Value - ANSWER related to your belief of something's worth and may
differ from the values of others around you
Ethics - ANSWER made up of the values that influence your decisions
and behaviour
Ethical dilemma - ANSWER situation in which a decision must be made
between two opposing alternatives when there is not an exact right or
wrong answer
Negligence - ANSWER patient injury that occurs because the nurse fails
to meet his or her responsibility to the patient
HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;
provides for confidential maintenance of protected health information
NPA (Nurse Practice Act) - ANSWER defines the scope of nursing within
its state
Assault - ANSWER to threaten a patient with harm or to show intent to
touch him or her without permission
Battery - ANSWER to intentionally cause a patient harm
Standards of care - ANSWER represent the level of skill and nursing
care that another nurse in the same area of the country, with the same
educational level, would perform in the same situation
Informed Consent - ANSWER written permission to allow medical
treatment or surgical procedures
Advance Directives - ANSWER written documents that provide
guidelines for making medical decisions in the event a person becomes
incapacitated and it unable to make his or her wishes known
, Incident reports - ANSWER to be completed in the event of an unusual
occurrence or an accident; needs to include what happened, who was
involved, witnesses to the event, and treatment provided
Ageism - ANSWER practice of discrimination and prejudice against
elders
Dementia - ANSWER decrease in intellectual functioning eventually
resulting in the inability to care for oneself
Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER strongly associated with aging; patients
slowly withdraw from family and social interaction; develop confusion
that increases in severity until they reach a point where they do not
recognize their own family members
Laboratory tests - ANSWER broad classification for numerous types of
examinations performed on some type of body fluid
Hematology - ANSWER study of blood cells and the blood-forming
tissues (bone marrow)
Complete blood cell count (CBC) - ANSWER measures the number of
leukocytes or WBCs; erythrocytes or RBCs; and thrombocytes or PLTs
Blood chemistry tests - ANSWER may be performed on whole blood,
plasma, or serum; generally performed to detect changes in the
biological chemical reactions in the body
Urine tests - ANSWER may be performed on voided or catheterized
urine specimens; may also be collected over 24 hours for examination
Urinalysis - ANSWER ordered frequently in medical clinics and are
routinely ordered on admission to hospitals; simple to perform but can
provide you with valuable information about the patient's health status
Glomerular Filtration Rate - ANSWER measures the volume of urine (in
mL) that is filtered by the kidney in 1 minute
differ from the values of others around you
Ethics - ANSWER made up of the values that influence your decisions
and behaviour
Ethical dilemma - ANSWER situation in which a decision must be made
between two opposing alternatives when there is not an exact right or
wrong answer
Negligence - ANSWER patient injury that occurs because the nurse fails
to meet his or her responsibility to the patient
HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;
provides for confidential maintenance of protected health information
NPA (Nurse Practice Act) - ANSWER defines the scope of nursing within
its state
Assault - ANSWER to threaten a patient with harm or to show intent to
touch him or her without permission
Battery - ANSWER to intentionally cause a patient harm
Standards of care - ANSWER represent the level of skill and nursing
care that another nurse in the same area of the country, with the same
educational level, would perform in the same situation
Informed Consent - ANSWER written permission to allow medical
treatment or surgical procedures
Advance Directives - ANSWER written documents that provide
guidelines for making medical decisions in the event a person becomes
incapacitated and it unable to make his or her wishes known
, Incident reports - ANSWER to be completed in the event of an unusual
occurrence or an accident; needs to include what happened, who was
involved, witnesses to the event, and treatment provided
Ageism - ANSWER practice of discrimination and prejudice against
elders
Dementia - ANSWER decrease in intellectual functioning eventually
resulting in the inability to care for oneself
Alzheimer's Disease - ANSWER strongly associated with aging; patients
slowly withdraw from family and social interaction; develop confusion
that increases in severity until they reach a point where they do not
recognize their own family members
Laboratory tests - ANSWER broad classification for numerous types of
examinations performed on some type of body fluid
Hematology - ANSWER study of blood cells and the blood-forming
tissues (bone marrow)
Complete blood cell count (CBC) - ANSWER measures the number of
leukocytes or WBCs; erythrocytes or RBCs; and thrombocytes or PLTs
Blood chemistry tests - ANSWER may be performed on whole blood,
plasma, or serum; generally performed to detect changes in the
biological chemical reactions in the body
Urine tests - ANSWER may be performed on voided or catheterized
urine specimens; may also be collected over 24 hours for examination
Urinalysis - ANSWER ordered frequently in medical clinics and are
routinely ordered on admission to hospitals; simple to perform but can
provide you with valuable information about the patient's health status
Glomerular Filtration Rate - ANSWER measures the volume of urine (in
mL) that is filtered by the kidney in 1 minute
