Nur 101 Test 9
- Bioethics
Answer The branch of ethics concerned with the development and consequences of biological technology
- Clinical ethics
Answer Concerned with ethical problems "at bedside"
- Principles of Health Care Ethics
Answer Autonomy or self-determination Beneficence Nonmaleficence Justice Fidelity
- Tort
Answer A wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability.
- Assault
Answer Threat or attempt to injure
- Battery
Answer Intentional offensive touching w/o consent or lawful justification. 1 / 3
- In order to prove malpractice, the plaintiff must prove
Answer 1) A provider-pt relationship existed between the plaintiff and defendant.2) The defendant breached the duty owed to the pt.3) The pt's injury is a direct result of the breach.4) The pt accrued damages {physical/monetary} because of the injury.
- Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer Prohibits discrimination against the disabled
- Pt Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
Answer Law intended to increase the affordability and quality of health insurance.
- Emergency MedicalTreatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
Answer "Anti-dumping" law that requires screening of ED pts/ stabilization before transfer.
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Answer Protects pts from losing heath insurance r/t preexisting conditions when changing jobs. Sets regulations regarding the release of pt information.
- Pt Self-Determination Act
Answer Requires health agencies to provide info to pts regarding advanced directives/ document accordingly.
- Social Security Act
Answer 2 / 3
Created a trust fund for the est. of medicare/medicaid.
- Controlled Substances Act
Answer Regulate and control drug distribution of narcotics.
- The NCBON's role-
Answer Issues nursing licences Determines scope
Sets education standards Regulates nursing practice MOST IMPORTANT- Protects pt and practice of nursing.
- Never event
Answer A preventable error, treatment of which is not reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid.
- Sentinel event
Answer Error that results in pt injury or death
- Unemancipated minor can give consent when-
Answer -R/t pregnancy -STI treatment/info -Has a child -Outpatient -Substance treatment
- Virchow's triad of thrombosis
- / 3