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1. what is competency in healthcare decision making: the ability to exercise rights, more so
the ability to exercise ones right to give or refuse informed consent
2. Are all adults deemed competent: the law presumes that all adults are competent, until demon-
strated otherwise, to make decisions regarding their healthcare
3. in healthcare, what is justice defined as: assertion that all people are to be treated in the same
equitable manner regardless of socioeconomic status, diagnosis, or other personal characteristics
4. What is utilitarianism?: the idea that the goal of society or healthcare resources should be "the greatest
happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens. Healthcare is a finite costly resource that needs to be carefully
allocated.
5. what is the most cost effective form of healthcare: primary prevention services; aimed at
avoiding health problems which can lead to saving and actually conceptualize the principle of utilitarianism, example:
vaccine
6. Veracity is defined as what in the healthcare scheme: principle stating that the provider
should be honest and give full disclosure to the patient, abstain from misrepresentation or deception, and report known
lapses of the standards of care to the proper agencies. Be truthful!!
7. What is beneficence?: healthcare providers obligation to help people in need
8. what is nonmalficience: requirement that healthcare providers do no harm or minimize harm
9. what is autonomy: 1. Deals with PATIENT (self determination)
2. Patient have the right to informed consent and full disclosure of treatment so they can make informed choices about
their care
3. Right to privacy; freedom of choice
10. What is informed consent?: disclosure of appropriate information to a competent patient who is
permitted to make a voluntary choice
11. what are the components of informed consent: the patient has capability or capacity to
make an informed decision, they are able to comprehend the information presented; and they can ask questions about
the proposed therapeutic procedure, be it a treatment, diagnostic, other
12. what is the Healthcare provider side of informed consent; what are its con-
stituents: the healthcare provider must disclose information on the treatment, test, or procedure in question,
including the risks and benefits and the likelihood of problems. In treatment, the benefits and risks are discussed in
addition to anticipated outcome without therapy
13. Is Consent Ever Presumed?: Presumed consent appropriate in
limited situations
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- In emergency, potentially lifethreatening
situations when the patient
is unconscious or incompetent and no
surrogate decision maker is available
14. what are the components of competency: patients must have the ability to communicate a
choice, understand the relevant information, appreciate the healthcare consequences of the situation and reason about
treatment choices
15. what is the goal of competency determination: to strike a balance between respecting the
autonomy of patients who are capable of making informed decisions and protecting those with cognitive impairment
16. who can deem a person incompetent: only a court can declare a person incompetent and
appoint a guardian to make decisions for the individual but typically it is not needed, especially if family, healthcare
proxy agree patient cannot make an informed decision
17. who provides consent when the patient is unable to do so: for those who cannot
communicate wishes, an appointed person makes decisions based upon the patients past wishes and values via
advance directives
18. What is an advanced directive?: Written statement of a patient's intent regarding medical treatment
if they should become incapacitated
19. What is the "Five Wishes" Directive?: combo directive: specifies who will make decisions when pt
cant, kind of medical treatment want/don't want, how comfortable pt wants to be, how people treat, what loved ones
should know. it is a type of will and it delineates the following: who the patient wants to make their healthcare decisions
when unable to do so, and the kind of healthcare treatment patient does and does not want and how comfortable the
patient wants to be
20. what is a healthcare proxy: a person chosen in advance by an individual that cannot make their own
decisions to make informed consent, etc. If no one is appointed, a spouse can be a de-facto proxy if no other person
has been appointed.
