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Nursing Practice: 4 Areas
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(1) Promoting Heath & Wellness
(2) Preventing Illness (3) Restoring Health (4) Caring for the Dying |
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Accountability
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The ability & willingness to assume responsibility for one's actions & to accept the consequences of one's behavior
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Advocate
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Individual who pleads the cause of another or argues or pleads for a cause or proposal.
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Assault
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An attempt or threat to touch another person unjustifiably
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Attitudes
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Mental stance that is composed of many different beliefs; usually involving a positive or negative judgment towards a person, object or idea.
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Autonomy
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The state of being independent & self-directed without outside control, to make one's own decisions.
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Battery
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(legal) The willful or negligent touching of a person (or person's clothes or even something the person is carrying), which may harm or may not cause harm.
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Beliefs
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Interpretations or conclusion that one accepts as true.
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Beneficence
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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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Breach of Duty
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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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Causation
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A fact that must be proven that the harm occurred as a result o the nurses failure to follow the Standard of Care & the nurse could have (or should have) known that failure to follow the Stand of Care could result in such harm.
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Code of Ethics
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A formal statement of a group's ideals & 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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Contract
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A written or verbal agreement between 2 or more people to do or not do some lawful act.
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Coroner
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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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Credentialing
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The process of determining & maintaining competence in practice; includes licensure, registration, certification & accreditation
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Defamation
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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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Delegation
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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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Duty
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The nurse must have (or should have had) a relationship with the client that involves providing care & following an acceptable Standard of Care.
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Ethics
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The rules or principles that govern right conduct
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Express Consent
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An oral or written agreement.
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False Imprisonment
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The unlawful restraint or detention of another person against his/her wishes.
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Fidelity
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A moral principle that obligates the individual to be faithful to agreements & responsibilities one has undertaken
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Foreseeability
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A link that must exist between the nurse's act and the injury suffered
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Gross Negligence
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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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Harm/Injury
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(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 & suffering" and any other damages.
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Health Care Proxy
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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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Implied Consent
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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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Informed Consent
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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 & facts relating to it, from the physician
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Invasion of Privacy
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A direct wrong of a personal nature, it injures the feelings of the person & doesn't take into the account the effect of revealed information on the standing of the person in the community.
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Justice
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Fairness
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Law
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A rule made by humans that regulates social conduct in a formally prescribed and binding manner.
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Liability
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The quality or state of being legally responsible for one's obligations ad action and to make financial restitution for wrongful acts.
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Libel
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Defamation by means of print, writing, or pictures
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Malpractice
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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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Morality
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A doctrine or system denoting what is right or wrong in conduct, character, or attitude.
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Negligence
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Failure to behave in a reasonable & prudent manner; an unintentional tort
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Nonmaleficence
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The duty to do no harm
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Responsibility
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The specific accountability or liability associated with performance of duties of a particular role.
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Right
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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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Slander
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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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Standard of Care
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The skills & learning commonly possessed by members of a profession.
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Tort
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A civil wrong committed against a person or person's property.
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Unprofessional Conduct
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One of the grounds for action against 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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Values
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Something of worth; a belief held dearly b a person
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Veracity
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A moral principle that holds that one should tell the truth & not lie.
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ANA definition of Nursing
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"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
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Roles & Functions of Nurses
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Caregiver, Communicator, Teacher, Client Advocate, Counselor, Change Agent, Leader, Research
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Nurse Practice Acts (NPA)-1
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Legal acts that regulate the practice of nursing in the US & Canada.Each state in the US & province in Canada has its own act. These acts have one purpose: protect the public
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Nurse Practice Acts (NPA)-2
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Define & describe scope of nursing practice. Control practice through licensing.
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