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elevation of the head of the bed 30 to 60 degrees - Answer semi-fowler
elevation of the head of the bed 15 to 30 degrees - Answer low-fowler
patient on back w/ knees flexed and soles of the feet flat on the bed - Answer
dorsal recumbent position
patient on back w/ feet placed in stirrups and the legs are spread apart, use for
exams for the pelvic organs - Answer dorsal lithotomy position
patients rest on their side - Answer side-lying or lateral position
used for rectal exams, administrating enemas, and inserting suppositories or for an
unconscious patient; patient on left side, left arm place behind, right knee/leg
drawn in an angle - Answer sims position
patient lying face down; alternative for patients on prolonged bed rest or
immobilized - Answer prone position
,patient face down on the bed w/ head turned to one side (bonked over) chest,
elbows, and knees rest on bed; used for rectal exams or to restore the uterus to
normal position - Answer knee-chest position
is permission given by the patient or his legal representative - Answer consent
legal documents that record the patient's permission to perform a treatment or
surgery of to give info to insurance companies or other health care providers -
Answer consent or releases
indicates the patient's participation in the decision-making process - Answer
informed consent
is the threat to harm another, or even to threaten to touch another w/out the person's
permission - Answer assault
when one person makes remarks about another person that are NOT true, and the
remarks damage the other person's reputation - Answer defamation
is a consent that has been constructed before the need for it arises; consist of the
patients wishes regarding surgery and diagnostic and therapeutic treatments
(direction for decision making is present if an accident occurs or illness and can't
make decision on their own) - Answer advance directive
is a document that gives legal power to a health care agent (surrogate decision
maker), who is a person chosen by the patient to follow patient's advance directives
and make medical decisions on his behalf - Answer durable power of attorney
, the ACTUAL physical contact that has been refused or that is carried out against
the person's will - Answer battery
preventing a person from leaving, or restricting his movements in the facility -
Answer false imprisonment
DNR - Answer Do-Not-Resuscitate
are written by a physician when the patient has indicated a desire to be allowed to
die if he stops breathing or his heart stops - Answer Do-Not-Resuscitate
2 forms of defamation: - Answer Slander (oral) and libel (written)
deliberate, systematic way to deliver nursing care, provides a way to implement
caregiving, and combines the science and the at of nursing; nurse focus on the
patient as an individual, identifies health care needs and strength of the patient,
establishes and implements a plan of action to meet those needs, and evaluates the
outcome of the plan - Answer nursing process
5 components of the Nursing Process: - Answer -Assessment (data collection)
-Nursing diagnosis
-Planning
-Implementation
-Evaluation