NUR3826 Ethical and Legal Issues Comprehensive Exam
1. · Advocacy < > is the act of speaking or pleading on another's behalf.
- goal of nursing advocacy is to ensure the welfare of the patient
2. · Paternalism < > Acting in a fatherly manner
3. Informed consent < > is a term used to describe the process by which
competent patients give voluntary consent for medical or or surgical treatments
or biomedical research after receiving disclosure about risks and benefits
- the practical application of the principle of respect for autonomy
4. Compliance < > Conforming to a request or demand
5. Veracity < > The ethical principle means telling the truth
6. Confidentiality < > demands that one must not disclose private, sensitive, or
secret information
7. Nonmaleficence < > directs one to avoid causing harm, including deliberate
harm, risk of harm, and harm that occurs during the performance of beneficial
acts
8. Beneficence < > doing good, preventing harm, and removing evil or harm
,9. Justice < > ethical principle that relates to fair, equitable, and appropriate
treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons, recognizing that giving
resources to some people means that others will not receive them
10. Values of individual institutions and organized health care systems and
that are explicitly communicated through philosophy and policy statements
are...? < > overt values
11. is the reaction to a situation in which there are
moral problems that seem to have clear solutions, yet we are unable to follow
our moral beliefs because of external restraints. < > Moral distress
12. Negligence < > Derived from neglegentia which means "not to pick up"
- failure to do something that a reasonable person would
13. is negligence performed by a person in a professional capac-
ity such < > Malpractice
Ex < > Dr, nurse, lawyer
14. Four Components of Malpractice? < > 1) The nurse had a duty to the patient
2) There was a breach of that duty.
3) Injury, harm, or damage occurred to the patient.
,4) The harm or damage was caused by the breach of duty.
15. Distributive Justice < > - fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution of
goods and services
16. Moral development is also called what? < > human values
development. It is TRUE
17. Cultural competence? < > An understanding of how a patient's cultural
back- ground shapes his beliefs, values, and expectations for therapy.
, - includes cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural safety, and linguistic com-
petency
18. How do your values influence your interactions with others? < >
19. Nurse Practice Act < > statute in each state and territory that regulates the
practice of nursing
20. Constitutional law < > law that involves the interpretation and application of
the
U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
21. Common Law < > A legal system based on custom and court rulings
- rulings based on previous cases
- precedent
22. Administrative Law < > The body of law created by administrative agencies (in
the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties
and responsibilities.
23. Statutory Law < > written and enacted by federal, state, and local legislatures
24. Unintentional torts... < > occur when an act or omission causes unintended
1. · Advocacy < > is the act of speaking or pleading on another's behalf.
- goal of nursing advocacy is to ensure the welfare of the patient
2. · Paternalism < > Acting in a fatherly manner
3. Informed consent < > is a term used to describe the process by which
competent patients give voluntary consent for medical or or surgical treatments
or biomedical research after receiving disclosure about risks and benefits
- the practical application of the principle of respect for autonomy
4. Compliance < > Conforming to a request or demand
5. Veracity < > The ethical principle means telling the truth
6. Confidentiality < > demands that one must not disclose private, sensitive, or
secret information
7. Nonmaleficence < > directs one to avoid causing harm, including deliberate
harm, risk of harm, and harm that occurs during the performance of beneficial
acts
8. Beneficence < > doing good, preventing harm, and removing evil or harm
,9. Justice < > ethical principle that relates to fair, equitable, and appropriate
treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons, recognizing that giving
resources to some people means that others will not receive them
10. Values of individual institutions and organized health care systems and
that are explicitly communicated through philosophy and policy statements
are...? < > overt values
11. is the reaction to a situation in which there are
moral problems that seem to have clear solutions, yet we are unable to follow
our moral beliefs because of external restraints. < > Moral distress
12. Negligence < > Derived from neglegentia which means "not to pick up"
- failure to do something that a reasonable person would
13. is negligence performed by a person in a professional capac-
ity such < > Malpractice
Ex < > Dr, nurse, lawyer
14. Four Components of Malpractice? < > 1) The nurse had a duty to the patient
2) There was a breach of that duty.
3) Injury, harm, or damage occurred to the patient.
,4) The harm or damage was caused by the breach of duty.
15. Distributive Justice < > - fair, equitable, and appropriate distribution of
goods and services
16. Moral development is also called what? < > human values
development. It is TRUE
17. Cultural competence? < > An understanding of how a patient's cultural
back- ground shapes his beliefs, values, and expectations for therapy.
, - includes cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural safety, and linguistic com-
petency
18. How do your values influence your interactions with others? < >
19. Nurse Practice Act < > statute in each state and territory that regulates the
practice of nursing
20. Constitutional law < > law that involves the interpretation and application of
the
U.S. Constitution and state constitutions
21. Common Law < > A legal system based on custom and court rulings
- rulings based on previous cases
- precedent
22. Administrative Law < > The body of law created by administrative agencies (in
the form of rules, regulations, orders, and decisions) in order to carry out their duties
and responsibilities.
23. Statutory Law < > written and enacted by federal, state, and local legislatures
24. Unintentional torts... < > occur when an act or omission causes unintended
