Legal Principles
This is a crime which does not inflict serious harm.
What is a misdemeanor?
What is the legal document that informs nurses what they may and may not do?
State Nurse Practice Act
What is negligence or malpractice?
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 being fair.
What is justice?
This is an offense that results in significant harm to another person or society in general.
What is a felony?
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
What is the name of the document that appoints another person to make healthcare decisions for you should you not be able to make them?
Durable power of attorney for healthcare
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?
This refers to taking positive actions to help other. Encourages you to do go for the client.
What is beneficence?
This is an intentional threat towards another person that places the person in reasonable fear of harmful, imminent, or unwelcome contact. No contact is required for this to occur.
What is assault?
According to Maslow, which should the nurse do first if all are needed: toilet the patient, administer a sleeping pill, change the temp in the room, or apply oxygen
apply oxygen
Name 2 rights of the 5 rights of delegation:
person, task, circumstance, supervision, direction
What is the ethical term for telling the truth to your patients?
veracity
What is the ethical term that means "do no harm" to our patients?
nonmaleficence
This is a civil wrongful act or omission against a person or a person's property that are compensated by awarding monetary damages
What is a tort?
What is the term used to describe practicing nursing in such a way that incorporates the latest research, patient preferences, and clinical experience?
evidence based research or evidence based practice
Your patient who is post op day 2 from an appendectomy has a temp of 102.1 and you feel an order for Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is appropriate. What is the B in ISBARR?
patient is post op day 2 from appendectomy
What is the ethical term for upholding any promises you make to the patient?
fidelity
(Remember Semper Fi - always faithful)
This exists when the right thing to do is not clear, when team members can't agree on the right thing to do, or when the team and patient/family disagrees with the plan of care.
What is an ethical dilemma?
This is a deliberate act of wrongful conduct. EX: assault and battery
What is an intentional tort?
It is recommended to get a colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer at the age of 50. This is what type of prevention?
secondary
Name at least 2 important rules when filing an incident report:
Describe the facts only; no opinion statements, do NOT write in the chart that an incident report was filed; include who was involved & what happened, any witnesses
What is the ethical term used to describe patients' rights to make their own decisions about their health care or even refuse care?
autonomy
This takes place when the nurse tells the client that the doctor is incompetent.
What is defamation of character/intentional tort?