Definitions of Legal Terms and some Latin
What is an iatrogenic injury.
A person controlling or directing an employee has a greater responsibility than a person paying the employee.
Patient misidentification, performing the wrong procedure, patient burns, and foreign bodies being left in the patient are all examples of this.
What is an unintentional tort.
_____ is a mechanism for reporting an incident, usually by completing a document describing what happened, related to any adverse patient occurrence.
What is an incident report.
The American Hospital Association replaced its "Patients Bill of Rights" with the ____.
What is the Patient Care Partnership.
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence.
What is malpractice.
Under this doctrine, the surgeon is not always responsible if a CST or RN on the surgical team fails to carry out a routine procedure they were educated to perform correctly.
What is the borrowed servant doctrine.
Assault, battery, and false imprisonment are examples of this.
What is an intentional tort.
______ is the HCF effort to collect and use data to decrease the chance of harm to patients and staff or damage to property.
What is risk management.
The first federal act or establish privacy standards to protect patients medical records and other health related information.
What is HIPAA.
Either omission or commission of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual would not do under the same conditions. "Departure of the standard of care"
What is negligence.
The ability to predict an outcome in advance, the ability to reasonably anticipate that harm or injury might result from certain acts or omissions.
What is the doctrine of foreseeability.
Name and define the two forms consent is given in.
What is
Expressed consent: directive verbal or written statement granting permission for treatment.
Implied consent: reasonable healthcare provider is lead to believe that the patient has given consent although no direct or verbally expressed words of consent were given.
_____ are guidelines, usually expressed in a series of statements, that provide ethical standards of conduct for a profession.
What are the code of ethics.
This is dedicated to sharps only. All other instruments are passed hand to hand. Provide examples.
What is the neutral zone. 1. Instrument/magnetic mat 2. emesis basin or transfer bin 3. designated area for neutral zone on designated portion of the sterile field, Mayo stand or back table.
"The patient first", guiding principle of AST.
What is Aeger Primo
The obligation of healthcare providers to not harm the patient. Do not kill, do not cause unnecessary pain or suffering, do not incapacitate, do not deprive of life itself.
What is nonmaleficence.
Name and define the two categories of consent in HCF settings.
What is general consent and special consent.
General consent: patient consent to all routine services.
Special consent: patient consent to a procedure that entails an abnormal risk.
This describes the principles such as benevolence, trustworthiness, and honesty for the care and well-being of others.
What are morals.
______ does not verify competency because competency is an ongoing evaluation, but it does establish a minimum knowledge base for a given healthcare profession. One of the ways the public is protected from unqualified HCPs.
What is credentialing.
"Above all, do not harm"
What is Primum non nocere
"The thing speaks for itself"; harm that comes from a given act or thing of which the defendant had sole control.
What is Res ipsa loquitur.
This individual is responsible for securing a written and informed surgical consent.
Who is the surgeon.
This describes the system of behaviors, expectations, and morals composing standards of conduct for professionals.
What are ethics.
A set of written instructions that address an incapacitated patients rights to self-determination.
What is an advanced directive.