Ethics, Law, and Delegation in Nursing

Flashcards about Ethics, Law, and Delegation in Nursing.

Values

Personal belief about something’s worth.

Ethics

The values that influence a person’s decisions and behavior.

Values

Personal belief about something’s worth.

Ethics

The values that influence a person’s decisions and behavior.

Ethical dilemma

A situation in which a decision must be made between two opposing alternatives.

Civility

Treating others with courtesy, politeness, and respect.

Nurse as an advocate

The nurse stands up for what is in the patient’s best interest.

The Patient Care Partnership (PCP)

Discusses the expectations, rights, and responsibilities of the patient during their hospital stay.

The DNAR order

Used in the terminal stages of a disease and written by the health-care provider as an order not to initiate CPR.

Abandonment of patient

To desert or forsake a patient in your charge without appropriate nursing replacement; wrongful termination of care.

Advance directive

A written statement indicating a patient’s wishes regarding future medical care.

Assault

To purposely threaten physical harm to an individual.

Battery

To touch an individual without consent.

Competency

The legal qualification to make one’s own decisions.

Criminal law

Laws that protect the public or society.

Defendant

The one accused of breaking criminal or civil law.

Malpractice

Failure to provide a reasonable standard of care or demonstrate a reasonable level of skill, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to a patient.

Negligence

Failure to provide certain care that another person of the same education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances.

Plaintiff

The one accusing another of criminal or civil law violation.

Tort

A violation of a civil law; involves a wrong against an individual or his or her property.

The Good Samaritan Law

Provides legal protection to the voluntary caregiver at sites of accidents and emergencies.

Informed consent

A voluntary agreement made by a well-advised, mentally competent patient to be treated by a health-care provider or institution.