Legal 1
The client's right to refuse treatment is an example of _________ laws.
civil
a patient’s agreement to have a medical procedure after receiving full disclosure of risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal
informed consent
means a pattern of conduct by a person with a duty of care to provide services that maintain the physical and/or mental health of a child or vulnerable adult
neglect
refers to answering for your own actions
Accountability
the application of one’s skills and knowledge for the benefit of another person
advocacy
Early stages of learning a particular skill under the guidance of an instructor that involves imitation and practice of a demonstrated act.
involves the development of manual or physical skills, such as learning how to walk or how to type on a computer
psychomotor learning
this involves several components, including identifying possible risks, analyzing them, acting to reduce the risks, and evaluating the steps taken to reduce them
risk management
if they are legally emancipated
if they are seeking medical services for qualified care such as sexual health
it establishes patient rights regarding privacy of their health care information and records
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
deliberate acts against a person or property that may result in both civil and criminal actions
intentional tort
a willingness to respect one’s professional obligations and to follow through
responsibility
the health care team’s obligation to respect patient privacy
confidentiality
Which teaching tool is beneficial for patients with reading comprehension problems and visual deficits?
audio visual tools
deals with learning how to express feelings and emotions and to develop values, attitudes, and beliefs needed toward improving health
affective learning
Predictions made about the relationship between study variables.
hypothesis
occurs when a nurse refuses to provide care for a patient after having established a patient-nurse relationship
patient abandonment
these laws limit liability and offer legal immunity if a nurse helps at the scene of an accident.
good Samaritan laws
occurs when one speaks falsely about another
slander
faithfulness or the agreement to keep promises
fidelity
the avoidance of harm or hurt
nonmaleficence
the three domains of learning
cognitive, affective, and psychomotor
While teaching pregnant women about nutrition and diet planning, the nurse randomly selects several women and gives them an opportunity to share their diet plans to correct mistakes and reinforce the correct information. The nurse is following which method of teaching?
group discussion
A specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice
nursing informatics
protect society and provide punishment for crimes, which are defined by municipal, state, and federal legislation
Criminal laws
a document developed by patients that instructs others to do tasks before, during, and after their death
advanced directive
intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification
battery
defines actions as right or wrong based on their adherence to rules and principles such as fidelity to promises, truthfulness, and justice
deontonlogy
taking positive actions to help others
beneficence
During a teaching session, a parent approaches the nurse for advice about managing a child's temper tantrums. The nurse enacts the role of the child to evaluate the parent's response to the child's behavior. The nurse is using which instructional method to teach the parent?
Role play
During which step of the teaching process does the nurse determine the outcomes of teaching and measure a patient's level of achievement of learning objectives?
evaluation
What is an RCT? and what level of research is it
randomized control trial
derived from statutes passed by the U.S. Congress and state legislatures
Statutory law
state laws intended to protect citizens, make nurses accountable, and ensure that care is consistent with best practices within the scope and standards of nursing.
nurse practice acts
the written defamation of character
libel
a type of issue that arises when the available choices and obligations in a specific situation do not allow for an ethical outcome
ethical dilema
judgment about behavior, based on specific beliefs, and ethics refers to the study of the ideals of right and wrong behavior
morals
A patient is scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. When is an appropriate time to teach breathing exercises and coughing techniques to this patient?
Before the surgery
Early stages of learning a particular skill under the guidance of an instructor that involves imitation and practice of a demonstrated act.
attentional state
What is NDNQI?
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
utilized to determine what the circumstances surrounding a sentinel event
root cause analysis
this is used with the assumption of what a reasonably prudent nurse would do under similar circumstances in the geographical area in which the alleged breach occurred.
standard of proof
a nurse must have done what to be considered having commited an act of malpractice
breach of duty
an example of this is determining who can have a kidney and who can not
bioethics
a deeply held personal belief about the worth a person holds for an idea, a custom, or an object
value
A nurse describes arterial blood pressure as "like water flowing through a hose." Which teaching technique does this exemplify?
analogy
What does PICOT stand for?
patient, intervention, comparison, outcome and (sometimes) time
degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions