MGCCC Fundamentals Final Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Advocacy - ✔✔Providing patients with the information they need to make decisions
and supports the patients in whatever decisions they make
Autonomy - ✔✔Autonomy refers to a person's independence. Represents an agreement
to respect a patient's right to determine a course of action. For example, before surgery a
patient is required to sign a consent form. The purpose of the consent is to ensure in
writing that the health care team respects the patient's independence by obtaining his or
her permission to proceed. Respect for autonomy becomes complicated when the
patient is a child or when he or she is cognitively impaired by disease, age, or trauma.
Although the health care team turns to whoever is identified as legally responsible for
the patient, the ethical goal remains to try to determine the best interests of the patient
from the patient's point of view.
Patient's Bill of Rights - ✔✔Informs patients about what they should expect during their
hospital stay
Patient Self-Determination Act - ✔✔Requires federally funded hospitals to inform adult
patients in writing about their rights to make treatment choices ask make sure the
patient has a living will or power of attorney.
Responsibility - ✔✔the duties and activities that an individual is employed to perform.
A professional nurse's responsibili ties in a given role are outlined in a position
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, description describing the nurse's duties in client care and in participating as a member
of the nursing unit.
Authority - ✔✔the official power to act in areas in which an individual has been given
and accepts responsibility.
Accountability - ✔✔refers to liability or individuals being answerable for their actions.
It involves follow-up and a reflective analysis of one's decisions to evaluate their
effectiveness.
Decentralized Decision Making - ✔✔Decisions made at the staff level.
Advantages - Increased morale and improved interpersonal relationships among staff.
Staff members feel more important and are more willing to contribute. Also promotes
creativity in problem solving.
Collaborative Care - ✔✔Nurses collaborate with other members of the healthcare team
to plan, provide, and evaluate patient care.
The primary goal of each member of the healthcare team is to promote and restore
health.
Example: Nurse consults with the dietitian for a patient who is not eating well or who
needs to lose weight.
Physicians - ✔✔primarily responsible for the diagnosis of illness and the medical or
surgical tx of that illness
Nurse Practicioner/Physicians's Assistant - ✔✔responsibilities usually depend on the
supervising physician and might include conducting physical examinations and
rounding on patients.
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Advocacy - ✔✔Providing patients with the information they need to make decisions
and supports the patients in whatever decisions they make
Autonomy - ✔✔Autonomy refers to a person's independence. Represents an agreement
to respect a patient's right to determine a course of action. For example, before surgery a
patient is required to sign a consent form. The purpose of the consent is to ensure in
writing that the health care team respects the patient's independence by obtaining his or
her permission to proceed. Respect for autonomy becomes complicated when the
patient is a child or when he or she is cognitively impaired by disease, age, or trauma.
Although the health care team turns to whoever is identified as legally responsible for
the patient, the ethical goal remains to try to determine the best interests of the patient
from the patient's point of view.
Patient's Bill of Rights - ✔✔Informs patients about what they should expect during their
hospital stay
Patient Self-Determination Act - ✔✔Requires federally funded hospitals to inform adult
patients in writing about their rights to make treatment choices ask make sure the
patient has a living will or power of attorney.
Responsibility - ✔✔the duties and activities that an individual is employed to perform.
A professional nurse's responsibili ties in a given role are outlined in a position
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, description describing the nurse's duties in client care and in participating as a member
of the nursing unit.
Authority - ✔✔the official power to act in areas in which an individual has been given
and accepts responsibility.
Accountability - ✔✔refers to liability or individuals being answerable for their actions.
It involves follow-up and a reflective analysis of one's decisions to evaluate their
effectiveness.
Decentralized Decision Making - ✔✔Decisions made at the staff level.
Advantages - Increased morale and improved interpersonal relationships among staff.
Staff members feel more important and are more willing to contribute. Also promotes
creativity in problem solving.
Collaborative Care - ✔✔Nurses collaborate with other members of the healthcare team
to plan, provide, and evaluate patient care.
The primary goal of each member of the healthcare team is to promote and restore
health.
Example: Nurse consults with the dietitian for a patient who is not eating well or who
needs to lose weight.
Physicians - ✔✔primarily responsible for the diagnosis of illness and the medical or
surgical tx of that illness
Nurse Practicioner/Physicians's Assistant - ✔✔responsibilities usually depend on the
supervising physician and might include conducting physical examinations and
rounding on patients.
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