Nursing Values
What is autonomy?
After a decision has been made in court (a precedent is set).
What is common law?
Loss of urine due to irritation or spasms of the bladder wall that cause a sudden elimination of urine
What is urgency incontinence?
How the medication is transferred from site to bloodstream
What is absorption?
Chronic illness, malnutrition, and spinal cord injuries are common causes of developing these
What are pressure injuries?
Respect for inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations
What is human dignity?
Drinking and driving constitutes this
What is criminal law?
Voiding during the night
What is nocturia?
How the medication is removed from the body
What is excretion?
Persistent nonblanchable deep red, maroon, or purple discoloration
What is a DTPI?
Keep your promises
What is fidelity?
The type of law regulating the practice of nursing
What is civil law?
Involuntary loss of urine due to an excessive accumulation of urine in the bladder
What is overflow incontinence?
Process by which to identify patient
What is asking two identifiers?
Obscured full-thickness skin and tissue loss
What is an unstageable pressure injury?
Acting according to code of ethics and standards of practice
What is integrity?
Threatening someone if they don't comply
What is assault?
Occurs as a result of immobility, reduced fluids, and opioid medication
What is constipation?
A peculiar or unusual response to a medication
What is an idiosyncratic or paradoxical effect?
Partial-thickness skin loss with exposed dermis
What is a stage II pressure injury?
Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic rights
What is social justice?
Failing to do what a reasonably prudent person would do under similar circumstances
What is negligence?
Is an infection in the gut related to taking antibiotics
What is Clostridium Difficile?
When the drug is at its lowest concentration
What is a trough?
Can occur in the mouth, genital, and/or nasal mucosa
What is a mucosal pressure injury?