The protection and support of another person's rights
What is Advocacy
100
They are made up of these:
• assault & battery
• defamation
• invasion of privacy
• false imprisonment
• fraud
What are Intentional torts
100
This can occur when the nurse knows the right thing to do, but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to follow that correct course of action.
What is Ethical distress
100
This legal document appoints a an agent trusted by the patient to make decisions on the patient's behalf in the event the patient becomes incapacitated
What is a Durable power of attorney
100
A method used to coordinate a patient's healthcare to achieve patient wellness and optimum function through:
• Advocacy
• Communication
• education
What is Case management
200
• being the patient's advocate
• following through
• providing resources
• going above and beyond
These are
The 4 dimensions of advocacy
200
An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof
What is a Sentinel event
200
This subset of bioethics is the formal study of ethical issues that arise in the practice of nursing and of the analysis used by nurses to make ethical judgements
What is Nursing ethics
200
This legislation requires hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and other healthcare providers to inform patients about advance directives
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990
200
This emphasizes universal access and affordability of healthcare, health of the whole population, and consumer involvement
What is Primary healthcare
300
Rather than making ethical decisions for their patients, nurses as advocates do this
What is Facilitate their patients' decision making
300
This person must base their testimony on only firsthand knowledge of the incident and not on assumptions
What is a Fact witness
300
This approach to ethics combines 4 key principles:
• Autonomy
• Nonmaleficence
• Beneficence
• Justice
What is Principle-based approach
300
This provides specific instructions regarding the kinds of healthcare that should be provided or withheld in particular situations
What is a Living will
300
These systems are a way of providing care that is designed to control the cost while still maintaining the quality of that care
What is Managed Care
400
This person is a holistic, autonomous being who has the right to make decisions and choices
What is the Patient
400
• Duty
• Breach of duty
• Causation
• Damages
These are
What are: The four elements of liability that must be established in order to prove that malpractice or negligence has occurred
400
This set of principles reflects the primary goals, values, and obligations of the nursing profession
What is Code of Ethics for Nurses
400
This describes how personal health information may be used and how the patient can obtain access to the information
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
400
Prepaid, group-managed care plans that allow subscribers to receive all the medical services they require, through a group of affiliated providers; may or may not have a copay
What is Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
500
This includes coaching, informing, and explaining
What is Empowering
500
This statutory law broadly defines the legal scope of nursing practice and outlines education requirements for RNs, LPNs, and advanced practice nurses
What is the Nurse Practice Act
500
This is composed of the following elements:
• Ethical sensibility
• Ethical responsiveness
• Ethical reasoning & discernment
• Ethical accountability
• Ethical character
• Ethical valuing
• Transformative ethical leadership
What is Ethical agency
500
This was enacted to encourage healthcare practitioners to identify and discipline practitioners who engage in unprofessional conduct, and to restrict the ability of incompetent practitioners to move from state to state without disclosure of previous performance
What is the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
500
• managed care
• case management
• client focused care
Together, these make up