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| What are the purposed of a nurse? |
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Definition
1.) Achieve the goals of health promotion
2.) Illness prevention
3.) Health restoration
4.) End of life care |
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| A state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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| What is health promotion? |
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| Activities that foster the highest state of well-being or the recipient of activities. |
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Term
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| Hospitals, extended care facilities, nursing homes, ambulatory care, home care, community health |
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| What are some trends in care? |
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Definition
- increased use of complimentary/alternative medicine
- expanded variety of settings for care
- interest in interprofessional collaboration
- increased use of advance practice nurses
- increased risk of nursing assistive personnel |
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| What are the roles of the professional nurse? |
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Definition
1.) Direct Care Provider
2.) Communicator
3.) Client/Family Educator
4.) Counselor
5.) Change Agent
6.) Leader
7.) Manager
8.) Case Manager
9.) Research Consumer |
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| What are nursing practice acts? |
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Definition
| Laws that regulate nursing practices. |
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| What are some regulations made by the state? |
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Definition
- Defining the practice of nursing
- Establishing criteria that allow a person to be considered an RN, LPN, LVN
- Determining activities that are in the scope of practice for each discipline.
- Enforcing the rules that govern nursing.
Georgia Board of Nursing |
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| What are some organizations that regulate nursing? |
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Definition
- American and Canadaian Nurses Assoc.
- National League of Nursing
- INternational Council for Nursing
- National Student Nurses Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International |
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Term
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Definition
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Protects health insurance benefits for workers who lose of change your job.
Protect coverage to persons with preexisting medical conditions.
Establish standards to protect the privacy of personal health information. |
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.
Provide emergency medical treatment to patients who seek healthcare in the emergency department, regardless of their ability to pay, legal stays, or citizenship status. |
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Term
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Definition
| Prepared by an alert and oriented human being that gives directions to others about the person's wishes regarding life-prolonging treatments. |
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| Patient Self Determining Act. Recognizes patient's rights to make decisions based on the information provided to him by the healthcare provider. |
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Term
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| Belief you have about the worth of something. Serves as a principle or standard that influences decision making. |
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| Mental dispositions or feelings towards seomthing |
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| Something that on accepts as true |
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Term
| What is a moral behavior? |
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Definition
| Behavior that is in accordance w/ custom or tradition and usually reflects a personal/relgious beliefs. |
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Term
| What are obstacles to moral behavior? |
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Definition
| Physicians, nurse administrator, other nurses, instructional policies, the law, threat of lawsuits, being socialized to follow orders, and doubting their own knowledge. |
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Term
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Definition
| Systematic study of right and wrong conduct in situations that involve issues or values and morals. Formal process for making logical and consistent moral decisions. |
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| Subset of bioethics. Refers to ethical questions that arise out of nursing practices. |
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Term
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| The ability to base their practice on professional standards of ethical conduct and to participate in ethical decision making. |
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Term
| What are sources of ethical problems? |
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Definition
1.) Increased consumer awareness
2.) Technilogical advances
3.) Mutlicultural population
4.) Cost containment |
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Term
| What are Kohlberg's Levels of morals? |
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Definition
1.) Preconvenional - conform to norms
2.) Conventional - Meet societal norms
3.) Post conventional - Define own moral values |
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Term
| What are ANA's standards of Cliinical nursing practice? |
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Definition
1.) Assessment
2.) Diagnosis
3.) Outcome Identification
4.) Planning
5.) Implementation
6.) Evaluation
7.) Ethics
8.) Education
9.) EVP/Research
10.) Quality Practice
11.) Communication
12.) Leadership
13.) Collegiality
14.) Collaberation
15.) Professional Practice Evaluation
16.) Resource Utilization
17.) Environmental Health |
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Term
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Definition
a.) Coordination of Care
b.) Health Teaching and Health Promotion
c.) Consultation
d.) Prescriptive Authority and Treatment |
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| What are 6 essential features to professional nursing? |
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Definition
• 1.) Provision of caring relationship
• 2.) A holistic approach
• 3.) Integration of objective data w/ knowledge of the patient’s subjective experience
• 4.) Application of scientific knowledge through use of judgement and critical thinking
• 5.) Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry
• 6.) Influence of social and
• public policy to promote social justice |
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Definition
| Concern for welfare and well-being of others |
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Term
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| The right to self-determination |
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Term
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| Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations |
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| Upholding moral, legal, and humanistic principles. |
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Term
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Definition
| Considers an action to be right or wrong regardless of the consequences. Decisions based on moral rules and unchanging principles. |
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Term
| What is categorical imperative? |
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Definition
| One should act only if the action is based on a principle that is universal. |
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Term
| What does treat people as ends never as means, mean? |
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Definition
| The person is more important than the goal you're trying to accomplish. |
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Term
| What do rules, principles, rights and duties determine? |
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Definition
| Which actions are right or wrong |
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Term
| Sometimes choosing between __________ __________ ___________ is an aspect of deontology. |
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Definition
| conflicting universal principles |
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Term
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Definition
| The twofold duty to do no harm and to prevent it. |
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Term
| What is another word for malpractice? what is the definition? |
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Definition
Professional negligence.
When fulfillment of duties requires special education |
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Term
| What are the 6 common causes of malpractice litigation? |
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Definition
1.) Failure to respond
2.) educate
3.) follow standards of care and institutional policies/procedures
4.) Communicate
5.) document
6.) act as an advocate |
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| What are some ways to minimize malpractice? |
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Definition
• Use professional standards
• Avoid medication and treatment errors
• Report and document
• Obtain informed consent
• Maintain patient safety
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy
• Provide education and counseling
• Assign, delegate, and supervise according to guidelines
• Only accept assignments for which you are qualified
• Participate in continuing education
• Observe professional boundaries
• Observe mandatory reporting regulations |
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