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| Rules or principles that govern correct conduct. |
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| Ethical habits of a person |
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| Assigned to an idea or action. Freely chosen and affected by age, experience and maturity. |
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| Control over personal decisions |
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| Rules for nursing in the state that you live. |
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| Obligation to answer for personal actions. |
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| To be faithful to the charge of acting in the patients best interest when the capacity to make fee choice is no longer available. |
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| Giving patients their due and treating them fairly. |
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| Health care provider making decisions for the patient based on that they know whats best for you. Discounts autonomy. |
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| Judge-made law, which has its origins in the courts. |
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| Law developed by the legislative branch of state and federal governments. |
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| Involves persons and society as a whole, for example, murder. |
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Intended to cause harm to the patient.
e.g., threat or actual physical harm. |
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| Did not mean to harm the patient. |
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1 of 4 elements needed to prove negligence.
Nurse is responsible to provide care in an acceptable way.
Responsible directly related to nursing licensing and scope of practice.
Not usually delegated. |
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| Keeping someone detained against their will. Restraints or seclusion is included. |
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| Cause physical harm to someone. |
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| An unjustified attempt or threat to touch someone. |
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| Nurse did no adhere to the nursing standard of care. |
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| Needed to prove negligence. Means that patient must be able to show the nurses negligent act injured them in some way. |
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| Reasonable cause and effect relationship between omission and commission of nursing act and harm to patient. |
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| Holds person responsible for own actions. |
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| Responsible for actions of another because of a special relationship with the other. |
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| Form of vicarious liability. Health setting sued for negligence of employee. |
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18 years old.
Pregnant or married
self supporting minor
competent in the eyes of the law |
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