Legal Issues
Term used to describe nursing care that does not mean the usual and expected standard
What is malpractice?
What is the term for a nurse's duty to tell the truth?
What is veracity?
Term for serum calcium of 14.2
What is hypercalcemia?
Process by which smooth muscle moves contents through the intestines
What is peristalsis?
Terminology for the fire safety acronym "R-A-C-E"?
Rescue, alarm, contain, extinguish
Federal law requiring all health care related information to be protected and of patient's privacy maintained.
What is HIPAA? (health insurance portability and accountability act)
The act of nurse's ensuring patient's have received all needed information about risks and benefits prior to invasive procedures or procedures that involve significant risk.
What is informed consent?
Excess of this electrolyte in the bloodstream would cause water retention.
What is sodium?
Dietary treatment for constipation
What is fiber (and water)?
Most common cause of injury to older adults?
What is "falls"?
Types of laws that require any suspected child or elder abuse, or suspected sexual abuse to be reported
Mandatory reporting laws
What is the term for promoting a patient's right to receive or refuse health care?
What is autonomy?
What is calcium?
Test used to determine presence of "hidden" blood in the stool
What is occult blood or "hemoccult"?
Assessment used to detect skin risk in the clinical setting?
What is Braden scale?
The document that outlines the scope of practice for RNs and LPNs in the state of Indiana
What is the Indiana Nurse Practice Act?
What is the term for acting on behalf of a patient's interest in order to help them express their wishes?
What is to advocate or advocacy?
Type of IV fluids that would cause shift of fluid from bloodstream into the cells
What is hypotonic?
What is an EGD (esophagogastroduodenscopy)?
Nursing diagnosis used when patients have compromised integument?
What is Impaired Skin Integrity?
The act of causing the threat of harm to a patient without making physical contact
What is assault?
A nurse sees that a patient has developed a significant adverse reaction after receiving a medication. The medication is due again in 30 minutes, so the nurse decides to hold it. This is an example of which ethical principle?
What is non-maleficence?
Process that moves fluid through the body from areas of high to low pressure by way of the vascular system.
What is hydrostatic pressure?
Treatment used to remove contents from GI system and provide gastric decompression.
What is a nasogastric tube?
The rationale for using securement devices, maintaining a closed drainage system, and maintaining the catheter drainage bag below the level of the patient.
What is prevention of CAUTI?