Delegation & Prioritization
The RN must always assess this before delegating a task to UAP.
What is the patient’s condition?
Promising to come back to a patient's room when you stated you would?
What is veracity?
The ethical principle that requires nurses to act in the patient’s best interest.
What is beneficence?
A nurse who fails to follow standards of care may be accused of this type of legal wrong.
What is negligence?
It ensures that all healthcare providers are aware of the patient's current status and care plan.
What is effective communication?
These five guidelines (right task, right person…) ensure safe delegation.
What are the Five Rights of Delegation?
The best legal protection for nurses.
What is accurate and timely documentation?
Respecting a patient’s right to make their own decisions refers to this principle.
What is autonomy?
When nursing negligence results directly in patient harm, it becomes this.
What is malpractice?
Which legal influences govern laws for safe, professional nursing practice?
What is the State Nurses Practice Act.
According to priority-setting frameworks, this is always the top priority.
What is airway? (ABC framework)
When documenting errors, nurses must follow this method.
What is drawing one line through the error, dating, timing, and initialing it?
Avoiding harm to patients aligns with this ethical principle.
What is nonmaleficence?
This legal concept requires patients to fully understand a procedure before agreeing to it.
What is informed consent?
What is two identifiers?
A task that requires clinical judgment or first teaching can only be done by this provider level.
What is the RN?
Copying and pasting prior documentation can contribute to this legal risk.
What is inaccurate or fraudulent documentation? This is negligence.
Treating all patients fairly and equitably reflects this ethical principle.
What is justice?
A nurse who restrains a patient without authorization may be charged with this.
What is false imprisonment?
The federal law that governs the protection of health information, which nurses must follow when accessing charts.
What is HIPPA?
This is when you follow up after delegating a task to determine if done appropriately.
What is right supervision/evaluation?
This tort occurs when talking to a patient in front of a family member, and they are not aware of the patient's condition.
What is a quasi-intentional tort?
Keeping a patient’s information private is part of this ethical obligation.
What is confidentiality?
If a nurse makes a false written statement damaging someone’s reputation, this has occurred.
What is libel?
Befriending a patient on a social media platform and vice versa?