LAW and ETHICS

Question 1

what are intentional torts

Answer 1

assault
battery
defamation of character
invasion of privacy
false imprisonment

Question 2

what are unintentional torts

Answer 2

negligence

malpractice

Question 3

what are the sources of law

Answer 3

constitutional
legislative
administrative
common law

Question 4

what are the types of laws

Answer 4

public law and private law

Question 5

what does public law consist of

Answer 5

individual vs. society

criminal law

Question 6

what does private law consist of

Answer 6

individual vs individual

contract and tort law

Question 7

what is tort law?

Answer 7

type of private law

enforces duties and rights

Question 8

what are the types of legal actions

Answer 8

civil and criminal actions

Question 9

varies state to state
protects the public
describes the scope of nursing practice

Answer 9

nurse practice act

Question 10

what is the regulation of nursing practice

Answer 10

nurse practice act
credentialing
standard of care

Question 11

legal permit that government agency grants to individual to engage in the practice of a profession and to use a particular title

Answer 11

license

Question 12

voluntary practice of validating that an individual nurse has met minimum standards of nursing competence in specialty areas

Answer 12

certification

Question 13

skills and learning commonly possessed by members of a profession. evaluates the quality of care and becomes the guidelines for the nursing practice.

Answer 13

standards of care

Question 14

what are internal standards of care

Answer 14

job description
education
expertise

Question 15

what are external standards of care

Answer 15

nurse practice acts
professional organizations
nursing specialty practice organizations
fed organizations and fed guidelines

Question 16

quality or state of being legally responsible for ones obligations and actions an for making financial restitution for wrongful acts

Answer 16

liability

Question 17

what are the two types of consent

Answer 17

expressed consent

implied consent

Question 18

three major elements of informed consent

Answer 18

must be voluntary
must be given by client or kin with competence
client must have enough info

Question 19

what is the nurses role in consent?

Answer 19

voluntary
authentic sig
client appears competent

Question 20

what are the four elements of unintentional negligence

Answer 20

duty to care
breach of duty
proximate cause
damages of some sort

Question 21

enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or action

Answer 21

values

Question 22

organize their values internally along a continuum from most important to least important

Answer 22

value system

Question 23

interpretations or conclusions that people accept as true, based more on faith than fact, also could be an opinion

Answer 23

beliefs

Question 24

mental positions or feelings toward a person, object or idea. it lasts overtime usually

Answer 24

attitude

Question 25

what are the two concepts of values?

Answer 25

value transmission and value clarification

Question 26

what is value transmission?

Answer 26

values learned through observation and experience

Question 27

what is value clarification?

Answer 27

process where people identify examine and develop their own individual values

Question 28

6 steps to clarify client values

Answer 28

1. list alternatives
2. examine possible consequences of choices
3. choose freely
4. feeling about the choice
5. affirm the choice
6. act with a pattern

Question 29

private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct, character, and attitude

Answer 29

morality

Question 30

learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of learning what ought and ought not to be done

Answer 30

moral development

Question 31

teleological theory

Answer 31

looks at consequence of an action instead of if the action is right or wrong

(THE END)

Question 32

deontological theory

Answer 32

morality of an action not determined by consequence

DUTY

Question 33

caring theory

Answer 33

relationship based
wants common good
individual rights
is it caring and responsible?

Question 34

what are moral principles

Answer 34

autonomy
nonmalefience
benefience
justice
fidelity
veracity

Question 35

autonomy

Answer 35

right to choose personal goals

Question 36

nonmalifience

Answer 36

do no harm

Question 37

beneficence

Answer 37

doing good

Question 38

justice

Answer 38

fairness

Question 39

fidelity

Answer 39

faithful to agreements and promises

Question 40

veracity

Answer 40

telling the truth

Question 41

answerable to oneself and others for ones own actions

Answer 41

accountability

Question 42

specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role

Answer 42

responsibility

Question 43

what are the origins of ethical problems in nursing?

Answer 43

social an technological changes

conflicting loyalties and obligations

Question 44

AIDS
abortion
organ and tissue transplantation
end of life issues
allocation of scarce health resources
management of personal health information

all represent what?

Answer 44

ethical issues

Question 45

what does accountability allow for in the legal and ethical nurse

Answer 45

explaining rationale behind actions
recognize standards to which she’s held
understands the legal aspects

Question 46

what are the sources of law

Answer 46

constitutional
legislative
common law
administrative

Question 47

who are the three people who cannot give consent

Answer 47

mental ill
unconscious
minors

Question 48

what are the 4 things that must be violated to be negligence

Answer 48

duty to care
breach of duty
proximate cause
damages of some sort

Question 49

how to know if breach of duty has been violated

Answer 49

was the end foreseeable??

commission or omission

Question 50

how to know if damages of some sort would be negligent

Answer 50

if the breach is related to the damages