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In order to practice as a nurse, one must be licensed by this entity
What is the State Board of Nursing?
This type of advance directive allows for a client to assign an individual as their decision maker in cases where they are unable to make decisions
What is a power of attorney for health care?
This is a specific branch of ethics that focuses on the field of health care
What is bioethics?
When it is unclear what the right thing to do in a situation, this has occurred
What is an ethical dilemma?
This is behavior that is determined to be below the standard set by a reasonable person
What is negligence?
Witnessing certain crimes such as child abuse or impaired medical professionals working would require reporting as nurses are considered to be this
What is a mandated reporter?
These are judgments about behavior based on beliefs.
What are morals?
While most of us consider harm or injury a physical act, this can actually be committed without contacting the client.
What is assault?
This federal law protects nurses with HIV from discrimination on the workplace.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act or ADA?
This principle of health care ethics focuses on the right of a client to make their own decisions
What is autonomy?
Ethical decision making is very similar to this group of nursing tasks
What is the nursing process?
What is informed consent?
These are the key components of written informed consent
What are signatures of patient and witness, date and time of signing, verification of discussion and understanding of procedure?
This ethical principle requires a nurse to keep any promises made.
What is fidelity?
This Code written by the American Nurses Association sets a standard for the principles and obligations of the professional nurse
What is the Code of Ethics?
In most states, a nurse who provides emergent care at the scene of an accident is protected by these laws
What is Good Samaritan laws?
Once you have committed to providing care at an emergency, the nurse must follow through until this occurs
What is a safe transfer of care?
Ethical issues often arise because of differences in these
What are values?
Nurses are in a unique position of having a responsibility to provide care or perform necessary procedures as well as having intimate knowledge of needs that are specific to the patient situation. This requires the nurse to act as this when needs are not being met.