Principles of Ethics
to do no harm
What is Nonmaleficence?
Basic self-care tasks that an individual performs on a daily basis.
What are Activities of Daily Living?
a person using fake means to get a nursing license by forging documents.
What is Fraud and Deceit?
identifies the minimum level of competency necessary for a person to function as an LPN or RN in a particular state.
What are Nurse Practice Acts?
intended to cause harm to the patient
What is Intentional Tort?
To be true.
What is Fidelity?
Nursing care that can be performed safely by the LPN/ LVN, based on knowledge and skills gained during the educational program.
What is Basic Nursing Care?
the nurse does not do what a reasonable, prudent nurse would do in a similar situation.
What is Negligence?
test for minimum competence
What is the Nursing licensure examination?
A serious offense with a penalty that usually ranges from more than 1 year in prison to death.
What is a Felony?
To do good
What is Beneficence?
an unjustified attempt or threat to touch someone
What is Assault?
This includes conviction of a felony, such as murder, or conviction for gross immorality, such as theft, fraud, personal misrepresentation, or embezzlement.
What is Criminal Activity?
an unwritten, usually acceptable way of giving nursing care
What is a Custom?
the least serious charge that can result in a fine or prison sentence of generally no more than 1 year.
What is a Misdemeanor?
Free to choose
What is Autonomy?
To cause physical harm to someone.
What is battery?
failure to meet generally accepted standards of nursing practice; negligence; and a nurse's mental disability that would interfere with patient safety
What is Incompetence?
Decisions that have been arrived at in similar cases brought up before a court.
What is Law or Precedent?
did not mean to harm the patient
What is an Unintentional Tort?
Fair to All
What is Justice?
Keeping someone detained against his or her will.
What is False Imprisonment?
A breach of nurse-patient confidentiality and refusal to provide nursing care for someone because of race, creed, color, national origin, disease, or sexual orientation
What is Unethical Conduct?
a guideline for good nursing care
What is nursing standard of care?
protects individual rights and results in payment of money to the injured person.
What is Civil Action?