ANCC: PMHNP role, scope of practice and
regulatory process- Questions and Answers
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Important aspect of NP role that deals with moral
Ethics duties, obligations, and responsibilities; what is right
vs what is wrong.
Justice: Doing what is fair, fairness in all aspects of
care.
What are the ethical Beneficence: Promoting well-being and doing good.
principles that provide Non-maleficence: Doing no harm
foundation and direction Fidelity: Being true and loyal
for complex decisions? Autonomy: Doing for self
Veracity: Telling the truth
Respect: Treating everyone with equal respect
Clients must be involved in decision-making to the full
extent of their capacity (mutual decision-making);
What are important ethical Clients have a right to treatment in the least restrictive
principles in psychiatry? setting; Clients have a right to refuse treatment unless
a legal process resulting in a mandatory court order
for treatment has been obtained.
Occurs in a situation in which there are two or more
justifiable alternatives; occurs when the choice is
What is considered an
made to promote good; which option sacrifices the
ethical dilemma?
fewest high-priority values (a harm reduction
approach)?
, 1. Deontological Theory: An action is judged as good
or bad based on the act itself regardless of the
consequences.
What are the three 2. Teleological Theory: An action is judged as good or
theoretical approaches to bad based on the consequence or outcome.
ethical decison-making? 3. Virtue Ethics: Actions are chosen based on the
moral virtues (honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom,
gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person
making the decision.
Informs the pt of the following:
-Nature and purpose of the proposed treatment or
procedure.
What is informed
-Risks or discomforts and benefits of treatment
consent?
-Risks and benefits of not undergoing treatment
-Alternative procedures or treatments
-Diagnosis and prognosis
1. Duty: The NP had a duty to exercise reasonable care
when undertaking and providing treatment to the
client.
2. Breach of Duty: The NP violated the applicable
What are the four
standard of care in treating the client's condition.
elements of negligence
3. Proximate Cause: There is a causal relationship
that must be established
between the breach in the standard of care and the
to prove malpractice?
client's injuries.
4. Damages: The client experiences permanent and
substantial damages as a result of the breach in the
standard of care.
regulatory process- Questions and Answers
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Terms in this set (28)
Important aspect of NP role that deals with moral
Ethics duties, obligations, and responsibilities; what is right
vs what is wrong.
Justice: Doing what is fair, fairness in all aspects of
care.
What are the ethical Beneficence: Promoting well-being and doing good.
principles that provide Non-maleficence: Doing no harm
foundation and direction Fidelity: Being true and loyal
for complex decisions? Autonomy: Doing for self
Veracity: Telling the truth
Respect: Treating everyone with equal respect
Clients must be involved in decision-making to the full
extent of their capacity (mutual decision-making);
What are important ethical Clients have a right to treatment in the least restrictive
principles in psychiatry? setting; Clients have a right to refuse treatment unless
a legal process resulting in a mandatory court order
for treatment has been obtained.
Occurs in a situation in which there are two or more
justifiable alternatives; occurs when the choice is
What is considered an
made to promote good; which option sacrifices the
ethical dilemma?
fewest high-priority values (a harm reduction
approach)?
, 1. Deontological Theory: An action is judged as good
or bad based on the act itself regardless of the
consequences.
What are the three 2. Teleological Theory: An action is judged as good or
theoretical approaches to bad based on the consequence or outcome.
ethical decison-making? 3. Virtue Ethics: Actions are chosen based on the
moral virtues (honesty, courage, compassion, wisdom,
gratitude, self-respect) or the character of the person
making the decision.
Informs the pt of the following:
-Nature and purpose of the proposed treatment or
procedure.
What is informed
-Risks or discomforts and benefits of treatment
consent?
-Risks and benefits of not undergoing treatment
-Alternative procedures or treatments
-Diagnosis and prognosis
1. Duty: The NP had a duty to exercise reasonable care
when undertaking and providing treatment to the
client.
2. Breach of Duty: The NP violated the applicable
What are the four
standard of care in treating the client's condition.
elements of negligence
3. Proximate Cause: There is a causal relationship
that must be established
between the breach in the standard of care and the
to prove malpractice?
client's injuries.
4. Damages: The client experiences permanent and
substantial damages as a result of the breach in the
standard of care.
