Patient's Bill of Rights and Ethical Principles in Nursing

Flashcards reviewing key concepts from lecture notes on patient rights and ethical principles in nursing.

considerate

The patient has the right to __ and respectful care.

diagnosis

The patient has the right to information concerning __, treatment, and prognosis.

plan of care

The patient has the right to make decisions about the __ and to refuse a recommended treatment.

advance directive

The patient has the right to have an __ concerning treatment.

privacy

The patient has the right to every consideration of __.

confidential

The patient has the right to expect that all communications and records pertaining to his/her care will be treated as __.

review

The patient has the right to __ the records pertaining to his/her medical care.

services

The patient has the right to expect that a hospital will make reasonable response to the request of a patient for __.

explanation

The patient has the right to receive an __ of his bill.

research

The patient has the right to consent to or decline to participate in proposed __ studies or human experimentation affecting care and treatment.

continuity

The patient has the right to expect reasonable __ of care.

policies

The patient has the right to be informed of hospital __ and practices.

ethico-moral

Nurses must understand the __ implications of nursing to determine what is good or valuable and to judge what is right and wrong.

Ethics

__ - a principle of right or good conduct; it provides knowledge of the morality of an act and serves as a guiding principle in addressing healthcare issues.

Autonomy

__: Self-determination and freedom to choose, free from deceit and constraint.

competent

For autonomy, the one making the decision must be __ with the intellectual capacity to make the decision.

Informed consent

__: Elements include disclosure, understanding, voluntariness, and patient's competence.

Veracity

__ means telling the truth, which is essential to the integrity of the client-provider relationship.

truth

In healthcare to maximize efficiency the patient and healthcare providers are bound to tell the __.

Veracity

__: The physician should tell the patient and his family his diagnosis, plan of care, treatment, possible risk involve, length of treatment, possible expenses and other options.

Truth telling

__: The right of every individual to know what the situation is all about.

Beneficence

__: The act of kindness or mercy that directly benefit the patient.

Nonmaleficence

__: All actions are taken to avoid harm; If one cannot do good then one should at least 'do no harm'.

Justice

__: Refers to the right to demand, to be treated justly, fairly and equally.

Promise Keeping(Fidelity)

__ : Faithfulness and agreement to keep promises.

Paternalism

__: One individual assumes the right to make decisions for another.