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NUR205 QUIZ2

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MALPRACTICE unintentional negligence by health care professional that causes injury or damage to the client/patient
TORT wrongful act that results in injury, loss or damage; can be unintentional or intentional
RESTRAINT direct application of physical force to person without permission to restrict freedom or movement
SECLUSION involuntary confinement of a person in specially constructed, locked room equipped with security window or camera for direct visual monitoring
CONSERVATORSHIP person who manages a client/patient's financial affairs
Mental health clients who are hospitalizes voluntarily give up their rights to leave the hospital. FALSE
A nurse or healthcare provider is required to maintain client confidentiality unless the client threatens a specifically identifiable person or group TRUE
Unintentional Tort Malpractice/Negligence
ETHICS branch of philosophy dealing with values of human conduct related to: Rightness/wrongness of actions and goodness/badness of motives and ends of such actions
UTILITARIANISM decisions based on the greater good for the greatest number
DEONTOLOGY decisions based on whether action is morally right or wrong, with no regard for consequences
AUTONOMY right to self determination; independence; self governance
BENEFICENCE duty to benefit others or promote good
NONMALFEICENCE DO NO HARM
JUSTICE fairness
VERACITY honesty, truthfulness
FIDELITY obligation to honor commitments and contracts
The greatest good for the greatest number reflects the denetologic ethical theory FALSE-this is UTILITARIANISM
HOSTILITY verbal aggression
PHYSICAL AGGRESSION attack and/or injury to another person or destruction of property
used to punish a person and /or force them into submission Hostility and physical aggression
PHASES OF AGRESSION Triggering, Escalation, Crisis, Recovery, Postcrisis
ANGER a normal human emotion involving a strong, uncomfortable, emotional response to a real or perceived provocation
INTENTIONAL TORTS Assault, Battery, False imprisonment
FOUR VERSIONS OF INSANITY M'Naghten/ Irresistible Impulse/ Substantial capacity test/ Durham
INSANITY no medical meaning but has legal meaning
INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT (IVC) committed until no longer a danger person can be detained in psychiatric facility 48-72 hrs on an emergency basis original paperwork must follow the patient everywhere once IVC is overturned, client is considered voluntary
LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP Separate from civil commitment loss of rights to enter into contracts consents has to be obtained from guardian
A client with a history of violent or aggressive behavior is more likely to exhibit similar behavior in the future TRUE
During which phase does staff debriefing occur? RECOVERY
HUMAN RESTRAINT person(s) is restraining the client/patient
CHEMICAL RESTRAINT using meds not prescribes for the client's diagnosis to calm or restrain the client/patient
MECHANICAL RESTRAINTS using straps to restrain the patient
INVOLUNTARY SECLUSIONS used when client is aggressive/ dangerous face to face eval done w/in 1 hr by MD/NP client has to be checked every 15 mins one on one monitoring for 1hr debriefing must be done 24hrs after release from seclusion/restraints
VOLUNTARY SECLUSIONS client choses seclusion door must be left opened and unlocked
M'Naghten person did not know the act was wrong
Irresistible Impulse person could not control conduct
Substantial capacity test person lacks substantial (but not total) capacity to know the act was wrong
Durham person's criminal conduct is excuse
ETHICAL DILEMMA conflict of ethical principles, no clear course of action
Who is more likely to have explosive anger? Men
Who tends to suppress anger? Women
ACTING OUT intentionally becoming hostile or aggressive to get their way
PARANOID DELUSION client's belief that others are planning to harm the client or are spying, following, ridiculing or belittling the client in some way.
DELIRIUM rapid onset of confusion
Culture bound syndromes that involve anger, aggressive behavior or anger suppression Hwa-Byung-Korea Bouffee delirante-West African Amok-Malaysia, Philippines, Polynesia, Puerto Rico, Laos
Assault vs Battery Assault-an act that can result in a person's fear that he/she will be touched w/out consent Battery -the non-consensual touching of a person
Bouffee delirante characterizes by a sudden outburst of agitated and aggressive behavior , marked confusion, psychomotor behavior, visual and auditory hallucinations, and paranoid ideations that resemble psychotic episodes
Amok dissociative episode characterized by period of brooding followed by outburst of violent, aggressive, or homicidal behavior directed at other people and objects; only seen in men
Hwa-Byung Attributed to anger suppression. Characterized by sighing, abdominal pain, insomnia, irritability, anxiety and depression; predominately in women
Tegretol (carbamazepine) Depakote (valproate) used to treat aggression associated with dementia, psychosis, and personality disorder
Clozaril (clozapine) Risperdal (risperidone) Zyprexa (olanzapine) used to treat aggression associated with dementia, brain injury, intellectual disability, and personality disorders.
Benzodiazepines Haldol (haloperidol) Ativan (lorazepam) can reduce irritability and agitation in older adults with dementia commonly used in combination to decrease agitation, agitation, aggression and psychotic symptoms.
Lithium used to treat bipolar disorder, conduct disorders, and intellectual disability
4 elements needed to prove malpractice duty, breach of duty, injury or damage, and causation
CATHARSIS activities that are supposed to provide a release for strong feelings such as anger or rage
Bullying defined as abusive conduct, such as verbal abuse, threatening, intimidating or humiliating behaviors, and work interference (sabotage), which prevents work from getting done.
crisis phase When the client becomes physically aggressive
escalation phase the period when the client builds toward loss of control
recovery phase client regains control
triggering phase incident or situation that initiates an aggressive response
postcrisis phase the client is removed from restraint or seclusion as soon as they meet the behavioral criteria
2016 JCAHO added workplace bullying, also known as lateral or horizontal violence, to this initiative
2022 Any accredited health care organization must now have a code of conduct that defines acceptable and disruptive and inappropriate behaviors.
Created by: shondell1971
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