NR 326 Exam One Study Guide Questions2023/2024

● Actions the nurse should take to prevent lawsuits ○ Ethical Principles ■ Autonomy in nursing means that each patient has the right to make their own decisions based on their beliefs and values ● Assault is an act that results in a person’s genuine fear and apprehension that he or she will be touched without consent. ● Battery is the nonconsensual touching of another person ■ Beneficence in nursing is defined as “actions guided by compassion.” ■ Justice in nursing ethics implies that patients have a right to fair and impartial treatment (ex. Insurance status, age, gender, religion, sexual preferences) ■ Nonmaleficence in nursing requires that nurses select interventions that can be beneficial without causing harm. ■ False imprisonment is the deliberate and unauthorized confinement of a person within fixed limits by the use of verbal or physical means (ex. restraining or secluding—against the wishes of the client—anyone admitted to the hospital voluntarily