Ethics
This ethical principle involves respecting patient independence and their right to make their own decisions
What is Autonomy?
This document outlines medical wishes at the end of life.
What is a living will?
The key difference between intentional and unintentional torts is this factor.
What is intent to cause harm?
This process ensures a patient understands a procedure before agreeing to it.
What is informed consent?
This ethical principle involves doing good for clients and promoting their well-being
What is Beneficence?
A medical order that prevents CPR is called this.
What is a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate)?
What are the TWO types of Defamation of Character
What is Libel vs Slander?
healthcare professionals are required to report
Who is child and elder abuse/neglect, diseases?
This ethical principle involves being fair and treating people equally
What is Justice?
True or False, an NP can sign a MOLST ORDER.
What is True, MD, NP’s and PA’s can sign a MOLST order?
What are the TWO types of false imprisonment?
What is Physical and Chemical?
This law protects healthcare providers from liability when they voluntarily provide emergency care in good faith outside of their workplace.
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
A situation in which there is a difficult choice to make about what is the right thing to do
What is a moral dilemma?
What is a durable power of attorney called in NYS?
What is a Healthcare proxy?
This intentional tort involves threatening a patient with harm, while another occurs when the nurse actually carries out the harmful or unwanted physical contact without consent.
What are assault and battery?
This healthcare professional is responsible for obtaining informed consent by explaining the procedure, while this team member verifies the patient’s signature and understanding.
Who are the physician (or primary provider) and the nurse as the witness?
This theory, often associated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, states that the morality of an action is solely defined by its outcomes not by its intentions.
What is Utilitarianism?
What is a key difference does a living will focus on versus a durable power of attorney
What is specific treatments?
These two unintentional torts occur when a nurse fails to meet the standard of care, with one referring to general carelessness and the other specifically to professional nursing errors that cause patient harm.
What are negligence and malpractice?
What was the number one mistake that occurred in Mobile Infirmary Medical Center v. Hodgen (2003) that could’ve prevented the others?
What is the new grad nurse did not read back the medication and dosage being ordered by the provider to ensure accuracy?