nurs 250: final exam UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct Answers
advocacy - listening and speaking for the patient, their family and friends, and yourself
- respect patients' decisions
- interprets information and provides necessary education, then accepts and
respects the patient's decisions
autonomy - self-determination
- when provided with accurate and complete information, the patient has the right
to determine course of care
- right to refuse
confidentiality - the ethical principle that a health professional will hold secure all information
relating to a patient unless the patient gives consent for disclosure
- the assurance that information can be viewed only by those requiring access
beneficence - doing good
- taking actions that are in the patient's best interests
veracity - truthfulness
- honesty
- builds trust between patient and nurse
- impacts patient's autonomy
fidelity - keeping promises
- faithfulness
- patients can count on you
assault - threat of bodily harm and feeling of imminent harm
- threatening or pretending to hurt a patient
, battery - actual harm to another
- angry or forceful touching
- procedure without consent
false imprisonment - an act of restraining another person and causing that person to be confined in a
bounded area
- to avoid = AMA form
- physical restraint may be considered both battery and false imprisonment
malpractice - negligence by a person in a professional role
- acting in unethical manner, deficient in skills, fails to meet standards of care
- 4 Ds:
-- duty
-- dereliction
-- damages
-- direct cause
negligence risk of harm caused by failure to act or acting in a manner that a reasonable
person would
felony a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more
slander a spoken false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
libel a written false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
liability the state of being responsible for something, especially by law
AMA orders - against medical advise
- states best interest to stay and that leaving could jeopardize the patient's
wellbeing
end of life issues - key is promoting autonomy
- provide accurate information
- offer support to patient and family
- decisions about removing extraordinary measures that will not restore life but
only prolong the dying process
- living will
- durable power of attorney
- health care proxy
- DNR orders
- medical aid in dying
- euthanasia
living will directs extent of care if unable to make decisions for self
durable power of attorney designates one to make decisions, legal and medical, if not able to independently
health care proxy durable power of attorney for healthcare related to matters
advocacy - listening and speaking for the patient, their family and friends, and yourself
- respect patients' decisions
- interprets information and provides necessary education, then accepts and
respects the patient's decisions
autonomy - self-determination
- when provided with accurate and complete information, the patient has the right
to determine course of care
- right to refuse
confidentiality - the ethical principle that a health professional will hold secure all information
relating to a patient unless the patient gives consent for disclosure
- the assurance that information can be viewed only by those requiring access
beneficence - doing good
- taking actions that are in the patient's best interests
veracity - truthfulness
- honesty
- builds trust between patient and nurse
- impacts patient's autonomy
fidelity - keeping promises
- faithfulness
- patients can count on you
assault - threat of bodily harm and feeling of imminent harm
- threatening or pretending to hurt a patient
, battery - actual harm to another
- angry or forceful touching
- procedure without consent
false imprisonment - an act of restraining another person and causing that person to be confined in a
bounded area
- to avoid = AMA form
- physical restraint may be considered both battery and false imprisonment
malpractice - negligence by a person in a professional role
- acting in unethical manner, deficient in skills, fails to meet standards of care
- 4 Ds:
-- duty
-- dereliction
-- damages
-- direct cause
negligence risk of harm caused by failure to act or acting in a manner that a reasonable
person would
felony a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment of one year or more
slander a spoken false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
libel a written false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation
liability the state of being responsible for something, especially by law
AMA orders - against medical advise
- states best interest to stay and that leaving could jeopardize the patient's
wellbeing
end of life issues - key is promoting autonomy
- provide accurate information
- offer support to patient and family
- decisions about removing extraordinary measures that will not restore life but
only prolong the dying process
- living will
- durable power of attorney
- health care proxy
- DNR orders
- medical aid in dying
- euthanasia
living will directs extent of care if unable to make decisions for self
durable power of attorney designates one to make decisions, legal and medical, if not able to independently
health care proxy durable power of attorney for healthcare related to matters
