4NOX1 AMSA BASIC NURSING 102 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

4NOX1 AMSA BASIC NURSING 102 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. advanced directive
Answer:
a legal document stating the patient's health care wishes in the event they cannot give consent. Ex) living
will, durable power of attorney, and a "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) order.

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2. living will
Answer:
a document that directs treatment in accordance with a patient's wishes if the event of death is likely.

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3. Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
Answer:
an order written by a physician when the patient has indicated a desire to be allowed to die if they stop
breathing or if their heart stops beating.

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4. durable power of attorney
Answer:
a legal document that designates an individual to make health care decisions when a patient is no longer
able to make decisions on his or her own behalf.

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5. Health Insurance and Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Answer:
a set of regulations that protect how a patient's information is conveyed, stored, and who it can be revealed
to.

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6. tort
Answer:
an act that causes injury for which the injured party can bring civil action. Ex) assault, battery, and false
imprisonment.

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7. assault
Answer:
an intentional threat toward another person that places the person in reasonable fear of harmful, imminent,
or unwelcome contact. Ex) verbal threats

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8. battery
Answer:
the actual physical contact that has been refused or that is carried out against the patient's will. Ex) physical
threats

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9. false imprisonment
Answer:
preventing a person from leaving a facility or restricting his or her movements within the facility.

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10. invasion of privacy
Answer:
a violation of the confidential and privileged nature of a professional relationship.

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11. defamation
Answer:
remarks made by one person about another person that are untrue, and the remarks damage that person's
reputation. Ex) slander and libel

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12. slader
Answer:
oral defamation

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13. libel
Answer:
written defamation

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14. quasi-intentional torts
Answer:
invasion of privacy defamation

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15. unintentional torts
Answer:
negligence malpractice

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16. negligence
Answer:
conduct that falls below the generally accepted standard of care of a reasonably prudent person.

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17. malpractice
Answer:
failure to use that degree of skill or learning ordinarily used under the same similar circumstances by
members of the same profession.

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18. National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)
Answer:
web-based repository of reports that contain information about medical malpractice payments and some
adverse actions in relation to health care practitioners, providers, or suppliers. created by congress to
improve health care quality, protect the public, and reduce health care fraud and abuse in the US.

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19. autonomy
Answer:
respect for others

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20. ethics
Answer:
a set of principles dealing with what is morally right or wrong.

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21. standard of care
Answer:
a level of care expected by reason of training and profession.

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22. the privacy act of 1974
Answer:
protects records containing personal identifiers such as a name, social security number, or other identifying
number or symbol.

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23. informed consent
Answer:
a patient understands and agrees with treatment.

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24. implied consent
Answer:
a patient is not able to give permission but needs treatment.

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25. professionalism