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Foundations Unit 1
Foundations of Nursing including: history of nursing, important theorists, important theories, legal terms and ethical information
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
09/09/2012

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Founded the Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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Founded the Army Nursing Corps
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Dorthea Lynde Dix
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1st African American Nurse
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Mary Eliza Mahoney
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Made the American Nursing Theories
Wrote Nursing: Its Principles and Practices
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Isabel Hampton Robb
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Founded the Henry Street Settlement (2)
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Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
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the key to nursing is cleanliness and hygiene
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Florence Nightingale
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nurse-client relationship and the interactive process
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Peplau
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"caring is central to the essence of nursing"
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Watson
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PICOT stands for...
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Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Time
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the ability to answer to your professional actions, that they are explainable to your patients and/or employer
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accountability
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your professional obligation to fulfill your promises to your patients
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responsibility
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the right and privilege to the patient to have protection of their privacy
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confidentiality
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the support of a particular cause
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advocacy
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commitment to include the client in decisions
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autonomy
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take positive actions to help others, the best interest of the patient rather than the nurse
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beneficence
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avoidance of harm or hurt
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maleficence
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being fair
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justice
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agreement to keep promises
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fidelity
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belief in authority to regulate conduct of others
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paternalism
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all living beings have worth
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sanctity of life
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interventions unlikely to produce benefit for the client
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futile care
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anti-dumping law
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EMTALA
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protects public from incompetent physicians
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Health Care Quality Improvement Act
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patient must know rights about refusing treatment and advanced directives
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Patient Self-Determination Act
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seeks to improve health care for the public by evaluating health care providers and institutions
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Joint Commission
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written document stating client's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition
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living will
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a person who is designated by client to make legal decisions
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durable power of attorney
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agreement to allow a procedure by a client, obtained by a physician
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informed consent
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18+ or pregnant/married or legally emancipated or incompetent
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legal competency
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identify risks, analyze risk, reduce the risk, evaluate the steps
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risk management
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a serious, unexpected event, "near miss"
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sentinel event
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wrongful act committed against a person or their property
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tort law
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unintential tort laws
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negligence, malpractice
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intentional tort laws
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assault, battery, false imprisonment, abandonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress
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elements of malpractice
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duty, breach of duty, causation, injury
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quasi-intentional tort laws
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voluntary act that directly causes injury/distress without intent to cause injury/distress
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slander
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oral
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libel
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written
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