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Chapters 5, 6, 15, 22, 23, 25, 31, 34, 38, 39

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Define Evidence-Based Practice.   show
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List the 5 steps of Evidence Based Practice.   show
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show P=patient population of interest; I=intervention of interest; C=comparison of interest; O=outcome  
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show diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, prevention, and education  
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Define clinical guidelines.   show
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show the highest level of experimental research, when researchers test interventions against the usual standard of care.  
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What is a systematic review?   show
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What are hypotheses?   show
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What are variables?   show
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Define research.   show
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show a way to identify new knowledge, improve professional education and practice, and use resources effectively.  
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show research designed to assess and document the effectiveness of health care services and interventions  
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show a systematic step-by-step process that provides support that the findings from a study are valid, reliable, and generalizable to subject similar to those researched.  
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What is quantitative nursing research?   show
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List some quantitative methods of study.   show
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show the study of phenomena that are difficult to quantify or categorize; describes information obtained in nonnumerical form  
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List some qualitative methods of study.   show
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List the steps of the research process.   show
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Phase 1: Conceive the study   show
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show select research design; identify sample and setting; select the data collection methods; evaluate instrument quality  
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Phase 3: Conduct the study   show
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Phase 4: Analyze the study   show
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Phase 5: Use the study   show
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show guarantees that any information the subject provides will not be reported in any manner that identifies the subject and will not be accessible to people outside the research team  
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When does anonymity occur?   show
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show an approach to the continuous study and improvement of the processes of providing health care services to meet the needs of clients and others  
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show an organization analyzes and evaluates current performance to use results to develop focused improvement actions  
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show plan, do, study, act  
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PDSA cycle: Plan   show
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show select an intervention on the basis of the data reviewed, and implement the change  
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show study (evaluate) the results of the change  
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PDSA: Act   show
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show 1. to increase quality and years of healthy life; 2. to eliminate health disparities  
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show 1. promoting healthy behaviors; 2. promoting healthy and safe communities; 3. improving systems for personal and public health; 4. preventing and reducing disease and disorders  
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show a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity  
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show a person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness  
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show addresses the relationship between a person's beliefs and behaviors  
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List the 3 components of the health belief model.   show
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show defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease  
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show 1. individual characterisitcs and experiences; 2. behavior-specific knowledge and affect; 3. behavioral outcomes  
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show certain human needs are more basic than others; that is, some needs must be met before other needs  
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show 1. self-actualization; 2. self-esteem; 3. love and belonging; 4. physical activity and psychological safety; 5. physiological: oxygen, fluids, nutrition, body temp., elimination, shelter, sex  
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Holistic Health Model   show
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List the internal variables influencing health and health beliefs and practices.   show
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show family practices, socioeconomic factors, and cultural background  
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show precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance stage  
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show not intending to make changes within the next 6 months  
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show client will not be interested in information about the behavior and may be defensive when confronted with the information  
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show considering a change within the next 6 months  
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show ambivalence may be present, but clients will more likely accept information as they are developing more belief in the value of change  
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show making small changes in preparation for a change in the next month  
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show client believes advantages outweigh disadvantages of behavior change; may need assistance in planning for the change  
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show actively engaged in strategies to change behavior; this stage may last up to 6 months  
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Action: Nursing Implications   show
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show sustained change over time; this stage begins 6 months after action has started and continues indefinitely  
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Maintenance stage: Nursing Implications   show
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Define health promotion.   show
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Define wellness.   show
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Illness prevention   show
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Passive strategies of health promotion   show
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show individuals are motivated to adopt specific health programs  
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Primary prevention   show
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show health education programs, immunizations, and physical and nutritional fitness activities  
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Secondary prevention   show
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Tertiary prevention   show
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What is a risk factor?   show
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show identifying risk factors  
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Define illness.   show
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show usually has a short duration and is severe; symptoms appear abruptly, are intense, and often subside after a relatively short period; may affect functioning in any dimension  
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chronic illness   show
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normalization   show
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show involves how people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system  
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What is the goal of nursing in regards to health and wellness?   show
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Internal variables influencing illness and illness behavior   show
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show visibility of symptoms, social group, cultural background, economic variables, accessibility of the health care system, and social support  
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show the nature of the illness, the client's attitude toward it, the reaction of others to it, and the variables of illness behavior  
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What do the reactions of clients and families to changes in body image depend on?   show
