__________ ensure that health care providers and agencies comply with state regulations. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔State licensing boards
__________ sets quality standards for accreditation of health care facilities. - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔The Joint Commission
QSEN - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Quality and Safety Education for Nurses - assists nursing
programs in preparing nurses to provide safe, high-quality care.
What are the six QSEN competencies? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Safety
Patient-Centered Care
Evidence Based Practice
Informatics
Quality Improvement
Teamwork and Collaboration
__________ is the right to make one's own personal decisions, even when those decisions might not
be in that person's own best interest. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Autonomy
__________ is the action that promotes good for others. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Beneficence
__________ is the fulfillment of promises. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Fidelity
__________ is fairness in care delivery and use of resources. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Justice
__________ is a commitment to do no harm. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Nonmaleficence
,__________ is a commitment to tell the truth. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Veracity
What are the 2 types of unintentional torts? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔negligence and
malpractice
An example of __________ is when a nurse fails to implement safety measures for a client at risk for
falls. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Negligence
An example of __________ is when a nurse administers a large dose of medication due to a
calculation error. The client has cardiac arrest and dies. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Malpractice
What are the 2 types of quasi-intentional torts? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Breach of
confidentiality and defamation of character
An example of __________ is when a nurse releases a client's medical diagnosis to a member of the
press. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Breach of confidentiality
An example of __________ is when a nurse tells a coworker that they believe the client has been
unfaithful to their partner. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Defamation of character
What are the 3 types of intentional torts? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔assault, battery, false
imprisonment
__________ is when the conduct of one person makes another person fearful and apprehensive. - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Assault
Ex: A nurse threatens to place an NG tube in a client who is refusing to eat.
__________ is intentional and wrongful physical contact with a person that involves an injury or
offensive contact. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Battery
, Ex: A nurse restrains a client and administers an injection against their wishes.
__________ is when a person is confined or restrained against their will. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔False imprisonment
Ex: A nurse uses restraints on a competent client to prevent the leaving the health care facility.
Negligence issues that prompt most malpractice suits include failure to: - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Follow professional and facility-established standards of care
Use equipment in a reasonable and knowledgeable manner
Communicate effectively and thoroughly with clients
Document care the nurse provided
Notify the provider of a change in the client's condition
Complete a prescribed procedure
What are the five elements necessary to prove negligence? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1. Duty
to provide care as defined by a standard
2. Breach of duty by failure to meet standard
3. Foreseeability of harm
4. Breach of duty has potential to cause harm
5. Harm occurs
What is the nurses role in informed consent? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔to witness the client's
signature on the informed consent form and to ensure that the provider has obtained the informed
consent responsibly
Who is responsible for clarifying information in informed consent for the patient? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔The provider
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