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Pharm Test 1 UNIT 2 legal,ethc
Pharm Test 1 Unit 2 legal,ethc
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Undergraduate 2
11/14/2008

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Federal Food and Drugs Act
Definition
In 1906, the United States government enacted the _____________, which required drug manufacturers to list on the drug product label the presence of dangerous and possibly addicting substances. It also recognized the U.S. Pharmacopeia and National Formulary as printed references standards for drugs.
Term
Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Definition
This federal legislation protects the public from drugs that are impure, toxic, or ineffective or that have not been tested before public sale. The primary purpose of this federal legislation is to ensure the safety and efficacy of new drugs. The highly sophisticated process is regulated and carefully monitored by the ___________.
Term
Ethical nursing practice
Definition
_______ is based on fundamental principles such as beneficence, autonomy, justice, veracity, and confidentiality.
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nonmaleficence
Definition
_______ , or do no harm, is directly tied to the nurse's duty to protect the patient's safety. Born out of the Hippocratic Oath, this principle dictates that we do not cause injury to our patients. The principle of beneficence may give rise to ethical issues when there is conflict between what is good between nurse and patient, between patient and organizations or between patients themselves.
Term
autonomy
Definition
_______, means that individuals have a right to self-determination, that is, to make decisions about their lives without interference from others.
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justice
Definition
_____, means giving each person or group what he/she or they are due. It can be "measured" in terms of fairness, equality, need or any other criterion that is material to the ______ decision. In nursing, ______ often focuses on equitable access to care and on equitable scarce resource allocation.
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Privacy
Definition
_______ belongs to each person and, as such, it cannot be taken away from that person unless he/she wishes to share it.
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Confidentiality
Definition
______, on the other hand, means that the information shared with other persons will not be spread abroad and will be used only for the purposes intended. A patient's sharing of private information imposes a duty of _____ on health care providers
Term
the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Definition
took a proactive stance against potential breaches in patient confidentiality.
Term
Culture is
Definition
_______ defined as “The system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.
Term
Drug polymorphism
Definition
_______ refers to the effect of a patient’s age, gender, size, body composition and other characteristics on the pharmacokinetics of specific drugs.
Term
environmental factors (e.g., diet and nutritional status), cultural factors and genetic (inherited) factors.
Definition
Factors contributing to drug polymorphism may be loosely categorized into ________ The nurse needs to consider these factors when providing patient education.
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