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show a mental self-image of strengths and weaknesses in all aspects of personality  
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show depends in part on body image and roles but also includes other aspects of psychology and spirituality  
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show when an illness occurs, parents and children try to adapt to major changes resulting from a family member's illness  
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show the process by which the family functions, makes decisions, gives support to individual members, and copes with everyday changes and challenges  
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show an active, organized, cognitive process used to carefully examine one's thinking and the thinking of others  
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What separates professional nurses from technical personnel?   show
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show because it allows you to test and refine nursing approaches, to learn from successes and failures, and to apply new knowledge  
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What does critical thinking involve?   show
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evidence-based knowledge   show
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show be orderly in data collection; look for patterns to categorize data; clarify any data you are uncertain about  
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Critical thinking skills: analysis   show
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Critical thinking skills: inference   show
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Critical thinking skills: Evaluation   show
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show support your findings and conclusions; use knowledge and experience to choose strategies you use in the care of clients  
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Critical thinking skills: Self-regulation   show
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show basic, complex, and commitment  
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show a systematic, ordered approach to gathering data and solving problems  
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show problem identification; collection of data; formulation of a research question or hypothesis; testing the question or hypothesis; evaluating results of the test or study  
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What does effective problem solving involve?   show
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What is decision making?   show
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show a process of determining a client's health status after you assign meaning to the behaviors, physical signs, and symptoms presented by the client  
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show the process of drawing conclusions from related pieces of evidence; part of diagnositc reasoning  
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What does clinical decision making require?   show
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What is the nursing process?   show
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show defines the outcome of critical thinking: nursing judgement that is relevant to nursing problems in a variety of settings  
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show knowledge base, experience, critical thinking competencies, attitudes, and standards  
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show confidence; thinking independently; fairness; responsibility and authority; risk taking; discipline; perseverance; creativity; curiosity; integrity; humility  
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List the 14 intellectual standards universal for critical thinking.   show
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List the professional standards for critical thinking.   show
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show the process of purposefully thinking back or recalling a situation to discover its purpose or meaning  
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show a visual representation of client problems and interventions that shows their relationships to one another  
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show the study of conduct and character; concerned with determining what is good or valuable for individuals, for groups of individuals, and for society at large  
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Define autonomy.   show
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Define beneficence.   show
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Define maleficence.   show
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Define nonmalficence.   show
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show fairness  
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show the agreement to keep promises; supports the reluctance to abandon clients, even when disagreement occurs about decisions that a client makes; obligation to follow through with care offered to clients  
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show a set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept  
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List the basic principles of ethics.   show
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show the support of a cause; as a nurse you advocate for the health, safety, and rights of the client; you safeguard the client's right to physical and auditory privacy  
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show a willingness to respect obligations and to follow through on promises; as a nurse you are responsible for your actions  
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show the ability to answer for one's own actions  
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show confidential protection of a client's personal health information  
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show Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; defines the rights and privileges of clients for protection of privacy without diminishing access to quality care  
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What is a value?   show
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show begins in childhood, shaped by experiences within the family unit; schools, governments, religious traditions and other social institutions reinforce or challenge family values; individual exp. influence value formation  
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show used to resolve ethical dilemmas  
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show defines actions as right or wrong based on their "right-making characterisitics such as fidelity to promises, truthfulness, and justice."; specifically does not look at consequences; it examines a situation for the existence of rightness or wrongfulness  
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show a system of ethics that proposes that the value of something is determined by its usefulness  
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Feminist ethics   show
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show emphasizes the importance of understanding relationships, esp. as they are revealed in personal narrative  
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How to Process an Ethical Dilemma   show
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show central to discussions about futile care, cancer therapy, physician-assisted suicide, and DNR; a quality of life measure helps a client/family decide on merits of a certain risky intervention  
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show interventions unlikely to produce benefit for the client that outweighs risks  
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show a key issue in discussions about access to health care  
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show alerts a client to a condition that is not yet evident but that is certain to develop in the future  
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show produces difficult working conditions and affects clients outcomes  
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Where do the legal guidelines that nurses follow come from?   show
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Give an example of statutory law.   show
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show describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each state  
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show reflects decisions made by administrative bodies such as State Boards of Nursing when they pass rules and regulations  
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show results from judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are decided; e.g., informed consent and client's right to refuse treatment  
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statutory law is either criminal or civil   show
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show felony: a crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for greater than one year or even death; misdemeanor: a less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for less than 1 year  
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show the legal guidelines for nursing practice and provide the minimum acceptable nursing care; standards reflect values and priorities of the profession  
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Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)   show
