Flashcards
Law and Ethics
Cards in this deck (55)
- 1AutonomyRefers to the commitment to include clients in decisions about all aspects of care.
- 2BeneficienceRefers to taking positive actions to help others encouraging the good for others.
- 3Non maleficenceThe avoidance of harm or hurt; the commitment to provide least harmful interventions.
- 4JusticeFairness: ranking recipients according to need
- 5FidelityRefers to the agreement to keep promises; obligation to follow through.
- 6EMTALAThe Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that requires anyone coming to an emergency department to be stabilized and treated, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay, but since its enactment in 1986 has remained an unfunded mandate
- 7Federal statutory IssuesADA
HIPPA
EMTALA
Mental Health Parity
Advanced Directives
Uniform Anatomical Gift Restraints - 8State statutory IssuesLicensure
Good samaritan laws
Public Health Laws
Determination of Death acts.
Physiician-Assissted Suicide - 9Criminal lawPrevent harm to society
punishment for crimes - 10Civil lawsProtect the rights of the individual person within our society and encourage fair treatment among people.
- 11First state mandating a fixed patient to nurse ratioCalifornia 2004
- 12Mental Health Parity ActForbids health plans from placing lifetime or annual limits on mental health coverage that are less generous than those placed on medical or surgical benefits
- 13Advanced DirectivesLiving Wills and Durable Power of Attorney for health care
- 14Living WillClients wishes in illness or terminal condition
- 15Durable Power of Attorney for Health careLegal document designing persons to make health care decisions when client is unable to make them.
- 16Regulatory/Administrative lawDuty to report incompetent or unethical nursing conduct
- 17Nurse Practice ActsDescribe and define the legal boundaries and scope of nursing practice within each state
- 18Common LawJudicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are decided.
- 19Health Insurance Portability and Accountability actAllows employees to change jobs without losing coverage as long as they have had 12 months of continuous group insurance
- 20Determination of death act Cardiopulmonary standardRequires irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function
- 21Determination of death - Whole Brain StandardIrreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain
- 22Torta civil wrong made against a person or property
- 23Intentional TortWillfulla ct that violates another's rights
- 24Quasi intentional TortsActs where the intent is lacking but volitional action and direct causation occur.
- 25Defamation of characterPublication of false statements that result in damage to a person's reputation.
- 26Unintentional Tortnegligence or malpractice
- 27negligenceconduct below standard of care
- 28Malpractice4 things must be proven
1. the nurse had a duty to a client
2. They did not carry out that duty
3. The client was injured in some way
4. Failure to carry out the duty caused it - 29Public Health LawsProtection of the public's health advocating for the rights of people, regulating health care
- 30Good Samaritan LawsEncourage health care professionals to assist in emergencies
- 31UtilitarianismSystem of ethics proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefullness----Every action should bring about the most useful/meaningful result------
- 32DeontologyActions as right and wrong regardless of consequence
- 33Values ClarificationTolerating differing values- sometimes the key to ethical dilemmas.
- 34Patient self determination actrequires health care institutions to provide written information to clients concerning the clients' rights under state law to make decisions, including the right to refuse treatment and formulate advance directives
- 35Required Request LawsLaws that mandate that at the time of admission to a hospital a HCP has to ask whether the client is an organ donor (over 18)
- 36The community Health Accreditation ProgramRequires institutions to have guidelines for determining the number of nurses to patients
- 37Written ProtestA document that is made in the case that a nurse accepts the assignment of caring for more clients than is reasonable to ensure that if a client suffers an injury the nurse was acting responsibly
- 38Risk ManagementA system ensuring nurses provide preventative measures
- 39The legal definition of death required for organ donation isCessation of function of the entire brain
- 40Principles in the code of EthicsAdvocacy
Responsibility
Accountability
Confidentiality - 41AltruismConcern for the welfare of others
- 42Human DignityRespect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of others
- 43IntegrityActing in accordance with the professional code of ethics
- 44Social JusticeUphold moral, legal, humanistic principles
- 45VeracityAccuracy or conformity to truth
- 46StandardsStandards of Care
Standards of Professinoal Performance - 47Patient Bill of rightsInformation disclosure
Choice of providers and plans
Access to emergency situations
Participation in Treatment decisions
Confidentiality
Complaints and Appeals - 48Statutory LawNurse Practice Acts
Good Samaritan
Public Health Laws
Patient Self Determination
Determination of death
Torts - 49Types of TortsAssault
Battery
Invasion of Privacy
Libel and Slander - 50Types of unintentional TortsNegligence
Malpractice - 51Regulatory LawsLicensure
Common Law - 52General consentrequired for admission to the hospital or healthcare facility
- 53Seperate consentForms required for special procedures
- 54Informed ConsentExplanation of the procedure including harm that may occur
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- NCLEX NURSING 110 (Exam 3 ) Flashcards on Law and Ethics , created by Gwen Paparone on 28/11/2016.
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