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| a principle that is complementary to nonmaleficence and requires that we "do good." WE are limited by time, place, and talents in the amount of good we can do. We have general obligations to perform those actions that maintain or enhance the dignity of other persones whenever those actions do not place and undue burden on health care providers. HCP have special obligations of beneficence to clients |
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| the act of pleading for or supporting a course of action on behalf of a person, group, or community. |
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| a principle, according to Hippocrates, that requires that we do no harm, It is impossible to avoid harm entirely, but this principle requires that HCP act according to the standards of due care and try to cause the least amount of harm possible |
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| requires that there be a fair distribution of the benefits and burdens in society based on the needs and contributions of its members. This principle requires that consistent with the dignity and worth of its members and within the limits imposed by it's resources, a society must determine a minimal level of goods and services to be available to its members |
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| based on human dignity and respect for individuals and allows them to choose those actions and goals that fulfill their life plances unless those choices result in harm to another |
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| an interplay of actors that motivates persons to develop knowledge, skill and the ability to care for others |
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| cultural nursing assessment |
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| a systematic way to identify the beliefs, values, meanings, and behaviors of people while considering their history, life experiences, and the social and physical environments in which they live |
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| a form of prejudice that refers to the belief that persons who are born into particular groups are inferior in intelligence, morals, beauty, and self-worth |
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| the basis for ascribing certain beliefs and behaviors about a group to individual without giving adequate attention to ind. diff. |
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| the learned ways of behaving that are communicated by one group to another to provide tested solutions to vital problem |
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| a group created in each state by legislation known as a state nurse practice act. The board is made up of nurses and consumers who operationalize, implement, and enforce the statutory law by writing explicit statements (called rules) regarding nursing and nursing practice |
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| state law that governs the practice of nursing |
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| states' power to act to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens |
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| federal agency charges with improving worker health and safety by establishing standars and regulations and by educating workers |
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| an arm of the United Nations that provides worldwide services to promote health |
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| Gross domestic product (GDP) |
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| a statistical measure used to compare health care spending among countries |
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| a method of organizing a number of different health care services together along a continuum of care, for example, from physician's office, to hospita, to home health, to nursing home. The client pays for services through an insurance plan |
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| a jointly sponsored state and federal program that pays for medical services for the aged, poor, blind, disabled, and families with dependent children |
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| a federally funded health insurance program for the elderly and disabled and person with end-stage- renal disease |
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| brand of economics concerned with the problems of producing and disturbing the health care resources of the nation in a way that provides maximum benefit to the most people |
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