Rosdahls Basic Nursing 12th
Edition-Questions and Answers-
Verified
advance directive (living will) - -Is a legal document in which a person
either states choices for medical treatment or names someone to make
treatment choices if they lose decision making ability
-alias - -They are assigned a name other than their own and all records
lab. Tests room tags diet slips and so forth use this name.
-Assult - -Unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another
-Assisted suicide - -the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable
disease, effected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for
this purpose.
-Battery - -unlawful touching of another person without consent
-biological death - -Legal death. Due to the absent heartbeat and
respirations.
-brain death - -a diagnosis of death based on the cessation of all signs
of brain activity, as measured by electrical brain waves
-clinical death - -lack of heartbeat and respiration
-crime - -Action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be
prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law/ a wrong against a
person or property or public goods.
-endorsement - -When a nurse applies for license in the new state and
may receive a license.
-Ethics - -the philosophical study of moral values and rules
-euthanasia - -mercy killing
-Felony - -a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more
serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment
for more than one year or by death.
-Good Samaritan Law - -Protects you from liability if you give
emergency care within the limits of first aid and if you act in a
responsible and prudent manner.
Edition-Questions and Answers-
Verified
advance directive (living will) - -Is a legal document in which a person
either states choices for medical treatment or names someone to make
treatment choices if they lose decision making ability
-alias - -They are assigned a name other than their own and all records
lab. Tests room tags diet slips and so forth use this name.
-Assult - -Unlawful threat or attempt to do bodily injury to another
-Assisted suicide - -the suicide of a patient suffering from an incurable
disease, effected by the taking of lethal drugs provided by a doctor for
this purpose.
-Battery - -unlawful touching of another person without consent
-biological death - -Legal death. Due to the absent heartbeat and
respirations.
-brain death - -a diagnosis of death based on the cessation of all signs
of brain activity, as measured by electrical brain waves
-clinical death - -lack of heartbeat and respiration
-crime - -Action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be
prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law/ a wrong against a
person or property or public goods.
-endorsement - -When a nurse applies for license in the new state and
may receive a license.
-Ethics - -the philosophical study of moral values and rules
-euthanasia - -mercy killing
-Felony - -a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more
serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment
for more than one year or by death.
-Good Samaritan Law - -Protects you from liability if you give
emergency care within the limits of first aid and if you act in a
responsible and prudent manner.
