nur 155 exam 3
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1. laws enacted by any legislative body: legislation/statutory law
2. laws evolving from court decisions: common law
3. state boards of nursing is an example of which kind of law?: administrative law
4. process of determining and maintaining competence in nursing: credentialing
5. standards that include the nurse's job description, education, expertise, insti-
tutional policies and procedures: internal standards
6. standards that include nurse practice acts, professional organizations, nurs-
ing specialty organizations, and federal organizations and guidelines: external
standards
7. an agreement by a client to accept course of treatment: informed consent
8. what are the two types of informed consent?: implied and express
9. oral or written agreement: express consent
10. non-verbal behavior that indicates consent: implied consent
11. what does the nurse's signature verify?: voluntary consent, signature is authentic, client was of
age, client had mental capacity and competence to give consent, client was given enough information
12. T or F? the client can change the advanced directives at any time: true
13. provides specific instructions about what medical treatment the client choos-
es to omit or refuse in the event that the client is unable to make those
decisions: living will
14. durable power of attorney for health care; notarized or witness statement
appointing someone else to manage health care treatment when client is
unable to do so: health care proxy
15. post-mortem examination of the body: autopsy
16. civil wrong doing: tort
17. torts that do not require intent but require the element of harm: unintentional tort
18. what are the 3 types of unintentional torts?: negligence, gross negligence, malpractice
19. misconduct to practice below the standard expected of a person: negligence
20. professional negligence: malpractice
21. extreme lack of knowledge, skill, or decision making that the person clearly
should have known would put others at risk for harm: gross negligence
22. what are the types of intention torts?: assault/battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy,
defamation
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23. protects health care providers providing assistance at an emergency scene
against claims of malpractice: good samaritan act
24. what should be included in an incident report?: date, time, place, description of facts, client's
account of incident in quotes, any witnesses
25. enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or
action: values
26. opinions, interpretations, or conclusions that people accept as true: beliefs
27. mental positions or feelings toward a person, idea, object: attitudes
28. values are learned through ______ and ________-: observation and experience
29. values that give us a sense of individuality: personal values
30. values acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nurs-
ing experiences, teachers, and peers: professional values
31. what are the 5 essential nursing values?: altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, social
justice
32. methods of inquiry that helps people understand morality of human behav-
ior: ethics
33. refers to private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude: morality
34. what are the 6 moral principles?: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, veracity
35. functions of the integumentary system: protection, temperature regulation, sensation
36. factors that affect skin integrity: age, chronic illness/treatments, incontinence, for nutrition, trauma
37. an injury to living tissue: wound
38. laceration:
39. abrasion:
40. contusion:
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1. laws enacted by any legislative body: legislation/statutory law
2. laws evolving from court decisions: common law
3. state boards of nursing is an example of which kind of law?: administrative law
4. process of determining and maintaining competence in nursing: credentialing
5. standards that include the nurse's job description, education, expertise, insti-
tutional policies and procedures: internal standards
6. standards that include nurse practice acts, professional organizations, nurs-
ing specialty organizations, and federal organizations and guidelines: external
standards
7. an agreement by a client to accept course of treatment: informed consent
8. what are the two types of informed consent?: implied and express
9. oral or written agreement: express consent
10. non-verbal behavior that indicates consent: implied consent
11. what does the nurse's signature verify?: voluntary consent, signature is authentic, client was of
age, client had mental capacity and competence to give consent, client was given enough information
12. T or F? the client can change the advanced directives at any time: true
13. provides specific instructions about what medical treatment the client choos-
es to omit or refuse in the event that the client is unable to make those
decisions: living will
14. durable power of attorney for health care; notarized or witness statement
appointing someone else to manage health care treatment when client is
unable to do so: health care proxy
15. post-mortem examination of the body: autopsy
16. civil wrong doing: tort
17. torts that do not require intent but require the element of harm: unintentional tort
18. what are the 3 types of unintentional torts?: negligence, gross negligence, malpractice
19. misconduct to practice below the standard expected of a person: negligence
20. professional negligence: malpractice
21. extreme lack of knowledge, skill, or decision making that the person clearly
should have known would put others at risk for harm: gross negligence
22. what are the types of intention torts?: assault/battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy,
defamation
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, nur 155 exam 3
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23. protects health care providers providing assistance at an emergency scene
against claims of malpractice: good samaritan act
24. what should be included in an incident report?: date, time, place, description of facts, client's
account of incident in quotes, any witnesses
25. enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea, or
action: values
26. opinions, interpretations, or conclusions that people accept as true: beliefs
27. mental positions or feelings toward a person, idea, object: attitudes
28. values are learned through ______ and ________-: observation and experience
29. values that give us a sense of individuality: personal values
30. values acquired during socialization into nursing from codes of ethics, nurs-
ing experiences, teachers, and peers: professional values
31. what are the 5 essential nursing values?: altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, social
justice
32. methods of inquiry that helps people understand morality of human behav-
ior: ethics
33. refers to private, personal standards of what is right and wrong in conduct,
character, and attitude: morality
34. what are the 6 moral principles?: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, justice, fidelity, veracity
35. functions of the integumentary system: protection, temperature regulation, sensation
36. factors that affect skin integrity: age, chronic illness/treatments, incontinence, for nutrition, trauma
37. an injury to living tissue: wound
38. laceration:
39. abrasion:
40. contusion:
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