Surgical Technology: Chapter 3 |
Surgical Technology - Chapter 3.
Abandonment
A health professional's failure to stay with a patient and provide care, especially when there is an
implied contract to do so.
Accountability
Accepting responsibility for one's actions.
Administrative Laws
Laws created by an agency or a department of the U.S. government.
Advance directive
A document in which a person gives instructions about his or her medical care in the event that the
individual cannot speak for himself or herself. Examples of living will and medical power of attorney.
Damages
Money awarded in a civil lawsuit to compensate the injured party.
Defamation
A derogatory statement concerning another person's skill, character, or reputation.
Delegation
The assignment of one's duties to another person. In medicine, the person who delegates a duty
retains accountability for the action of the person to whom it is delegates.
Dilemma
A situation or personal conflict that arises from a need to make a decision when none of the choices
are acceptable.
Ethical dilemmas
Situations in which ethical choices involve conflicting values.
Ethics
Core values that are based on knowledge of right and wrong—not based on culture, religion, or
time. Ethics are universal.
evidence-based practice
Professional practices and their standards based on established scientific research rather than
opinion or tradition.
Hospital policy
, Rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow. They are created to protect
patients and employees from harm and to ensure smooth operation of the hospital.
Incident report
A written description of any event that caused harm or presented the risk of harm to a patient or
staff in the course of normal health care.
Informed consent
A process or legal document that describes the patient's surgical procedure and the risks,
consequences, and benefits of the procedure.
Insurance
A contract in which the insurance company agrees to defend the policy holder of that individual is
sued for acts covered by the policy.
Laws
Standards of conduct that apply to all people in a given society.
Liable
Legally responsible and accountable.
Libel
Defamation in writing.
Living will
A legal document stating the patient's wishes regarding care in the event the patient is unable to
speak for himself or herself.
Malpractice
Negligence committed by a professional.
Medical ethics
A branch of ethics concerned with the practice of medicine.
Negligence
Negligence as it applies to health professionals can occur in two ways: it can be a failure to do
something that a reasonable person, guided by the ordinary professional considerations would do;
orbit can be the act of doing something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
Perjury
The crime of intentionally lying or falsifying information during court testimony after a person has
sworn to tell the truth.
Practice acts
State laws that establish and regulate the conditions under which professionals may practice
including licensure, regulation, educational requirements, scope of duties, and functions.
Surgical Technology - Chapter 3.
Abandonment
A health professional's failure to stay with a patient and provide care, especially when there is an
implied contract to do so.
Accountability
Accepting responsibility for one's actions.
Administrative Laws
Laws created by an agency or a department of the U.S. government.
Advance directive
A document in which a person gives instructions about his or her medical care in the event that the
individual cannot speak for himself or herself. Examples of living will and medical power of attorney.
Damages
Money awarded in a civil lawsuit to compensate the injured party.
Defamation
A derogatory statement concerning another person's skill, character, or reputation.
Delegation
The assignment of one's duties to another person. In medicine, the person who delegates a duty
retains accountability for the action of the person to whom it is delegates.
Dilemma
A situation or personal conflict that arises from a need to make a decision when none of the choices
are acceptable.
Ethical dilemmas
Situations in which ethical choices involve conflicting values.
Ethics
Core values that are based on knowledge of right and wrong—not based on culture, religion, or
time. Ethics are universal.
evidence-based practice
Professional practices and their standards based on established scientific research rather than
opinion or tradition.
Hospital policy
, Rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow. They are created to protect
patients and employees from harm and to ensure smooth operation of the hospital.
Incident report
A written description of any event that caused harm or presented the risk of harm to a patient or
staff in the course of normal health care.
Informed consent
A process or legal document that describes the patient's surgical procedure and the risks,
consequences, and benefits of the procedure.
Insurance
A contract in which the insurance company agrees to defend the policy holder of that individual is
sued for acts covered by the policy.
Laws
Standards of conduct that apply to all people in a given society.
Liable
Legally responsible and accountable.
Libel
Defamation in writing.
Living will
A legal document stating the patient's wishes regarding care in the event the patient is unable to
speak for himself or herself.
Malpractice
Negligence committed by a professional.
Medical ethics
A branch of ethics concerned with the practice of medicine.
Negligence
Negligence as it applies to health professionals can occur in two ways: it can be a failure to do
something that a reasonable person, guided by the ordinary professional considerations would do;
orbit can be the act of doing something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do.
Perjury
The crime of intentionally lying or falsifying information during court testimony after a person has
sworn to tell the truth.
Practice acts
State laws that establish and regulate the conditions under which professionals may practice
including licensure, regulation, educational requirements, scope of duties, and functions.