21. how should the HCP interpret the direction of the healthcare proxy: the direction
of the appointed healthcare proxy should be followed as you would follow the direction of the patient. the word of the
proxy is the word of the competent patient
22. What is cultural competence?: to provide appropriate culturally sensitive care related to the clients
beliefs and practices. treating patients with respect, compassion, and honesty regarrdless of cultural/ethnic background
23. what is deemed as an qualified interpreter in healthcare: a qualified interpreter is a
person who has been assessed for professional skills, demonstrates a high level of proficiency in at least 2 languages
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1. what is competency in healthcare decision making: the ability to exercise rights, more so
the ability to exercise ones right to give or refuse informed consent
2. Are all adults deemed competent: the law presumes that all adults are competent, until demon-
strated otherwise, to make decisions regarding their healthcare
3. in healthcare, what is justice defined as: assertion that all people are to be treated in the same
equitable manner regardless of socioeconomic status, diagnosis, or other personal characteristics
4. What is utilitarianism?: the idea that the goal of society or healthcare resources should be "the greatest
happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens. Healthcare is a finite costly resource that needs to be carefully
allocated.
5. what is the most cost effective form of healthcare: primary prevention services; aimed at
avoiding health problems which can lead to saving and actually conceptualize the principle of utilitarianism, example:
vaccine
6. Veracity is defined as what in the healthcare scheme: principle stating that the provider
should be honest and give full disclosure to the patient, abstain from misrepresentation or deception, and report known
lapses of the standards of care to the proper agencies. Be truthful!!
7. What is beneficence?: healthcare providers obligation to help people in need
8. what is nonmalficience: requirement that healthcare providers do no harm or minimize harm
9. what is autonomy: 1. Deals with PATIENT (self determination)
2. Patient have the right to informed consent and full disclosure of treatment so they can make informed choices about
their care
3. Right to privacy; freedom of choice
10. What is informed consent?: disclosure of appropriate information to a competent patient who is
permitted to make a voluntary choice
11. what are the components of informed consent: the patient has capability or capacity to
make an informed decision, they are able to comprehend the information presented; and they can ask questions about
the proposed therapeutic procedure, be it a treatment, diagnostic, other
12. what is the Healthcare provider side of informed consent; what are its con-
stituents: the healthcare provider must disclose information on the treatment, test, or procedure in question,
including the risks and benefits and the likelihood of problems. In treatment, the benefits and risks are discussed in
addition to anticipated outcome without therapy
13. Is Consent Ever Presumed?: Presumed consent appropriate in
limited situations
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, Professional Role ANCC
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- In emergency, potentially lifethreatening
situations when the patient
is unconscious or incompetent and no
surrogate decision maker is available
14. what are the components of competency: patients must have the ability to communicate a
choice, understand the relevant information, appreciate the healthcare consequences of the situation and reason about
treatment choices
15. what is the goal of competency determination: to strike a balance between respecting the
autonomy of patients who are capable of making informed decisions and protecting those with cognitive impairment
16. who can deem a person incompetent: only a court can declare a person incompetent and
appoint a guardian to make decisions for the individual but typically it is not needed, especially if family, healthcare
proxy agree patient cannot make an informed decision
17. who provides consent when the patient is unable to do so: for those who cannot
communicate wishes, an appointed person makes decisions based upon the patients past wishes and values via
advance directives
18. What is an advanced directive?: Written statement of a patient's intent regarding medical treatment
if they should become incapacitated
19. What is the "Five Wishes" Directive?: combo directive: specifies who will make decisions when pt
cant, kind of medical treatment want/don't want, how comfortable pt wants to be, how people treat, what loved ones
should know. it is a type of will and it delineates the following: who the patient wants to make their healthcare decisions
when unable to do so, and the kind of healthcare treatment patient does and does not want and how comfortable the
patient wants to be
20. what is a healthcare proxy: a person chosen in advance by an individual that cannot make their own
decisions to make informed consent, etc. If no one is appointed, a spouse can be a de-facto proxy if no other person
has been appointed.
21. how should the HCP interpret the direction of the healthcare proxy: the direction
of the appointed healthcare proxy should be followed as you would follow the direction of the patient. the word of the
proxy is the word of the competent patient
22. What is cultural competence?: to provide appropriate culturally sensitive care related to the clients
beliefs and practices. treating patients with respect, compassion, and honesty regarrdless of cultural/ethnic background
23. what is deemed as an qualified interpreter in healthcare: a qualified interpreter is a
person who has been assessed for professional skills, demonstrates a high level of proficiency in at least 2 languages
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