Excelsior College NURS 104 Final Exam 1. 2021/2022. 100% Correct

accountability - an ethical duty stating that one should be answerable legally, morally, ethically, or socially for one's activities accountability - being responsible for one's actions; a sense of duty in performing nursing tasks and activities ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act; end discrimination against qualified persons with disabilities by removing barriers that prevent them from enjoying the same opportunities available to persons without disabilities administrative processes - scheduling systems, billing and claims management, insurance eligibility, and inventory manangement advance directives - written or verbal instructions created by the patient describing specific wishes about medical care in the event he or she becomes incapacitated or incompetent, examples include living wills and durable powers of attorney altruism - -concern for the welfare of others -gives full attention to client when giving care; assists other personnel in providing care when they are unable to do so; expresses concern about social trends and issues that have implications for health care assault - causes the person to fear that he or she will be touched without consent autonomy - -right to self-determination -provides nursing care based on respect of patients' rights to make decisions about their health care; honors individual's right to refuse treatment autonomy - personal freedom and the right of competent people to make choices battery - the unauthorized or the actual harmful or offensive touching of a person beneficience - an ethical principle of compassion and patient advocacy, stating that one should do good and prevent or avoid doing harm betty neuman - the systems model -Wellness-illness continuum -Nurses provide care through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention modes -The concern of nursing is to prevent stress invasion -Protect the client's basic structure and obtain or maintain a maximum level of wellness if stress not prevented bioethics - the study of ethical problems resulting from scientific advances capitation - a method reimbursing providers (usually primary care providers, such as physicians or nurse practitioners) in which the insurance company pays the provider a set payment each month to provide a defined set of health care services for the patient enrolled in the insurance company's health plan. The payment is typically expressed as a per-member-per-month payment. The defined health care services generally include preventative, diagnostic, and treatment services.