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| The ability and willingness to assume responsibility for one's actions and to accept the consequences of one's behavior. |
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| Individual who pleads the cause of another or argues or pleads for a cause or proposal. |
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| An attempt or threat to touch another person unjustifiably. |
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| Mental stance that is composed of many different beliefs; usually involving a positive or negative judgment toward a person, object, or idea. |
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| The state of being independent and self-directed, without outside control, to make one's own decisions. |
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| (Legal) the willful or negligent touching of a person (or the person's clothes or even something the person is carrying), which may or may not cause harm. |
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| Interpretations or conclusions that one accepts as true. |
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| The moral obligation to do good or to implement actions that benefit clients and their support persons. |
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| A standard of care that is expected in the specific situation but that the nurse did not observe; this is the failure to act as a reasonable, prudent nurse under the circumstances. |
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| A fact that must be proven that the harm occurred as a direct result of the nurse's failure to follow the standard of care and the nurse could have (or should have) known that failure to follow the standard of care could result in such harm. |
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| A formal statement of a group's ideals and values; a set of ethical principles shared by members of a group, reflecting their moral judgments and serving as a standard for professional actions. |
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| A written or verbal agreement between two or more people to do or not do some lawful act. |
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| A public official, not necessarily a physician, appointed or elected to inquire into the causes of death. |
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| The process of determining and maintaining competence in practice; includes licensure, registration, certification, and accreditation. |
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| (Legal) a communication that is false, or made with careless disregard for the truth, and results in injury to the reputation of another. |
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| The transfer of responsibility for the performance of an activity from one person to another while retaining accountability for the outcome. |
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| The nurse must have (or should have had) a relationship with the client that involves providing care and following an acceptable standard of care. |
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| The rules or principles that govern right conduct. |
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| An oral or written agreement. |
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| The unlawful restraint or detention of another person against his or her wishes. |
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| A moral principle that obligates the individual to be faithful to agreements and responsibilities one has undertaken. |
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| A link that must exist between the nurse's act and the injury suffered. |
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| Involves extreme lack of knowledge, skill, or decision making that the person clearly should have known would put others at risk for harm. |
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| Also known as injury; the client or plaintiff must demonstrate some type of harm or injury (physical, financial, or emotional) as a result of the breach of duty owed the client; the plaintiff will be asked to document physical injury, medical costs, loss of wages, "pain and suffering," and any other damages. |
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| A legal statement that appoints a proxy to make medical decisions for the client in the event the client is unable to do so. |
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| Consent that is assumed in an emergency when consent cannot be obtained from the client or a relative. |
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| A client's agreement to accept a course of treatment or a procedure after receiving complete information, including the risks of treatment and facts relating to it, from the physician. |
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| See harm; the client or plaintiff must demonstrate some type of harm or injury (physical, financial, or emotional) as a result of the breach of duty owed the client; the plaintiff will be asked to document physical injury, medical costs, loss of wages, "pain and suffering," and any other damages. |
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| A direct wrong of a personal nature, it injures the feelings of the person and does not take into account the effect of revealed information on the standing of the person in the community. |
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| A rule made by humans that regulates social conduct in a formally prescribed and binding manner. |
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| The quality or state of being legally responsible for one's obligations and action and to make financial restitution for wrongful acts. |
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| Defamation by means of print, writing, or pictures. |
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| The negligent acts of persons engaged in professions or occupations in which highly technical or professional skills are employed. |
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| A doctrine or system denoting what is right and wrong in conduct, character, or attitude. |
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| Failure to behave in a reasonable and prudent manner; an unintentional tort. |
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| The specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role. |
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| (Legal) a privilege or fundamental power to which an individual is entitled unless it is revoked by law or given up voluntarily. |
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| Defamation by the spoken word, stating unprivileged (not legally protected) or false words by which a reputation is damaged. |
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| The skills and learning commonly possessed by members of a profession. |
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| A civil wrong committed against a person or a person's property. |
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| One of the grounds for action against the nurse's license; includes incompetence or gross negligence, conviction of practicing without a license, falsification of client records, and illegally obtaining, using, or possessing controlled substances. |
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| Something of worth; a belief held dearly by a person. |
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| A moral principle that holds that one should tell the truth and not lie. |
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