NR 599 Final Exam Study With Week 5 to 8 Reading/Key Points
● Ethical decision making
○ When making choices about ethical issues based on the standards of right
vs wrong.
○ It requires a systematic framework for addressing the complex and often
controversial moral questions.
● Bioethical standards
○ The study of healthcare ethics
○ Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems seen by healthcare providers
in relation to care
● Telehealth
○ wide range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications
ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and computer
○ is needed to help fill the nursing shortage allowing nursing to see more
patients quicker, as well as the aging population
○ Telecommunication technologies used to deliver health-related services or
to connect patients and healthcare providers to maximize patients’ health
status.
○ A relatively new term in the medical/nursing vocabulary, referring to a wide
range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications-ready
tools such as the telephone, videophone, and computer.
● Medical Applications
○ Software developed for medical purposes, including home medical
monitoring system, medical databases for healthcare professionals, etc.
● Medical Devices
○ is any device intended to be used for medical purposes
● FDA Oversight for Medical Devices
● Privacy
○ An important issue related to personal information
○ Restricted access of patient information or data
● Confidentiality
○ To ensure that all personal information is protected by ensuring that
limited access is only given to those who are authorized to view that
information.
■ Protecting privacy of personal information or data
● Cybersecurity
○ the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of
electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.
● Ethical decision making
○ When making choices about ethical issues based on the standards of right
vs wrong.
○ It requires a systematic framework for addressing the complex and often
controversial moral questions.
● Bioethical standards
○ The study of healthcare ethics
○ Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems seen by healthcare providers
in relation to care
● Telehealth
○ wide range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications
ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and computer
○ is needed to help fill the nursing shortage allowing nursing to see more
patients quicker, as well as the aging population
○ Telecommunication technologies used to deliver health-related services or
to connect patients and healthcare providers to maximize patients’ health
status.
○ A relatively new term in the medical/nursing vocabulary, referring to a wide
range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications-ready
tools such as the telephone, videophone, and computer.
● Medical Applications
○ Software developed for medical purposes, including home medical
monitoring system, medical databases for healthcare professionals, etc.
● Medical Devices
○ is any device intended to be used for medical purposes
● FDA Oversight for Medical Devices
● Privacy
○ An important issue related to personal information
○ Restricted access of patient information or data
● Confidentiality
○ To ensure that all personal information is protected by ensuring that
limited access is only given to those who are authorized to view that
information.
■ Protecting privacy of personal information or data
● Cybersecurity
○ the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of
electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.
