Ethical & Legal Principles
This ethical principle supports a patient’s right to make their own health care decisions.
What is autonomy?
This person is responsible for explaining the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a procedure.
Who is the provider?
This law protects 18 types of identifiable health information.
What is HIPAA?
This PPE is required when delivering a meal tray to a patient under droplet precautions.
What is a mask?
Restraints must be tied to this part of the bed.
What is the movable part of the bed frame?
A nurse following through on a promise to bring a warm blanket is demonstrating this ethical principle.
What is fidelity?
A nurse’s role during the consent process is to ensure this.
What is verifying or determining the client’s understanding before witnessing consent?
A family member asks to see a client’s chart. The nurse responds with this.
What is the client must give permission to share the records with you?
After a needlestick injury, this is the nurse’s first action.
What is wash the area thoroughly with soap and water?
One of the most important tools to reduce fall risk in confused patients.
What is a bed or chair alarm?
A nurse who tells the truth, even when the news is difficult, is practicing this principle.
What is veracity?
This document allows another person to make healthcare decisions for a patient who is incapacitated.
What is a durable power of attorney for healthcare?
A nurse discusses a patient’s condition in a hallway. This is a violation of this.
What is patient confidentiality?
This kind of room is used for airborne infections like TB & Measles.
What is a negative pressure room?
This action helps prevent falls in clients who get up frequently to use the bathroom.
What is hourly rounding?
A nurse restrains a competent client without a provider’s order. This is an example of this legal issue.
What is false imprisonment?
A nurse demonstrates advocacy by encouraging a client to do this when administering medication.
What is verbalize questions?
A patient with a terminal illness wants to discontinue ventilator support. Respecting this wish reflects this principle.
What is autonomy?
To reduce cross-contamination, this should be done with equipment used in isolation rooms.
What is disinfect it before removing it from the room?
A seizure-prone patient should have this placed and maintained.
What is an IV?
This federal act requires patients be informed of their right to make decisions about their health care.
What is the Patient Self-Determination Act?
When a patient has additional questions after the provider explains a procedure, the nurse should do this.
What is notify the provider?
A nurse finds a patient pulseless but no DNR order has been written. This is the correct action.
What is call the emergency response team and begin CPR?”
This is what PASS stands for when using a fire extinguisher.
What is Pull, Aim, Squeeze, and Sweep?
Using restraints without a provider’s prescription could lead to this legal charge.
What is false imprisonment?