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| Workplace Violence definition |
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| Any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting. |
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| One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority: |
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| Damage, injury, or a wrongful act done willfully, negligently, or in circumstances involving strict liability, but not involving breach of contract, for which a civil suit can be brought |
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| Sexual Harassment definition |
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| “unwelcome verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive and affects working conditions or creates a hostile work environment.” |
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| Law based on judicial decision and precedent rather than on statutes |
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| Advanced Directives definition |
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| These directives pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the event that a person should become unable to make medical decisions on their own behalf. |
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| Confidentiality definition |
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| the principle in medical ethics that the information a patient reveals to a health care provider is private and has limits on how and when it can be disclosed to a third party. |
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| Informed Consent definition |
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| Consent by a patient to a surgical or medical procedure or participation in a clinical study after achieving an understanding of the relevant medical facts and the risks involved. |
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| gift of vital organs, usually after death but can be done while alive (example, a kidney) |
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| Negligence- failure to provide the care that an ordinary, reasonable, and prudent person would perform under similar circumstances, which places another person at risk for harm |
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| refers to the responsibility for acts of commission and omission |
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| involves an extreme breach of care, in which the nurse clearly puts another at risk for harm |
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| is an attempt or threat to touch another person without justification (example: a nurse threatens, “If you don’t eat, then we will have to force feed you) |
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| intentional physical contact with a person or object the patient is holding or wearing. To qualify as battery, the touching must be wrongful in some way, such as embarrassing, causing harm or injury, or done without permission. (example: continuing to bathe a patient after he or she says “stop”) |
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| false imprisonment definition |
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| restraining or detaining another person against his or her will |
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