NURS 350 - Quiz 3 exam with correct answers

NURS 350 - Quiz 3 exam with correct |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




answers
tort - correct answer✔✔civil wrong committed against a person/person's property
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is based on the fault of someone
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accountable person failed to meet his responsibility/performed an action below the allowable
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standard of care |||\\\ |||\\\




most cases filed against nurse defendants - correct answer✔✔-malpractice
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-negligence |||\\\




-may also be accountable for intentional/quasi intentional actions
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negligence - correct answer✔✔denotes conduct lack in due care |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




carelessness |||\\\




a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable prudent person would use in similar
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circumstances



Josie King story - correct answer✔✔daughter was burned in the bathtub and was taken to
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Johns Hopkins, Josie passed due to a series of errors -> patient safety program was started
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, MNMC negligence example - correct answer✔✔patient with CP was brought to hospital, nurse
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anesthetist did not check placement of trach -> in the esophagus died from oxygen never
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reaching the lungs |||\\\ |||\\\




malpractice - correct answer✔✔referred to as a professional negligence |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




addresses a professional standard of care (professional misconduct due to unreasonable lack of
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skill)
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failure of a professional to act in accordance with the prevailing standard
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duty owned - correct answer✔✔failing to monitor the patient
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breach of duty - correct answer✔✔failing to report a change in patient status
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foreseeability - correct answer✔✔failing to report another health care provider's |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




incompetence



causation - correct answer✔✔failing to provide for patient safety |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




injury - correct answer✔✔allowing a patient to experience an injury (burns, falls, side effects)
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damages - correct answer✔✔pain and suffering occurs (refers to past, present, and future)
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2006 IOM Report - correct answer✔✔medication errors injure 1.5 million people and cost
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billions of dollars annually |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\ |||\\\




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