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| Spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may injre the subjects reputation. |
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| Unlawful touching of another person without informed consent. |
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| An intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another; does not have to include bodily contact. |
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| Wrongful termination of providing patient care. |
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| A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is brought to the attention of others. |
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| One who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another. |
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| THe commission (act of doing) or omission (not doing an act) that a reasonably prudent (wise) person would have performed in a similar situation, thus causing harm to another person. |
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| A type of civil law that involves wrongs against a person, property; includes negligence, assault, battery, defamation, fraud, false imprsionment, and invasion of privacy. |
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| malicious or untrue spoken words about another person that are brought to the attention of others. |
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| Injury to a person or the person's property that gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused the damage. |
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| A legal presumption that a person who has reached the age of majority can make decisions for her/himself unless provided otherwise (is he/she has been legally declared incompetent). |
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| Personal belifs about the worth of an object, idea, custom, or attitude. |
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| Process of self-evaluation that helps you gain insight into your personal values. |
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| Situations that do not have a clear right or wrong answer. |
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| public offenses, punish for crime & prevent future crimes |
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| a person's rights, make the aggreived person whole again |
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| To establish malpractice: |
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duty exists
breach of duty
harm has occured
breach of duty was proximate cause of harm |
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| Difference of omission and commission |
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Omission- not doing an act
Commission- doing an act |
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April 14, 2003
Protect patient's confidentiality |
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| Educating the patient of what to expect so they can make an educated decision |
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| Circumstances for nurse to refuse to treat? |
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| A strong moral of religious belief, but cannot refuse after care |
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| Nurse fails to report child abuse...what happens? and why? |
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Could be fined, imprisoned, or both
its mandatory to report |
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| Best defense against lawsuit? |
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| good nurse-patient relationship & compassionate care |
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| What are the ethical principles? |
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Respect for people
Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice |
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| Nurse fails to secure informed consent...what could she be charged with? |
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| The first practical nursing school, when and where: |
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| The Ballard School, Brooklyn, New York 1892 |
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| An abnormal process in which aspects of the social, emotional, or intellectual condition and function of a person are diminished or impaired |
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| Condition of physical, mental, and social well being and the absence of disease or other abnormal conditions |
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| A recipient of a health care service |
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| Early christians believed: |
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| that evil spirits caused sickness |
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| What did Florence Nightingale do? |
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Graduated from Kaiserworth program in 1851
Helped in Crimean War
Improved sanitary conditions by improving the environment
was the "Lady with the Lamp"
was first nursing theorist |
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| Who is "the Father of Medicine"? |
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| What did Hippocrates believe? |
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| the cause of illness wasn't from the supernatural |
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| provided the first free hospital in Rome in AD 390 |
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| Who was the crusader of the mentally ill? |
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| Who developed the Red Cross in 1881? |
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| _________ and _____________ founded the National League for Nursing Education. |
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| Lavina Dock and Isabel Hampton Robb |
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| What is the Nightingale Pledge? |
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| a code of ethics for nurses |
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| the granting of permission by a competent authority to an organization or individual to engage in a practice or activity that would otherwise be illegal |
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| First licensure laws were passed in ____ in _________, _______, ______, and ________. |
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| 1903. NOrth Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Virgina. |
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| Why were licensure laws put in place? |
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| To protect people from incompetent individuals from p |
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