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NUR 111 Exam Review Study Guide. Florence Nightingale - answerStarted the focus on infection control Clara Barton - answerNurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross Linda Richards - answerAmerica's first trained nurse and initiated nurse uniforms Mary Mahoney - answerFirst Af...

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NUR 111 Exam Review Study Guide.


Florence Nightingale - answer✔Started the focus on infection control


Clara Barton - answer✔Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross


Linda Richards - answer✔America's first trained nurse and initiated nurse uniforms


Mary Mahoney - answer✔First African American nurse; promoted equal opportunities


Dorthea Dix - answer✔Fought for social reform for mentally ill


Lillian Wald - answer✔Founder of public health nursing and pushed for school nursing


Nursing laws are enforced by what level of government - answer✔State government creates their

own nursing practice act (statutory laws)


2 types of tort law - answer✔intentional and unintentional


What is a tort? - answer✔A civil wrong committed against a person or property


What is negligence and what type of tort is it - answer✔A Negligent act occurs when an

individual harms a person/damages personal property without intent to injure (unintentional tort)

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What is malpractice and what kind of tort is it - answer✔Acts and omissions committed by a

professional in the course of performing his/her professional duties (unintentional tort)


What is assault and what type of tort - answer✔Act of creating in apprehension of offensive

insulting or physically injurious touching (threatening a patient to comply)(INTENTIONAL

TORT)


What is battery and what type of tort is it - answer✔Touching a patient without patients consent

(intentional)


What is false imprisonment and what type of tort? - answer✔Holding someone against their

wishes. (Intentional)


What is invasion of privacy and what type of tort is it - answer✔Intruding on a patients private

affairs, or disclosure of private information. (Intentional)


What does the healthcare provider have to disclose to get informed consent - answer✔Diagnosis

or condition requiring treatment,

the purposes of treatment,

what patient can expect to feel or experience,

intended benefits of treatment,

possible risks or negative outcomes,

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advantages and disadvantages of possible alternatives.


True or false: a patient must state understanding before signing a consent form - answer✔True


To be protected by the good Samaritan law a nurse must: - answer✔Provide care that the nurse is

capable of,

Nurse must also follow through with care until they are able to pass along the patient

A student nurse realizes that the student has held to the same legal standards to which RNs are

held. In an effort to understand requirements the student must plan to:

(1) study the standards of the American nurses Association (ANA)

(2) meticulously follow physician orders

(3) study the state nurses practice act


(4) perform only tasks assigned by the instructor - answer✔(3) study the state nurses practice act


HIPAA stands for - answer✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


Healthcare advance directive is - answer✔A legal document executed by an individual that

expresses that individual's desires regarding medical treatment that may be used once the

individual is no longer able to communicate his or her preferences directly


Types of Advanced Directives - answer✔a) Living Will - expresses client's wishes regarding

medical treatment in the event the client becomes incapacitated and is facing end of life issues

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