ATI Capstone Proctored Form B Remediation .
Advance Directive/Self-Determination/Life Planning (1)
o Professional Responsibilities: Admission requirement from the patient self- determination act
▪ PSDA-stipulates
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ATI Capstone Proctored Form B Remediation .
Advance Directive/Self-Determination/Life Planning (1)
o Professional Responsibilities: Admission requirement from the patient self- determination act
▪ PSDA-stipulates that on admission to a health care facility, all clients must be informed of their right to accept or refuse care
▪ Competent adults have the right to refuse treatment including
• Right to refuse treatment
• Right to leave a health care facility without a prescription for discharge from the provider
• Advocacy (1)
o Therapeutic Communication: Responding to a client who wants to discontinue treatment
• The nurse ensures that the client has the information they need to make decisions about health care
• Nurses must act as advocates even when they disagree with clients’ decisions
• The complex health care system puts clients voice when they system is not acting in their best interest
• Legal Rights and Responsibilities (1)
o Infection control: infectious diseases to report
▪ A complete list of reportable disease and the reporting system are available through the CDC
• Ensure appropriate medical treatment of diseases
• Monitor for common source outbreaks
• Plan and evaluate control and prevention plans
• Identify outbreaks and epidemics
• Determine public health priorities based on trends
Safety and Infection Control: (2)
• Home Safety (1)
o Family and Community violence: safety planning following partner violence
▪ All states have mandatory reporting laws that require nurses to report suspected child or vulnerable adult abuse; there are civil and criminal penalties for not reporting suspicions of abuse
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