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BN Law and Ethics

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Clara Barton
Developed American red cross
Florence Nightengale
Cared for wounded soldiers. Her nursing interventions decreased mortalities. Lady with the lamp. Pursing theorist
Dorothea Dix
Superintendent of female nurses of union army. Crusader for elevation of care of mentally ill.
Mary Breckinridge
Pioneer in nurse midwifery.
Lavinia Dock
Started the national league for nursing.
Mary Eliza Mahoney
1st African American professional
ROY
Individuals strive to maintain balance between systems and outside world but there is no absolute level of balance.
OREM
Self care, self care deficit and nursing system
Bennett and Wrubel
Nursing skills as an experience to become an expert.
Definition of cultural awareness is?
Difference between themselves and people from other country or backgrounds, attitudes
Purpose of nurse practice act
To protect the public
What does the state nurse practice act state about the role and responsibility to the LPN? A
Contributing to assessments . Participating in development Nd mods of care plan. Implementing care plan. Delegation appropriate to licensed person as to not violate OK nurse practice act. Providing safe and effective nursing teachings performing additional nursing procedures in accordance w knowledge and skills squired in edu beyond nurse preps
Discuss the LPN's role in delegation of tasks to the nurses aid
LPN can only delegate task that are in the legal scope of the CNA in order to protect the patient
Failing to state to the nursing board that you have had a felony conviction is an example of?
Fraud
List the legal aspects of obtaining a consent
Must understand facts, implications, and consequences of an action, individual concerned must have adequate reasoning and be in possession of facts.
List the steps of a legal action filed by a patient against a nurse
Duty, breach of duty, harm, proximal cause
What is the best way to avoid. Lawsuit?
Follow standards of care to provide competent health care and to communicate w/ other health care proffesionals
Does malpractice insurance only cover you while you are on duty?
Yes
Discuss circumstances of negligent care
Any commission or omission of a specific act leading to client harm constitutes negligence.
5 principles of ethics

Non malificence
Do not harm
Protect client, acting to cause the least amount of harm done possible.
5 principles of ethics

Beneficence
Do good.
Keep the clients needs and interests first, acting for greates good possible.
5 principles of ethics

Autonomy
Freedom to choose.
Support clients, assist them in making informed decisions about their care.
5 principles of ethics

Fidelity
Loyalty.
Consistently act in the clients best interest.
5 principles of ethics

Justice
Fair to all.
Provide the same level of care to all clients w/o bias or judgement.
Accountability
Being answerable for ones own actions
Deposition
Out if court, under oath statement of a witness
Malpractice
Professional misconduct; behavior that fails to meet standard of care.
Standard of care
Those acts that are permitted to be performed or prohibited from being performed by a prudent person working within the limits of training, licensing, experience, and conditions existing at the time of the duty to give care.
Informed consent
Permission obtained from the patient
To perform a specific test or procedure.
Harm
Injury to a person or the persons property that gives rise to a basis for legal action against the person who caused the damage.
Negligence
The commission or omission of an act that a reasonably prudent person would have performed in a similar situation, thus causing harm to another person.
Advocacy
Is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another.
Nurse practice act
Laws that formally define and limit the scope of nursing practice
Confidentially
Nurses have the duty to protect information about a patient regardless of how the information is kept.
Protected medical records
Laws govern the collection, maintenance,many disclosure of info in medical records. MR are not public documents.
Privacy
A persons right to be left alone and remain anonymous if he or she chooses. Privacy related concerns may include the physical exposure or disclosure of pt information
To others
Advance directive
Signed and witnessed documents that provide specific instructions for health care treatment in the event that a person is unable to make these decisions personally at the time they are needed
Living will
A written document that directs treatment in accordance w a patients wishes in the event of terminal illness or condition.
Power of attorney
For healthcare, designates an agent, surrogate, or proxy to make healthcare decisions on the pt behalf based on the pt wishes.
DNR
Do not resuscitate. At this stage the pt is usually incapacitated w little hope for recovery. Would be written in medical record.
NLN
National league of nursing
Morals
Standards of right and wrong that shape human character
Ethics
A system of beliefs based on social moral principles
Personal values
Personally held system of beliefs based on decisions made over a lifetime of experience d
Situational ethics
Ethical decisions made based on a specific set of circumstances.
3 types of bill of rights
The dying clients bill of rights.
The residents bill of rights.
The u.s. Bill of rights
Proximal cause
When harm to a client is directly caused by the practical nurses'so breach of duty
Burnout
Affecting nursing profession causing high turnover rates in the fluid
National league of nursing
The national league of nursing advances excellence in nursing education that prepares the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing healthcare enviroment
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