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Concepts 1 Ch1,3,7,8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandonment | To desert or forsake a patient in your charge; to leave a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing replacement; wrongful termination of care |
| Advance Directive | A written statement indicating a patient’s wishes regarding future medical care in the event the patient becomes unable to voice their decisions; it may give consent for certain aspects of care as well as refusal of specific care |
| Assault | To purposely threaten physical harm to an individual |
| Battery | To touch an individual without consent |
| Civil Law | The individual or personal rights guaranteed by federal law, such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights |
| Competency | The legal qualification to make one’s own decisions |
| Controlled Substances | Drugs regulated by laws; drugs that have potential for abuse, such as narcotics |
| Criminal Law | Laws that protect the public or society |
| Durable medical power of attorney | Legal written designation making another person responsible for one’s medical decisions |
| Emancipated Minor | Legal consideration of one younger than age 18 years as an adult because the person lives alone and is self-supporting, has joined the military, is married, or is a parent |
| Liability | One’s responsibility for their own actions, such as acts of negligence |
| Libel | False written statements about another that are made public with the intent to harm |
| Malpractice | Injury, loss, or damage to a patient because of failure to provide a reasonable standard of care or demonstrate a reasonable level of skill |
| Negligence | Failure to provide certain care that another person of the same education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances |
| Nurse Practice Acts | Each state has in place an NPA that defines the scope of nursing within its state |
| Mandatory Reporting Laws | Most states have laws requiring the reporting of certain situations to the proper authorities, particularly communicable diseases and abuse |
| False Imprisonment | Intentionally preventing a patient from leaving a facility or restricting a patient’s movement within the facility is considered false imprisonment. |
| Good Samaritan Law | Law that provides legal protection to the voluntary caregiver at sites of accidents and emergencies |
| Informed Consent | a voluntary agreement made by a well-advised, mentally competent patient to be treated by a health-care provider or institution |
| Incident Reports | known as unusual occurrence reports or variance reports. They are to be completed in the event of an unusual occurrence or an accident |
| 5 Rights of Delegation | 1.The right task 2. Under the right circumstances 3. To the right person 4. With the right directions and communication 5. Under the right supervision and evaluation |
| Standards of Care | These are statements of actions that are consistent with minimum safe professional conduct under specific conditions |
| WHEN DID ALL STATES REQUIRE LPNs TO BE LICENSED? | 1955 |
| CLARA BARTON | founded american red cross |
| DORTHEA DIX | established guidelines for psychiatric care |
| MARY MAHONEY | 1st African American nurse...National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses |
| FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE | established modern nursing |
| LINDA RICHARDS | the 1st trained nurse in America; set the standard for nurse's notes |
| ISABEL HAMPTON-ROBB | established 12 hour shifts and meal breaks |
| LILLIAN WARD | opened Henry Street Settlement to offer healthcare to the poor |
| Annie Goodrich | developed the Army School of Nursing |
| Value | your own belief of somethings worth |
| Ethics | values that influence your decisions and behaviors |
| Avoidance | Unconsciously staying away from events or situations that might open feelings of aggression or anxiety |
| Compensation | Making up for something we perceive as an inadequacy by developing some other desirable trait |
| Conversion Reaction | Anxiety is channeled into physical symptoms. (Note: Often, the symptoms disappear soon after the threat is over.) |
| Acute illness | strikes suddenly and lasts for a limited time |
| Chronic Illness | lasts for 3 months or longer and is characterized by intensifying or improving symptoms |
| Prodromal Phase | a person may simply “not feel good,” with generalized body aches and fatigue |
| Symptomatic Phase | observable symptoms develop |
| Seeking Help Phase | seeks help from a medical professional |
| Dependency Phase | a person relies on others for help in diagnosis and treatment |
| Recovery Phase | the person is slowly able to resume independence and regain their health |
| Stress | a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it |
| Adaptation | the ability to positively adjust to changes that occur in an individual’s world |
| Denial | Unconscious refusal to see reality |
| Minimization | Not acknowledging or accepting the significance of one’s own behavior, making it seem less important |
| Rationalization | Use of a logical-sounding excuse to cover up true thoughts and feelings The most frequently used defense mechanism |
| Symptoms of Stress | Frequent feelings of anger, helplessness, or hopelessness, Headaches, back pain, and insomnia, Constant worry, memory loss, and trouble thinking clearly, Panic attacks with rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, and dizziness, Isolation |
| Ethnicity | the categorization of a group of people by a distinctive trait, such as the line of genealogy or ancestry, race, or nationality |
| Culture | the way of life that distinguishes a particular group of people from other groups |
| Cultural Competence | a commitment to consider the cultural background of each patient and to provide appropriate care specific to that individual. |
| Stereotyping | a person or group is looked at by another person or group through preconceived ideas and fixed impressions |
| Unconscious Bias | an individual unconsciously stereotypes, judges, or discriminates against an individual or a group of people |
| Prejudice | an attitude, a determination, or a judgment about a person or group based on irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, sexual orientation or identity, or religion |
| Discrimination | the action of unfair treatment of one or more persons or groups |
| Misunderstanding | a barrier that is caused by a mistake of meaning or intention |
| Spiritual Care | an understanding of the differences between spirituality and religion, in addition to an understanding of one’s own spirituality, beliefs, and values. |
| Spirituality | the descriptive term that explains the spirit and the relationship of the spirit to the body, mind, and environment, including the patient’s relationship to others |
| Religion | the formal structured system of beliefs, values, rituals, and practices of a person or group, usually based on the teachings of a god or other spiritual leader |
| HIPAA | the health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 is a federal law that protects sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's permission. |
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