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| Process of taking specific action to hasten a client's death. |
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| Law developed by those persons who are appointed to govermental administrative agencies and who are entrused with enforcing the statutory laws passed by the legislature. |
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| Written instruction for health care that is recognized under state law and is related to the provision of such care when the individual is incapacitated |
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| Threat to do something that may cause harm or be unpleasent to another person. |
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| Form of active euthanasia where another person provedes a client with the means to end his own life. |
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| Self-direction; Respect rights of pt's to make healthcare decisions. |
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| Unautherized or unwanted touching of one person by another. |
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| Application of general ethical principles to health care. |
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| Law that deals with relationships between individuals. |
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| Person who speaks up for or acts on behalf of the client. |
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| Law that defines and limits the power of government. |
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| Enforcement of agreements among private individuals. |
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| Law concerning acts of offense agains the welfare or safety of the public |
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| Using words to harm or injure the personal or professional reputation of another person. |
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| Ethical theory that considers the intrinsic significance of an act as the criterion for determination of good. |
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| Durable power of attorney for health care |
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| Legal document designating who may make health care decisions for a client when that client is no longer capale of decision making. |
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| Where 2 or more ideals or values are in conflict. |
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| Widely accepted codes, generally based on the humane aspects of society, that direct or govern actions. |
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| Process of thinking through what one ought to do in an orderly, systematic manner based on principles. |
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| Branch of philosophy concerned with determining right from wrong on the basis of knowledge. |
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| Intentional action or lack of action that causes the mercful death of someone suffering frm a terminal illness or incurable condition. ("Good or gentle death.") |
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| Conditions and terms of a contract given in writing by the concerned parties. |
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| Situation wherein a person is make to wrongfully believe that he cannot leave a place. |
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| Crime of a serious nature that is usually punishable by imprisonment in a state penitentiary or by death. |
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| Ethical concept based on faithfulness and keeping promises. |
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| Written contract that cannot be changed legally by an oral agreement. |
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| Wrong that results from a deliberate dexeption intended to produce unlawful gain. |
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| Assures health care providers immunity from civil liability when care is provided at the scene of an emergency and the caregiver does not intentionally or recklessly cause the client injury. |
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| Nurse who is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of alcohol or habit-forming drugs. |
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| Contract that recognizes a relationship between partied for services. |
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| Risk-management tool used to describe and report any unusual even that occurs to a client, visitor, or staff. |
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| Legal form signed by a competant client and witnessed by another person that grants permission to the client's physician to perfrom the privedure described by the physician and that demonstrated the client's understanding of the benefits, risks, and possible complication of the procedure, as well as alternate treatment options. |
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| Ethical principle based on the concept of fairness extended to each individual |
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| That which is laid down or fixed. |
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| Obligation one has incurred or might incur through any act or failure to act. |
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| Written words taht harm or injure the personal or profession reputation of another person. |
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| Legal document that allows a person to state prefernces about the use of life-sustaining measures should she be unable to maker her wishes known. |
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| Negligent acts on the part of a professional; relates to the conduct of a person who is acting in a professional capacity. |
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| Material Principle of Justice |
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| Rationale for determining those times when there can be unequal allocation of scarce resources. |
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| Offense that is less serious than a felony and may be punished by a fine or by sentence to a local prison for less than 1 yr. |
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| General term referring to careless acts on the part of an individual who is not exercising reasonable or prudent judgement. |
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| Ethical principle baes on the obligation to cause no harm to others. |
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| Statute that is enacted by the legislature of a state and that outlines the scope of nursing practice in that state. |
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| Process of working with the client's dying process. |
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| Rehab program that provides an impaired nurse with referrals, professional and peer counseling support groups, and assistance and monotoring back into nursing |
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| The right to be left alone, to choose care based on personal beliefs, to govern body integrity, and to choose when and how sensitive info is. |
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| Law that deals with an individual's relationship to the state. |
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| Protective device used to limit physical activity of a client or to immobilize a client or extremity. |
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| Words that are communicated verbally to a 3rd party and that harm or injure the personal or professional reputation of another. |
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| Guidelines established to direct nursing care. |
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| Law enacted by legislative bodies. |
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| Ethical theory that states that the value of a situation is determined by its consequences. |
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| Civil wrong committed by a person against another person or property. |
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| Enforcement of duties and rights among individuals and independent of contractual agreements. |
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| Ethical principal which states that an act must result in the greatest positive benefit for the greatest number of people involved. |
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| Individual's collection of inner beliefs that guides the way the person acts and helps determine the choices the person makes. |
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| Influences on the development of beliefs and attitudes rather than behaviors. |
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| Ethical principle based on truthfulness. (neither by lying nor deceiving others.) |
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| Calling public attention to unethical, illegal, or incompetent actions of others. |
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| Act or process of acquiring knowlegs and/or skill in a particular subject. |
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| A manner, feeling, or position toward a person or thing. |
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| A characteristic, either positive of negative, that belongs to you. |
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| Competence in an activity. |
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| An overwhelming expectation of being able to get everthing done in a flawless manner. |
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| Refers to the way you best recieve, provess, and assimilate info about a particular subject. |
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| A generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested as significant difficulties in the acquisitionn and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing,reasoning, or mathmatical abilities. |
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| Laying down tracks in the areas in the brain. |
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| The disciplined intellectual process of applying skillful reasoning, imposing intellectual standards and self-reflective thinking as a guide to a belief or action. |
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| Trained by instrucrion and exercise. |
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| Use of elements of thought to solve a problem or settle a question. |
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| Level or degree of quality. |
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| Conclusions based on sound reasoning and supported by evidence |
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| Physiologic response of the autonomic nervous system to a perceived stressful situation. |
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| Process of transferring to a competent individual the authority to perform a select task in a select situation. |
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| Responsibility for actions and inactions performed by oneself or others. |
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| Transfer or activies from one person to another. |
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| Microorganisms that occur or have adapted to live in a specific environment. |
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| (normal) Microorganisms taht are always present, usually without altering the client's health. |
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| Microorganisms that are episodic ( of limited duration) |
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| Disease producing microorganisms. |
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| The ability of a microorganism to produce disease. |
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| Frequency with which a pathogen causes disease. |
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| Bacteria in a resistant stage that can withstand unfavorable environments. |
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| The multiplication of microorganisms on or within a host that does not result in cellular injury. |
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| The invasion and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in body tissue that results in cellular injury. |
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| Microorganism that causes cellular injury. |
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| Infectios agents capable of being transmitted to a client by direct or indirect contact through a vehicle (or vector) or airborne route. |
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| Diseases produced by these agents. |
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| Describes the development of an infectious process. |
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| An entity that is capable of causing disease. |
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| Living organisms taht invade the host, causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and ricketts. |
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| Substances that can interact with the body, causing disease, such as food additives, medications, pesticides, and industrial chemicals. |
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| Factors in the environment that are capable of causing disease, such as heat, light, noise, and radiation. |
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