BSMCON NUR 2101 - Test 2 Questions And All Correct Answers.
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Nur 2101
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Nur 2101
Autonomy - Answer Right to make one's own decisions; the right to self-determination, a person's independence, or self-reliance
Inward autonomy - Answer If individuals have the ability to make choices
Outward autonomy - Answer If choices are not limited or imposed by others
Respec...
BSMCON NUR 2101 - Test 2 Questions
And All Correct Answers.
Autonomy - Answer Right to make one's own decisions; the right to self-determination, a person's
independence, or self-reliance
Inward autonomy - Answer If individuals have the ability to make choices
Outward autonomy - Answer If choices are not limited or imposed by others
Respect for autonomy - Answer The commitment to include patients in decisions about all aspects of
care as a way of acknowledging and protecting a patient's independence
Honoring the principle of autonomy - Answer The nurse respects a client's right to make decisions even
when those choices seem to the nurse not to be in the client's best interest
Justice - Answer Refers to the principle of fairness; reflects a commitment to fair treatment and fair
distribution of health care resources
Fidelity - Answer Refers to keeping promises; based on the virtue of caring; promotes your obligation
as a nurse to follow through with the care offered to patients
Beneficence - Answer Active steps to help others; guides the decisions in which the benefits of a
treatment pose a risk to the patient's well-being or dignity; actively seeking benefits or the promotion of
good
Nonmaleficence - Answer Duty to do no harm (whether intentional or not); actively seeking to do no
harm; avoidance of harm or hurt
D. Nonmaleficence - Answer Your patient is about to undergo a controversial orthopedic procedure.
The procedure may cause periods of pain. Although nurses agree to do no harm, this procedure may be
the patient's only treatment choice. This example describes the ethical principle of...
,A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Justice
D. Nonmaleficence
common law - Answer decisions made by judges (Roe v Wade)
statutory law - Answer statutes made by goverment (ADA 1995)
nurse practice act - Answer statutes enacted by state legislature
State Board of Nursing - Answer Who has the power to suspend or revoke a nurse's license if the
nurse's conduct violates provisions of the licensing statute?
HIPAA - Answer Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1966; this act sets standards
regarding the exchange of private and sensitive health information
ADA - Answer Americans with Disabilities Act; broad civil rights statute regarding access and equality
for disabled. Includes patients with HIV and AIDS.
Yes - Answer Can criminal law violations unrelated to nursing jeopardize a nurse's license status?
EMTALA - Answer Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act 1986; "patient-dumping act";
hospitals must treat and stabilize all patients before transfer/discharge
PSDA - Answer Patient Self-Discrimination Act 1991; requires health care institutions to provide written
info to patients concerning their rights to make decisions, refuse treatment, make advance directives,
etc.
Standards of care are defined by which four things? - Answer State Nurse Practice Acts
State and federal hospital licensing laws and accreditation rules
, Professional and specialty organizations (ANA)
Written policies and procedures of health care facilities
What four things must a plaintiff prove in order to establish malpractice? - Answer -Nurse owed duty to
pt
-Nurse breached that duty
-Pt was injured because of breach
-Pt accrued damages as result of injury
Where should you document deviations from standard of care (incidents)? - Answer Incident report
NOT nurse's notes
Good Samaritan Laws - Answer -Encourage nurses to assist in emergency situations
-Limit liability and offer legal immunity
-Allow nurses to treat minors without parental consent
-Require nurses to act within accepted standards for their level of training
-DO NOT abandon the patient
When is informed consent necessary? - Answer Needed before special procedures, on admission to
health care facility
The person performing the procedure - Answer Who is responsible for obtaining informed consent
before a procedure and making sure the patient understands?
Informed consent (3 things that make it up) - Answer Patient signature
Witness signature
Date and time of signing
Health care provider - Answer Assumes the responsibility/legally assumes the duty of obtaining
informed consent, even when nurse assumes responsibility of witnessing a signature on consent form.
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