Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice
Night Shift:
Anything Can Happen!
100
Honoring patient choices, values, and beliefs.
What is autonomy?
100
This ethical principle focuses on doing good for the patient.
What is beneficence?
100
This principle asserts an obligation not to inflict harm on others.
What is nonmaleficence?
100
This ethical principle refers to fair and equitable distribution of resources.
What is justice?
100
This relationship relies on principles of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice and fidelity at all times.
What is fiduciary?
200
Autonomy goes hand in hand with this character trait to show respect by providing a patient with full knowledge to make an informed medical decision.
What is truth telling?
200
Disclosing medical errors allows patients to set realistic expectation when discussing desired medical management with the care team.
What are goals of care?
200
Physicians take this oath as a pledge to do no harm to a patient.
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
200
Three common elements of this process include an explanation of event, an apology, and an acknowledgement of harm.
What is disclosure?
200
Failure of a medical action to be completed as intended.
What is a medical error?
300
This trait acknowledges decision-making rights and enabling persons to act autonomously.
What is respect?
300
This medical document is reviewed with the patient upon completion of inpatient care to assure beneficial outpatient management and follow-up.
What is a discharge summary?
300
Informing patients of medical errors can reduce this type of emotional distress?
What is psychological distress?
300
This member of the medical team has an ethical and professional responsibility to disclose medical errors.
Who is a physician?
300
This action occurs with members of the health care team prior to performing a procedure to insure patient safety.
What is time out?
400
This trait involves attitudes and actions that ignore, insult or demean others' rights of autonomy.
What is disrespsect?
400
A form of charting initiated to decrease medical errors.
What is electronic medical records (EMR)?
400
The principle of nonmaleficence is captured by this Latin phrase.
What is Primum non nocere?
400
It is reported that physician's choose wording carefully when reporting a medical error due to fear of this process.
What is litigation?
400
This type of violation can occur after working a busy night shift and discussing a medical error in the hallway while clocking out.
What is HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
500
Non-disclosure of a medical error that leaves a patient unaware of the need for an altered plan of care violates this doctrine.
What is informed consent?
500
This occurs when a patient injury is caused by medical management as opposed to the underlying condition or disease process of the patient.
What is an adverse event?
500
There is concern that under staffing of these medical professionals can lead to medical errors and harm to patients.
What are nurses ?
500
In a study reviewing depositions of malpractice plaintiffs this relation was strained in ~70% of the cases.
What is physician-patient relationship?
500
This program was implemented by physicians, nurses, and aviators to improve health care delivery and patient safety.
What is LifeWings?
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