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Fundamentals of Nursing Chapter 23 questions well answered to pass
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- Fundamentals Of Nursing Care
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- Hondros College School Of Nursing
Fundamentals of Nursing Chapter 23 questions well answered to pass
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Fundamentals of Nursing Chapter 23Nurse Practice Acts - correct answer ✔✔Describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice
within each state.
Regulatory law - correct answer ✔✔Reflects decisions made by administrative bodies.
Common law - correct answer ✔✔Judicial decisions made in courts when individual legal cases are
decided.
Criminal laws - correct answer ✔✔Prevent harm to society and provide punishment for crimes.
Felony - correct answer ✔✔A crime of a serious nature that has a penalty of imprisonment for greater
than 1 year or even death.
Misdemeanor - correct answer ✔✔Less serious crime that has a penalty of a fine or imprisonment for
less than 1 year.
Civil laws - correct answer ✔✔Protect the rights of individual persons within our society and encourage
fair and equitable treatment.
Standards of care - correct answer ✔✔The legal guidelines for nursing practice that describes the
minimum acceptable nursing care.
Patient protection and accountable care act (PPACA or ACO) - correct answer ✔✔Consumer rights and
protection, affordable health care coverage, increase access to care, stronger Medicare.
Americans with disabilities act - correct answer ✔✔It protects the rights of people with disabilities. It
also is the most extensive law on how employers must treat health care workers and patients infected
with HIV.
, Emergency medical treatment and active labor act (EMTALA) - correct answer ✔✔states that when a
patient comes to the ER or hospital, an appropriate medical screening occurs within the hospital's
capacity. If an emergency exists, the hospital is not to discharge or transfer the patient until the
condition stabilizes.
Mental health parity act as enacted under PPACA - correct answer ✔✔Requires compliance with Mental
Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and strengthens mental health services by requiring patients to
obtain insurance.
Patient self-determination act - correct answer ✔✔Requires care institutions to provide written
information to patients concerning their rights under state law to make decisions, including the right to
refuse treatment and formulate advance directives.
Living wills - correct answer ✔✔Are written documents that direct treatment in accordance with a
patient's wishes in the event of a terminal illness or condition.
Durable power of attorney for health care (DPAHC) - correct answer ✔✔Is a legal document that
designates a person or persons of one's choosing to make health care decisions when the patient is no
longer able to make decisions on his or her own behalf.
Uniform anatomical gift act - correct answer ✔✔An individual older than the age of 18 years has the
right to make an organ donation; the person needs to make the gift in writing with his or her signature.
Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPPA) - correct answer ✔✔Provides rights
to patients (protects individuals form losing their health insurance when changing jobs by providing
portability) and protects employees. It also establishes the basis for privacy and confidentiality.
Health information technology act (HITECH) - correct answer ✔✔In conjunction with HIPPA and in
response to new technology and social media.
The joint commission's specific guidelines for the use of restraints are: - correct answer ✔✔a. Restraints
should be used only to ensure physical safety of the resident or other residents.
b. Restraints should be used only when less restrictive interventions are not successful.
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