PRO GROWTH MIDTERM Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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PRO GROWTH MIDTERM Questions
with Detailed Verified Answers

Question:When an ethical issue arises, one of the most important nursing
responsibilities in managing client-care situations is what?


Ans: The nurse should be aware of both her or his personal and professional
values and how they influence ethical decision making.


Question: Authority


Ans: the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce
obedience.


Question: PHIPA


Ans: PHIPA permits the sharing of personal health information among health
care team members to facilitate efficient and effective care.




1. Implied Consent


2. Expressed Consent


3. Substitute-decision maker

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Question: Informed Consent


Ans: Occurs when the client has:


1. Received all the info


2. Has the capacity to make the decision


3. Is free from coercion


Question: Implied consent


Ans: Type of consent in which a patient who is unable to give consent is given
treatment under the legal assumption that he or she would want treatment.
(EMERGENCY)


Question: Express consent


Ans: an oral or written agreement


Question: Substitute Decision Maker


Ans: a person who is authorized under privacy legislation to consent on behalf
of an incapable individual to the collection, use or disclosure of personal health
information about the incapable individual


Question: Malpractice