Fundamental Nursing Skills & Concepts by Timby Ch 3 Laws & Ethics questions and answers well illustrated.

Fundamental Nursing Skills & Concepts by Timby Ch 3 Laws & Ethics questions and answers well illustrated. Administrative Law - correct provisions through which federal, state, and local agencies maintain self-regulation advance directive (living will) - correct en statement identifying a competent person's wishes concerning terminal care allocation of scarce resources - correct ss of deciding how to distribute limited life-saving equipment or procedures anecdotal record - correct nal, handwritten account of an incident assault - correct in which there is a threat or attempt to do bodily harm assumption of risk - correct a client is forewarned of a potential safety hazard and chooses to ignore the warning autonomy - correct answers.a competent person's right to make his or her own choices without intimidation or influence battery - correct horized physical contact Beneficence - correct answers."doing good"; acting for another's benefit board of nursing - correct answers.Regulatory agency that manages the provisions of a state's nurse practice act civil laws - correct tes that protect the personal freedoms and rights of individuals code of ethics - correct ments describing ideal behavior code status - correct r in which nurses or health care personnel must manage the care of a client during cardiac or respiratory arrest common law - correct ions based on prior cases of a similar nature defamation - correct in which untrue information harms a person's reputation defendant - correct n charged with violating the law Deontology - correct al study based on duty or moral obligations Documentation - correct d keeping durable power of attorney for health care - correct for making medical decisions when a client becomes incompetent or incapacitated and cannot make decisions independently duty - correct ation to provide care for a person claiming injury or harm ethical dilemma - correct e between two undesirable alternatives ethics - correct or philosophical principles False Imprisonment - correct answers.Interference with a person's freedom to move about at will without legal authority to do so felony - correct answers.Serious criminal offense fidelity - correct faithful to work-related commitments and obligations Good Samaritan Law - correct immunity for passerby who provide emergency first aid to accident victims gross negligence - correct disregard for another's safety Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - correct lation that sets national standards for the security of health information, ensures that an individual's electronic, paper or oral health information is protected incident report - correct en account of an unusual event involving a client, employee, or visitor that has the potential for being injurious intentional tort - correct answers.Lawsuit in which a plaintiff charges that a defendant committed a deliberately aggressive act invasion of privacy - correct answers.Failure to leave people and their property alone justice - correct iple for treating impartially without discrimination according to age, gender, race, religion, socioeconomic status, weight, marital status, or sexual orientation laws - correct of conduct established and enforced by the government of a society liability insurance - correct act between a person or corporation and a company who is willing to provide legal services and financial assistance when a policyholder is involved in a malpractice lawsuit libel - correct ing statement that is written and read by others living will - correct answers.a person's advance, written directive identifying medical interventions to use or not to use in cases of terminal condition, irreversible coma, or vegetative state with no hope of recovery Malpractice - correct ssional negligence Misdemeanor - correct criminal offense National Practitioner Data Bank - correct s as a tracking system designed to protect the public from unfit health care practitioner Negligence - correct that results because a person did not act reasonably Nonmaleficence - correct answers."doing no harm" or avoiding an action that deliberately harms a person Nurse Licensure Compact - correct ments between states in which a nurse licensed in one state can practice in another without obtaining an additional license Nurse Practice Act - correct te that legally defines the unique role of the nurse and differentiates it from that of other health care practitioners, such as physicians Nursing Home Reform Act - correct al legislation that sets standards of care and establishes certain rights for older adults Plaintiff - correct n who claims injury Reciprocity - correct sure based on evidence of having met licensing criteria in another state restraints - correct answers.Devices or chemicals that restrict movement or access to one's body Risk Management - correct ss of identifying and reducing the costs of anticipated losses Slander - correct cter attack uttered in the presence of others Statute of Limitations - correct nated amount of time within which a person can file a lawsuit Statutory Law - correct enacted by a federal or state legislature Telehealth services - correct ology that facilitates the transmission of health assessment and monitoring data with audio, video, and Internet-based devices Telenursing - correct h triage, or information through electronic or telephonic access Teleology - correct al theory based on final outcomes tort - correct ation in which one person asserts that an injury, which may be physical, emotional, or financial, occurred as a consequence of another's actions or failure to act truth telling - correct al principle proposing that all clients have the right to receive complete and accurate information unintentional tort - correct answers.Situation that results in an injury, although the person responsible did not mean to cause harm values - correct s that a person believes are important veracity - correct duty to be honest and avoid deceiving or misleading a client whistle-blowing - correct ting incompetent or unethical practices