NR226 / NR-226 Final Exam Review (TOTAL OF 65 Q&A)/(Latest 2021) Updated RATED A+

23 (Torts and Confidentiality) 1. Torts: civil wrong acts or omission made against a person/property a. Intentional: Willful acts that violate another person’s right i. Assault: Intentional threat towards another person that places that person in fear of harmful, imminent or unwelcomed contact. 1. No actual contact is required ii. Battery: intentional offensive touching without consent or lawful justification. 1. Contact can be harmful and cause injury or can be offensive to the pt’s personal dignity 2. Ex: Provider performs a procedure that goes beyond the scope of the pt’s consent iii. False Imprisonment: unjustified restraint of a person without legal reason 1. Ex: nurses restrain a pt in a confined area to keep that person from freedom a. Pt must be aware of confinement for false imprisonment. b. Quasi Intentional: i. Invasion of Privacy: release of pt’s medical info to unauthorized person, such as press, pt’s employer or family or online. (can only b shared with healthcare providers for the purpose of medical treatment only ii. Defamation of Character: publication of false information that results in damage to a person’s reputation 1. Slander: speak falsely about another 2. Libel: write falsely about another c. Unintentional i. Negligence: below standard of care ii. Malpractice: professional negligence to carry out duty of care 2. Confidentiality a. HIPAA: pt right to consent to the use and disclosure of their protected health info, to inspect and copy one’s medical record and to amend mistakes or incomplete info. b. Limits who’s able to access pt records. c. Privacy and confidentiality d. Informed consent: nurse is witness that pt signed and is competent Ch. 37 x 9 Questions (See topics below) Types of Grief: a cluster of ordinary emotions arising in response of a significant loss. Intensified and complicated by the relationship to the person or object lost 1. Normal uncomplicated grief: common universal reaction 2. Anticipatory grief: before the actual loss of death ex caring for pt with dementia or ALS 3. Disenfranchised Grief: relationship to deceased person not socially sanctioned, cant be openly shared or seems less significant a. Ambiguous loss: the person is physically present but not psychologically available. Ex: dementia or brain injury 4. Complicated Grief: prolonged significant difficulty moving forward after a loss a. Chronic: normal grief response experienced over a long period of time b. Exaggerated: self destructive or maladaptive behavior, obsessions, or psych disorders. Suicide risk c. Delayed: avoidance because the loss is so significant. Ususally triggered by a second less significant loss d. Masked: behaves in a way that interferes with normal functioning ...............continued