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"first, do no harm"
Primum non nocere
If a patient falls in the OR from being left unattended, what could the team member be sited for?
Abandonment
Is it okay for a patient to sign his or her consent after receiving pain medications? why?
What replaced the Patient Bill of Rights?
Patient Care Partnership
What can be intentional or unintentional?
Tort
Oral statement that damages a person's reputation
Slander
Another name for advance directive?
Living Will
"Departure from the standard of care"
Negligence
The legal doctrine that mandated every professional nurse and tech to carry out their duties according to national standards.
Doctrine of Reasonable Man
Behaviors, expectations, and morals that compose standards of conduct for professionals are considered:
Ethics
What type of research was Kubler-Ross know for?
Five Stages of Grief
What doctrine holds the employer responsible for the employees negligent conduct?
Doctrine of Respondent Superior
"The patient first"
Aeger Primo
Who can not witness a consent?
A patients spouse
What are the 5 stages of dying/Grief?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
What OR team member is responsible for identifying the patient before taking him or her into the OR?
Circulator
The legal doctrine that holds the institution liable for failure to ensure an acceptable level of care
Corporate negligence
Holds each individual responsible for his or her actions
Liability
"Act of doing good"
Beneficence
Who has autonomy regarding surgical consent?
Specimen loss and mislabeling is an example of what?
Negligence
"Professional misconduct that results in harm to another"
Malpractice
What type of consent authorizes routine treatment or procedures?
General consent
The legal wrong doing committed by a person involving injury to another person, or loss of or damage to personal property
Tort
What should be used to cool hot instruments that are placed onto the sterile field?
Cool sterile water