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Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA, 1986)   show
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Mental Health Parity Act (1996)   show
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show liviing wills and durable powers of attorney  
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What are living wills and powers of attorney based on?   show
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Patient Self-Determination Act   show
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show the ability to make right choices for oneself as it relates to medical care  
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living wills   show
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Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (DPAHC)   show
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DNR   show
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show an individual who is at least 18 years of age has the right to make an organ donation; gift needs to be in writing with signature  
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show mandate that at the time of admission to a hospital, a qualified HCP has to ask each client over age 18 whether he/she is an organ/tissue donor  
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show prohibits the purchase or sale of organs  
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show provides rights to clients and protects employees; protects individuals from losing their health insurance when changing jobs by providing portability  
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Privacy section of HIPPA   show
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Privacy   show
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Confidentiality   show
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show gave residents in certified nursing homes the right to be free of unnecessary and inappropriate restraints  
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2004)   show
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show HCP can only use restraints (1) to ensure physical safety of resident/other residents, (2) when less restrictive interventions are not successful, and (3) only on the written order of a physician or HCP  
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written order for restraints   show
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show state board of nursing licenses all RN's in the state they practice in  
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Good Samaritan Laws   show
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show under the health code, state legislature enacts statutes that describe the reporting laws for communicable diseases, as well as specify necessary school immunizations and mandate other measures that promote health and reduce risks in communities  
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Uniform Determination Death Act of 1980   show
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show requires irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions  
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show requires irreversible cessation of all function of the entire brain, including the brain stem  
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show the first statute that permitted physician-assisted suicide; stipulates that competent yet terminal clients could make an oral or written request for medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner  
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What is a tort?   show
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How are torts classified?   show
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Intentional torts   show
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show acts where intent is lacking but volitional action and direct causation occur, such as found with invasion of privacy and defamation of character  
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Unintentional tort   show
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Assault   show
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Battery   show
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False imprisonment   show
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Invasion of privacy   show
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List the 4 types of invasion of privacy torts.   show
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show the publication of false statements that result in damage to a person's reputation; statements must be published with malice in the case of a public official or public figure  
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Malice   show
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Slander   show
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Libel   show
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Negligence   show
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Malpractice   show
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List the criteria used to establish nursing malpractice.   show
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When is a signed consent form required?   show
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show a person's agreement to allow something to happen, such as surgery or an invasive diagnostic procedure, based on a full disclosure of risks, benefits, alternatives, and consequences of refusal  
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What type of tort will result if a HCP fails to obtain consent in situations other than emergencies?   show
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show the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that there is a fundamental right to privacy, which includes a woman's decision to have an abortion; could have abortion in 1st trimester  
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show some states require viability tests before conduction abortions if the fetus is over 28 weeks' gestational age; some states require a minor's parental consent or a judicial decision that the minor is mature and can self-consent  
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show a system of ensuring appropriate nursing care that attempts to identify potential hazards and eliminate them before harm occurs  
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What is one of the most important roles for a nurse in any health care setting?   show
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show to assist individuals, families, or communities in achieving optimal levels of health  
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What is health education?   show
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show 1. maintenance and promotion of health and illness prevention; 2. restoration of health; 3. coping with impaired functions  
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In what 3 domains does learning occur?   show
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show an interactive process that promotes learning  
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show a force that acts on or within a person that causes the person to behave in a particular way  
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Define compliance.   show
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show refers to a person's perceived ability to successfully complete a task; a concept included in social learning theory  
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show readiness means are they able to accept a diagnosis; the ability to learn depends on physical and cognitive attributes, developmental level, physical wellness, and intellectual thought processes  
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show # of persons the nurse will teach; need for privacy, room temperature, room lighting, noise, room ventilation, room furniture  
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What is an ideal environment for learning?   show
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Infant   show
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Toddler   show
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Preschooler   show
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show teach psychomotor skills needed to maintain health; offer opportunities to discuss health problems and answer questions  
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show help learn about feelings and need for self-expression; use teaching as collaborative activity; allow to make own decisions about health & health promotion; use problem solving to help make choices  
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Young/Middle Adult   show
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Teaching methods based on clients developmental capacity: Older Adult   show
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show an experience a person is exposed to, through a stimulus or stressor  
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show disruptive forces operating within or on any system  
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Define appraisal.   show
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How is stress helpful?   show
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What is a crisis?   show
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show if symptoms of stress persist beyond the duration of the stressor  
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fight-or-flight response   show
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