Mental Health Care Chp 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Attitudes | ideals that help shape our points of view |
| Belief | a conviction that is intellectually accepted as true whether or not it is based in fact |
| Value | something held dear, feeling about the worth of an item, idea or behavior - formed in childhood |
| Morals | ones attitudes, beliefs, and values, define righ or wrong behavior, deeply ingrained and not easily changed |
| Modeling | coping an example |
| Moralizing | sets standards for right and wrong, shoice is not allowed |
| Laissez-Faire | unrestriced choices-no direction given |
| Reward/punishment | rewards valued behaviors and punishes undesirable acts, children learn that strength is right |
| Responsible Choice | a balance or freedom and restriction-one may choose among stated options |
| Values Clarification | method for discovering one's own values by assessing, exploring, and determining what those personal values are and how they affect personal decision making |
| Right | a power, privilege or existence to which one has a just claim, help define social interaction becuase they contain the principle of justice, they also have obligations |
| The Patient Care Partnership: Understanding Expectations, Rights, Responsiblities | statements of rights exist for the old, young, disabled, pregnant, dying, developmentally disabled and mentally ill (most vulnerable people in society) |
| Parity | equality, uniformity, equal terms |
| Ethics | set of rules or values that govern right behavior, reflects values, morals and principles of right and wrong |
| Autonomy | ability to direct and control one's own activities and one's destiny |
| Beneficence | actively doing good |
| Nonmaleficence | ethical principle that states "do no harm" |
| Justice | all clients are treated equally, fairly and respectfully |
| Fidelity | obligation to keep your word |
| Confidentiality | duty to respect private information |
| Codes of Ethics | statements encompassing the set of rules by which practitioners of a profession are expected to conform |
| Ethical Dilemmas | uncertainties or disagreements about the moral principles that endorse different courses of action |
| Public Law | focus on the relationship between the government and its citizens |
| Criminal Law | division of public law designed to protect the members of a society |
| Felonies | crimes that are punishable by imprisionment or death |
| Misdemeanors | crimes punishable by fines, to prison terms of less than 1 year |
| Civil Law | deals w/relationships between individuals |
| Contract Law | agreements between individuals or institutions - may be written or implied |
| Tort Law | individual rights and includes the need to be compensated of a wrong |
| Professional Nurse Practice Acts | series of regulations that identify the limits and scope of practice and act as the legal framework for practice in that state |
| Guidelines for Making Ethical Decisions | identify all elements of the situation, assume good will, gather relevant information, list and order vlaues, take action, evaluate effectiveness of the plan |
| Standards of practice | a set of guidelines that provide measurable criteria for care providers, clients, and others to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of health care; also called standards of care |
| Implien Contract | client/caregiver enter into an acceptance of service |
| Liability | legally responsible for professional obligation and behavior |
| Involuntary Admission | request for mental health services that is initiated by someone other than the client |
| Homicide | killing of a human being |
| Murder | killing w/intent |
| Controlled substances | certain drug classes manufactured, distributed and dispensed according to the federal regulations of the 1970 controlled substance act |
| Fraud | giving of false information w/the knowledge that action will be taken based on the information |
| Defamation | false communication that results in harm |
| Libel | written defamation |
| Slander | verbal defamation |
| Assault | any act that threatens a client |
| Battery | touching occurs w/out the clients permission |
| Invasion of Provacy | violation of a person's space, body, belongings or personal information |
| Confidentiality | sharing of information about a client only w/perons who are directly involved in care |
| False Imprisonment | Deatining a competent person against his/her will |
| Negligence | omission/commission of an act thatq a reasonalbe and prudent person would/would not do |
| Malpractice | failure to exercise an accepted degree of professional skill that results in injury, loss or damage |
| Informed Consent | agreement between the client & caregiver that documents knowledge of an agreement to treatment |
| Elopement | when a client runs away from an institution |
| Duty to Warn | duty to protct potential victims from possible harm by a psychiatric client |
| Reasonable and Prudent Care Provider | principle by which the law judges a caregivers actions by comparing what other caregivers would do in similar situations |
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