Ethical Principles
A patient's right to choose for themselves
What is autonomy?
Created by government bodies (legislature, agency, or court), require or prohibit action, can be modified, changed or upheld
What is a law?
A nurse charts a blood pressure that is 128/72 without actually checking this on the patient is guilty of this type of tort
What is fraud?
Wrongs against a person; Assualt, battery, misuse of narcotics, homicide/murder, practicing without a license, sexual assault and theft
What is criminal law?
A legal document allowing patients to state the end-of-life treatments they want or do not want in the event they become unable to make those decisions.
What are advance directives?
Duty to do or promote good
What is beneficence?
Perform only the procedure for which you have been trained, obtain proper authorization and patient consent, observed for all patient's safety, report errors, and maintain confidentiality are all
What is the standard of nursing practice?
Reports used in the hospital setting for quality improvement, not disciplinary purposes
What are incident or occurrence reports?
Must be reported immediately to a supervisor, if not reported in a timely fashion you could be at fault; comes in the form of physical, verbal, or psychological that results in harm, pain, or anguish (physical or mental)
What is abuse?
Prohibits the transfer of patients from private to public hospitals without appropriate screening and stabilization regardless of insurance or ability to pay; a federal law created in the 1980s; an unfunded mandate where the hospital bill is paid by the hospital, not the government
Duty to do no harm and/or prevent harm
What is nonmaleficence?
Ethical standards that are used as a guide for ethical analysis and decision-making for nurses; are not legally binding
What is American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics
Considered the founder of modern nursing. Used evidence-based practice and research to promote nursing. Lady of the Lamp.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Restraining or restricting, keeping a patient hospitalized and or restraining without an order or not obtaining an order
What is false imprisonment?
requires written information to patients; right to make decisions about their care; right to refuse treatment; right to formulate an advance directive, living will,
What is Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991?
Obligation to be fair and give equal treatment to all patients.
What is justice?
Describe specific care that is reasonable, expected, and appropriate in a facility; safe skill performance steps; knowledgable about interventions for complications that can occur
What are the policies and procedures of a facility or institution?
What is HIPAA ?
What is the Nurse Licensure Compact?
Known also as Obamacare; increased access to care; increased age to 26 and stay under parent's insurance; not able to revoke insurance due to illness or disease
What is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010?
Duty to keep promises and follow through with your actions and interventions
What is fidelity?
Civil wrongful acts or omissions in care made against a person; slander, libel, abuse, neglect, malpractice
What is tort law?
Responsible for creating and enforcing rules that are consistent with state practice acts, establishing requirements to obtain a license, determining the scope of practice, setting minimum education standards, and managing disciplinary procedures.
Who is the State Board of Nursing?
This act protects our citizens, holds nurses accountable, addresses how care is consistent with best practices; is regulated by each state, and establishes the necessary requirements to obtain licensure
What is the Nurse Practice Act?
Breach of duty and your care falls below standards of care; Foreseeability in knowing in advance that failure to meet standards of care may result in harm; failure to follow the standard of care; causation where an action or lack of action is the direct cause of harm
What is Malpractice?