NURS 451: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A 2025/2026

NURS 451: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A 2025/2026 Terms in this set (54) ethics the study of philosophical beliefs about what is right or wrong in society Beneficience, autonomy, justice, fidelity, nonmaleficience, veracity, paternalism Seven principles of bioethics Beneficience nurses duty to do good autonomy person's right to self-determination with freedom over oneself and one's affairs justice treating others fairly and equally fidelity being dedicated to patients and faithful to performance of duty veracity one's duty to be truthful, transparent, and forthcoming paternalism do good to patients' or society's best interest when patient incapable of making decisions criminal law A law that defines crimes against the public order. civil laws laws regulating interactions between individuals (tort) intentional torts Harm caused by a deliberate action (assault, battery, false imprisonment) assault threat or attempt to injure battery unlawful touching of another person without consent False Imprisonment restraining an individual or restricting an individual's freedom defamation and invasion of privacy What are quasi-intensional torts? unintentional tort negligence and malpractice negligence failure to use ordinary or reasonable care (failure to question order, failure to protect from harm, and failure to provide patient teaching) malpractice Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards confidentiality ethical responsibility of healthcare professionals that prohibits the disclosure of privileged information without patient consent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Introduced in 1996 that allows patients to limit how their information is disclosed Duty to warn and protect third parties, reporting suspected child and elder abuse Exceptions to HIPPA Release of information form Form that specifies which information from a patient's medical chart may be released and to whom it may be released. Refusal/consent of interventions, specify when interventions are acceptable, appointed decision maker, document willingness to be apart of research, people who should not visit, preferred facilities What may be included in a psychiatric advanced directive? informed consent patient has been provided basic information regarding risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment decision-making capacity, has adequate information, makes voluntary choice The patient must have what three things for successful informed consent?