Legal accountability
The nurse is accused of restraining a client against their will, What is this an example of?
false imprisonment
The registered nurse collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
Standard 11: Collaboration
Inability to carry out a moral decision is known as
Moral Distress
Established women prisoners to make goods to improve living conditions of children born in prison
Elizabeth Fry
Repeating what the client has said and directing the statement back to the client to provide the client the opportunity to clarify the message further if necessary
Restating
The nurse bathes a patient without their consent, what is this an example of?
Battery
The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.
Provision 1
Identification of an unethical or illegal situation
*hint: you use THINK*
Whistleblowing
civil war untrained nursed served @ front lines, founded American red cross
Which organization publishes National Patient Safety goals each year for healthcare facilities?
a. Joint Commission
b.Institute of medicine
c. American Nurses Association
Joint Commission
Failure to assess, failure to implement plan of care, failure to evaluate put the nurse at risk for
malpractice claims
“The RN integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.”
The ethical principle of not causing harm to others is known as
Nonmaleficence
Black nurse who also cared for the wounded in Crimean war on front lines.
Mary Seacole
Which of the following standards includes the competency, "the registered nurse
uses effective group dynamics and strategies to enhance team performance"?
A. Collaboration
B. Outcome planning
C. Leadership
D. Quality of practice
A. Collaboration
A deliberate act in which one person threatens to harm another person without his or her consent and has the ability to carry out that threat
Assault
The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.
Provision 2
The ethical principle of being truthful and honest with patients and their families is known as
Veracity
started visiting nurses association and henry street settlement house.
Lilian Wald
A nurse is aware that the principle of autonomy is being applied in which situation?
A. The family is discussing care with the physician.
B. An order for an antibiotic is being written in the chart.
C. The client has decided to stop radiation treatments.
D. A mental health consult is ordered by the nurse
C. The client has decided to stop radiation treatments
The nurse tells one of their patient in the emergency room that they are only here for pain medication or drugs, the patient accuses the nurse of?
Slander
The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public to protect human rights, promote health diplomacy, and reduce health disparities.
Provision 8
Nurses must follow this provisional, systematic study of right and wrong conduct...
Code of Ethics
Appointed as superintendent of Women Nurses; advocated for mental health
Dorothea Dix
A definition of ethical is:
A. A normative or prescriptive statement which expresses expectations of ethical behavior.
B. Reasons for decisions about how one ought to act.
C. Standards and behaviors that instruct members and define expectations for constituents.
D. Analyses and actions taken by healthcare organization
b. Reasons for decisions about how one ought to act.