Malpractice?
The nurse-patient relationship is initiated when the nurse does what?
This is completed when there is deviation from the standard of care such as when a client falls or medication error occurs.
What is an event report
What is the name of the document prepared by the ANA that describe behaviors nurses must adhere to?
ANA Code of Ethics
This refers to taking positive actions to help others. Encouraged you to do good for the client.
What is beneficence?
This is conduct which calls below the generally accepted stand of care that a reasonably prudent person would provide under similar circumstances.
What is Negligence?
This is a client's agreement to allow a procedure to take place with full disclosure of the risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of a refusal.
What is informed consent
______ have been passed to protect the public from unqualified practitioners in most fields and professions.
Licensing Laws
What is the document prepared by our nursing professional organization which describes the 'who, what when & where of nursing practice?'
ANA's Scope & Standards of Practice
This refers to the fundamental agreement to do no harm.
What is non-maleficence?
The patient/plaintiff must prove the following:
1. There was a provider-patient relationship between the nurse and defendant.
2. The nurse breached the duty owed to the client under that relationship.
3. The client's injury was due to the nurse's breach in duty.
4. The client has accrued damages due to the injury.
What are the elements of malpractice?
As part of their right to refuse treatment, patients may prepare advance directives specifying what lifesaving treatments they do or do not wish to receive. When determining the legality of an advance directive, what applicable laws should the nurse know?
State laws
What is the ethical term used to describe patient's rights to make their own decisions about their health care or even refuse care?
Autonomy
What is the ethical term for telling the truth to your patients?
Veracity
This is a document that provides instructions about a clients wishes in certain situations such as withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures in those who are terminally ill.
What is a living will
Best defense against a lawsuit
What is competent and compassionate care?
A federal regulation that came into effect April 14, 2003, has impacted the healthcare field regarding privacy of patient's health information. What is this regulation?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
Only covers a nurse while on duty.
What is Malpractice Insurance?