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atonomy - Answers the patients right to make their own desicions about their health
care, even if the nurse or provider disagrees
Beneficence - Answers doing good and acting in the patient best interest
beneficence - Answers giving pain medication to a patient who is in a lot of pain
Nonmaleficence - Answers do no harm, avoid actions that could unnecessarily injure,
har the patient
Nonmaleficence - Answers checking meds/dosage before giving medication to
patient
justice - Answers treating others fairly and equally
justice - Answers providing quality care to every patient no matter their background
or history
fidelity - Answers keeping promises and commitment to patients
fidelity - Answers telling a patient you will be back in 15 minutes and returning on
time
veracity - Answers being truthful and honest with patients
what is a nurse practice act - Answers it is a group/accociation that protects patience
from imcompitant nurses, every state has their own
what are the standars of care - Answers the legal/professional guidlines that define
the appropriate level of care a nurse must provide to ensure patient safety and quality,
standards are the set of expatations
what is ethics - Answers knowing right from wrong, formal process for making
consistent moral desions
what is HIPAA - Answers health insurance portability and accountability act
what is health - Answers high overall functioning, a state of mind. continum of
energy, integration of mind body and spirit; not having illness
what is illness - Answers a disruption of health, usually described in terms of how it
makes a person feel
what is the basis of Maslows hierarchy - Answers psysiological needs - food water o2
maslows hierarchy - Answers basic needs, safety, love and belonging, self integrity,
and self-actualization
trust vs mistrust - Answers 0-18mo
trust vs mistrust - Answers Erikson's first stage during the first year of life, infants
learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner
atonomy vs shame and doubt - Answers 18mo - 3 yr
atonomy vs shame and doubt - Answers they learn to exercise will and do things for
themselves or they doubt their abilities
initative vs guilt - Answers 3 yr- 5 yr
Initiative vs. Guilt - Answers which the child finds independence in planning, playing
and other activities
Industry vs. Inferiority - Answers 6 yr - 11 yr
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - Answers Children busily learn to be competent
and productive or feel inferior and unable to do anything well.
Identity vs. Role Confusion - Answers 12 yr - 18 yr
identity vs role confusion - Answers search for and become their true selves, teenages
explore different friend groups or style changes to find themselves
intimancy vs isolation - Answers 19 yr -40 yr