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Legal Jargon
Ethics
Documentation
Communication
Nursing Evolution
100
This is the type of law wherein conduct in issue is detrimental to society in general
What is criminal law
100
The laws that formally define and limit the scope of nursing practice in that state
What is the Nurse Practice Act
100
The 5 Basic Purposes for Written Records are for Written Communication, permanent record for accountability, Legal record of care, research and data collection and ________.
What is teaching
100
This is commonplace "language" unique to a person in a particular work setting.
What is jargon?
100
This person is considered the "Father of Medicine."
Who is Hippocrates
200
In the courtroom, he/she is the alleged person liable.
What is a defendant
200
This refers to full disclosure of the facts the patients needs to make an intelligent decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is performed.
What is Informed Consent
200
This is an appraisal by professional co-workers of equal status.
What is Peer Review
200
When communicating, these are movements used to emphasize the idea being communicated.
What are gestures?
200
She is known as the, "lady with the lamp," because she carried a lamp to light her way through the rows of beds of the injured and sick.
Who is Florence Nightingale
300
This is the pretrial process allowing both sides to interview witnesses and/or look at documents
What is Discovery
300
This is the ethical principle that emphasizes: "Do no harm."
What is Nonmaleficence
300
This is a system that classifies patient by age, diagnosis, and surgical procedure.
What is Diagnosis Related Groups
300
This type of behavior exudes confidence without aggression or passivity.
What is assertive behavior?
300
In 390 AD, this person provided the first free hospital in Rome.
Who is Fabiola?
400
This term means legal action that a licensed professional may be charged with for failing to meet the standards of care.
What is malpractice
400
These are universal guidelines that define appropriate measures for all nursing interventions that should be observed during the performance of those interventions
What are standards of care
400
This is the card system used to consolidate patient orders and care needs in a centralized, concise way.
What is Kardex
400
This form of therapeutic communication is restating the patient's message in the nurse's own words to verify that the nurse's interpretation is correct.
What is paraphrasing?
400
He believed that an individual's behavior is formed by his attempts to meet his basic needs; his model of health and illness shaped like a pyramid now bears his name.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
500
This Law provides immunity from liability in certain circumstances to encourage assistance in emergencies occurring outside of a medical facility by providing protection against liability
What is the Good Samaritan Law
500
This Act passed in 1996, gave the patient the right to confidentiality, right to have care without prejudice, right to be treated with respect and dignity, right to personal safety, and right to complete information about one's own condition and treatment
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
500
SBAR is the acronym for this way of charting.
What is What is Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
500
This type of aphasia is when the patient cannot recognize or interpret the message being received.
What is receptive aphasia?
500
Florence Nightingale entered this Deaconess School in 1851.
What is Kaiserswerth?