Legal Issues

Crime: A law is voilted which mahy be misdemeanors or felonies

Felony: Serious crime for offenses as falsification of medical records, insurance fraud, theft of narcotics, or practicing without a license

Misdemeanor: Not as serious as a felony, but still serious and may cause for revocation of a nursing license.

Liability: Legal responsibility for one’s actions or failure to act appropriately

Commission: Crime of a forbidden act: illegal abortion, euthanasia, nursing without lincises or beyond the limits of it

Omission: Act required by law: Not receiviag medication and harm, report abuse, animal bite, or communicable disease

Euthanasia:Mercy killing

Malpractice: Professional negligence

Negligence: Harm done to a client as result of neglecting duties, procedures, or ordinary precautions

Assault: Threat or attempt to do bodily harm physical and verbal intimidation

Battery: Physical contact without another person’s consent

Libel: Written statement or photograph that is false or damaging

Slander: Malicious verbal statements that are false or injurious

HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountablity act in 1996

Client rights:

Roles and responsibilities

Novice:

Advanced beginer:

Proficient:

Experct:

Historical figures

Florence Nightingale:Nightingal established sanitary conditions which reduced mortality rate at her time in the battlefield. Had five essential points that are necessary for the maintenance of health and recuperations which are, clean air, clean water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light. Openeding the first nursing outside of a hospital in 1860.

Clara Barton: Bone 1821 to 1912. Developed the American Red Cross in 1881

Mary Eliza Mahoney: Born 1845 to 1926. Graduated from New England Hospital for Women and Children in 1879, becoming the first African-American professional nurse. Worked for acceptance of African Americans in the nursing profession.

Lillian D. Wald: Born 1867 to 1940. Responsible for the development of the public health nursing in the United States through the founding of the Henry Street Settlement in New York City.

Florance Nightingale: Natrual healing. nature alone cures. Nursing assists the person to an improved condition for nature to take its course. Health is “freedom from disease”

Virginia henderson: Independt functioning: Assist clients to perform functions they would perform unaided if they have the strength.

Dorothea Orea: Self-care building on Maslows Heieracy of human needs.

Sister callista roy: Adptation. Nursing focuses on the body, mind, spirit, and emotions, emphasis on holistic healing rather than curing.

LPNs recite the practical nurses pledge

Hippocrates: Known as the father of medicine, physical assments, ethich, obsobering, and reporting.

Florence nightingale : Went to school deaconess in kaiserwerth which was first established by pastor theorodor fliedner.

Dorothea Lynde Dix: Superintendent of female nurses

Isavel Hampton Robb: Founder of the school of nursing at John Hopkins University and 1911 founded American nurses association

Brances in professionalism

Autonomy:

Accountability:

Caregiver:

Advocate:

Educator:

Communicator:

Manager:

Leader:

Reasearch consumer:

Nursing process & scope of practice

Scope and standards of practice:

Code of Ethics:

IOM report: Study conducted by the Institute of Medicine, evidence based recommendations on health issues, and how to enhance nusreses contributions to health care, such as education, roles, responsibility.

Websites info

NLC: Nurse Licensure Compact: Nurses can practice in other NLC states/terrirotes without obtaining additional licenses. Currently 43 jurisdictions are part of it.