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| The granting of permission by a competent authority (usually a goverment agency)to an organization or individal to engage in a practice or activity that would ohterwise be illegal. |
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| A condition of physical,mental, and social well-being and the absence of disease or other abnormal conditions. |
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| A recipient of a health care service |
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| The art and science of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health. |
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| Is a process by which the nurse is granted recognition for competency in a specific area of nursing. |
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| Is one that meets minimium standards set by the respective state agency responsible for overseeing educational progams. |
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| Involves the administration of a program voluntarily seeking a review by a given organization to determine wether the program meets the preestablished criteria of that organization. |
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| Is the complete network of agencies, facilities, and all providers of health care in a specified geographical area. |
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| A dynamic state of health in which an individal progresses toward a higher level of functioning,achieving an optimal balance between internal and external enviorments. |
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| A system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical,emotional, social,economic,and spiritual needs of a person. |
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| Prescribe how a person should act in society;they sanction acceptable behavior and prohibit unacceptable behavior. |
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| The two basic categories of law are _______and ________ |
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| Laws are established in what two ways? |
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1.) Statutory law
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| Is developed by federal,state,and local goverments. |
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| Is developed in response to specific legal questions brought before the court and usually follow precedent. |
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| Previous rulings on an issue. |
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| A lawsuit in a civil court. |
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| Statement by the plantiff. |
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| The person Alleged liable. |
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| Compensation sought by the plantiff. |
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| A court order that notifies the defendant of the legal action. |
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| A detailed response to the charges outlined in the complaint. |
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| A pretrial process allowing both sides to interview witnesses and look at documents before the trial. |
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| Out-of-court statements made by a witness under oath. |
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| Written questions that must be awnsered in writing and may be served on the opposite party. |
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| Request a review of the decision. |
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| Wrongful termination of providing patient care. |
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| An intentional threat to cause bodily harm to another; does not have to include actual bodily contact. |
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| Intentional touching of another person without informed consent. |
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| A legal presumption that a person who has reached the age of majority can make decisions for himself/herself unless proved otherwise. |
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| Spoken or written statements made maliciously and intentionally that may injure the subject's reputation. |
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| Injury to a person or the person's property that gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused the damage. |
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| A malicious or untrue writing about another person that is brought to the attention of others. |
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| Failing to meet a legal duty that results in harm to another. |
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| The commission (doing) of an act or the ommission(not doing) of an act that a resonably prudent(wise)person would have done in a similar situation that leads to harm to another person. |
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| Malicious or untrue spoken words about another person that are brought to the attention of others. |
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| A type of civil law that involves wrongs againsta person or property; torts include negligence, assault,battery,defamation,fraud,false imprisonment,and invasion of privacy. |
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| Being responsible for one's own actions. |
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| Is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another. |
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| Define acts that are permitted to be perfomed or prohibited from being preformed. |
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| Define and limit the scope of nursing practice. |
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| Allows multi-state practice of nursing. |
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| Informed consent doctrine |
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| Is a person's agreement to allow a particular treatment based on full disclosure of the facts needed to make an intelligent(informed) decision. |
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| Refers to values that influence a person's behavior; it is an individual's feelings and beliefs about what is right or wrong. |
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| Are personal beliefs about the worth of an object, an idea, a custom, or an attitude. |
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| Is the process of self-evaluation that helps a person gain insight into individually held values. |
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| Are situations that do not have a clear right or wrong awnser. |
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| What is the first fundamental principle a nurse should consider when faced with an ethical dilemma? |
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| Respect for people, viewing all human life as sacred and each individual having inherent worth as a person. |
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| Personal freedom of choice, a right to be independent and make decisions freely. |
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| The duty to protect life, to do no harm. |
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| Durable power of attorney. |
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| Is the person delivering the message. |
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| Is the individual or individual's to whom the message is sent. |
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| Is highly structured, with the sender being in control and expecting and getting very little response from the receiver. |
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| Requires that both the sender and the receiver participate equally in the interaction. |
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| Involves the use of spoken or written words or symbols. |
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| Reflects the individual's perception or interpretation of a given word. |
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| Refers to the commonly accepted definition of a particular word. |
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| Is commonplace "language" or terminology unique to people in a particular work setting (i.e hospitals and type of work such as nursing) |
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| Messages that are transmitted without the use of words. |
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| Are movements used to emphasize the idea being communicated. |
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| The way that an individual sits,stands,and moves. |
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| A relaxed stance with uncrossed arms and legs while facing the other individual. |
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| Is a more formal, distant stance, generally with the arms and possibly the legs, tightly crossed and can even be percieved as disinterested,coldness, and even nonacceptance. |
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| Is the nurse's ability to confidently and comfortably express thoughts and feelings while still respecting the legitimate rights of the patient. |
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| Is interaction that takes into account the feelings and needs of the patient, yet honors the nurse's rights as an individual. |
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| Is interacting with another in an overpowering and forceful manner to meet one's own needs at the expense of others. |
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| Unassertive communication |
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| Sacrifices the nurse's legitimate personal rights to meet the needs of the patient at the expense of feeling resentful. |
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| Therapeutic communication |
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| In which an exchange of information takes place that facilitates the formation of a positive nurse-patient relationship and actively involves the patient in all areas of the care. |
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| Non-therapeutic communication |
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| Can block the development of a trusting and therapeutic relationship. |
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| Requires full attention to what the patient is saying. |
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| Receiving a message without any response or indication of understanding. |
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| Is focused and seeks a particular awnser. |
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| Would be a more effective communication technique. |
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| Involves the nurse repeating to the patient what the nurse believes to be the main point that the patient is trying to convey. |
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| Is restating the patients message in the nurse's own words to verify that the nurse's interpretation of the message is correct. |
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| Is restating the patient's message in a manner that asks the patient to verify the message received is accurate. |
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| Is used when more specific information is needed to accurately understand the patient's message. |
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| Is a therapeutic technique that assists the patient to reflect on inner feelings and thoughts rather than seeking awnsers or advice from someone else, such as the nurse. |
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| Communicating observations to the patient. |
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| Is much of the communication that the nurse does to the patient. |
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| Is a review of the main points covered in an interaction. |
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| An invisible personal space surrounding every person that sets boundaries of his or her "territory" |
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| 18-4 feet (i.e sitting and talking to a patient is an example if interaction in the personal zone. |
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| 4-12 feet is appropriate when speaking to a small group of people. |
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| 12 feet or more is primarily used to for public speaking. |
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| A decrease or lack of cognitive ability to receive, process and send messages. |
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| As a result of actual or perceived loss. |
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| Impaired verbal communication |
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| Decreased,delayed, or absent ability to receive, process and transmit and use a system of symbols. |
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| In which the patient cannot send the desired message. |
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| In which the patient cannot recognize or interpret the message being received. |
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