NFDN 1001 TEST 2 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Personal Directive
legal documents which allow you to name a decision maker and/or provide written instructions
to be followed when, due to illness or injury, you no longer have the capacity to make decisions
such as where you will live or the medical treatment you will receive.
Agent
A person to make decisions for a person who is
assessed as being incapable of providing
informed consent for health care or temporary
residential placement.
Capacity
the ability to understand information relevant to making a decision about a personal matter and
the ability to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of the decision.
In other words, a person understands facts about a decision and what could happen if they choose
one thing over another.
Power of Attorney
legal document you can use to appoint someone to make financial and legal decisions on your
behalf. If you are the one passing the authority to someone else you are called the donor. The
person you pass the authority to is called the attorney.
Enduring Power of Attorney
, contains a clause stating that the authority of the attorney is in effect after a donor suffers a loss
of capacity.
Guardianship
appointed by the Court, has the legal responsibility to make decisions for an adult who lacks the
capacity to make personal decisions.
Trusteeship
Put into place by the Court when an adult lacks the capacity to make financial decisions.
Autonomy
your ability to make choices for yourself based on full understanding free of controlling
influences
Beneficence
doing or promoting good for others, involves taking positive actions to help others
Non-maleficence
the avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice
fairness
Veracity
habitual observance of truth in speech or statement
Fidelity
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Personal Directive
legal documents which allow you to name a decision maker and/or provide written instructions
to be followed when, due to illness or injury, you no longer have the capacity to make decisions
such as where you will live or the medical treatment you will receive.
Agent
A person to make decisions for a person who is
assessed as being incapable of providing
informed consent for health care or temporary
residential placement.
Capacity
the ability to understand information relevant to making a decision about a personal matter and
the ability to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of the decision.
In other words, a person understands facts about a decision and what could happen if they choose
one thing over another.
Power of Attorney
legal document you can use to appoint someone to make financial and legal decisions on your
behalf. If you are the one passing the authority to someone else you are called the donor. The
person you pass the authority to is called the attorney.
Enduring Power of Attorney
, contains a clause stating that the authority of the attorney is in effect after a donor suffers a loss
of capacity.
Guardianship
appointed by the Court, has the legal responsibility to make decisions for an adult who lacks the
capacity to make personal decisions.
Trusteeship
Put into place by the Court when an adult lacks the capacity to make financial decisions.
Autonomy
your ability to make choices for yourself based on full understanding free of controlling
influences
Beneficence
doing or promoting good for others, involves taking positive actions to help others
Non-maleficence
the avoidance of harm or hurt
Justice
fairness
Veracity
habitual observance of truth in speech or statement
Fidelity
