LAW and ETHICS Flashcards

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what are intentional torts

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assault
battery
defamation of character
invasion of privacy
false imprisonment
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what are unintentional torts

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negligence

malpractice

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what are the sources of law

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constitutional
legislative
administrative
common law

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what are the types of laws

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public law and private law

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what does public law consist of

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individual vs. society

criminal law

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what does private law consist of

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individual vs individual

contract and tort law

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what is tort law?

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type of private law

enforces duties and rights

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what are the types of legal actions

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civil and criminal actions

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

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nurse practice act

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what is the regulation of nursing practice

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nurse practice act
credentialing
standard of care

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

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license

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

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certification

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

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standards of care

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what are internal standards of care

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job description
education
expertise

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what are external standards of care

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

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

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liability

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what are the two types of consent

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expressed consent

implied consent

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three major elements of informed consent

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

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what is the nurses role in consent?

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voluntary
authentic sig
client appears competent

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what are the four elements of unintentional negligence

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

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

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

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

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

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what are the two concepts of values?
value transmission and value clarification
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what is value transmission?
values learned through observation and experience
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what is value clarification?
process where people identify examine and develop their own individual values
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6 steps to clarify client values
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
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private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct, character, and attitude
morality
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learning to tell the difference between right and wrong and of learning what ought and ought not to be done
moral development
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teleological theory
looks at consequence of an action instead of if the action is right or wrong (THE END)
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deontological theory
morality of an action not determined by consequence | DUTY
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caring theory
relationship based wants common good individual rights is it caring and responsible?
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what are moral principles
``` autonomy nonmalefience benefience justice fidelity veracity ```
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autonomy
right to choose personal goals
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nonmalifience
do no harm
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beneficence
doing good
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justice
fairness
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fidelity
faithful to agreements and promises
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veracity
telling the truth
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answerable to oneself and others for ones own actions
accountability
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specific accountability or liability associated with the performance of duties of a particular role
responsibility
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what are the origins of ethical problems in nursing?
social an technological changes | conflicting loyalties and obligations
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``` AIDS abortion organ and tissue transplantation end of life issues allocation of scarce health resources management of personal health information ``` all represent what?
ethical issues
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what does accountability allow for in the legal and ethical nurse
explaining rationale behind actions recognize standards to which she's held understands the legal aspects
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what are the sources of law
constitutional legislative common law administrative
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who are the three people who cannot give consent
mental ill unconscious minors
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what are the 4 things that must be violated to be negligence
duty to care breach of duty proximate cause damages of some sort
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how to know if breach of duty has been violated
was the end foreseeable?? | commission or omission
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how to know if damages of some sort would be negligent
if the breach is related to the damages