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Copy of Last minutes guide for NCLEX.WITH LIMITED TIME TO STUDY BULKY DOCUMENTS.THIS ONE IS SIMPLIFIED AND COVERS ALL CRITICAL EXAMINABLE AREAS.Last minute Memorizations FUNDAMENTALS 1. Hospital p... olicy and the Nurses Practice Act of each state determine the conditions of Licensed Nursing Practice 2. Nurses are legally mandated to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities 3. Incident reports are not placed in a patients chart 4. Do not chart that an incident report has been filed. 5. It is the responsibility of the health care provider to advise a client of any risks involved in their decision to refuse care. This statement is relevant in clients’ situations when they decide to leave the facility against medical advice (AMA) 6. Advanced directives are intended to allow patients to have more control over health care decisions at the end of life. 7. The two main types of advanced directives are Living will and Durable Power of Attorney. 8. Lawsuits involving civil wrongs are called torts. 9. Examples of intentional torts are assaults, battery, defamation, false imprisonment, and outrage, invasion of privacy and wrongful disclosure of confidential information. 10. An unintentional tort is called negligence. • Negligence is an unintentional failure of a nurse to perform an act that a reasonable person would or would not perform in similar circumstances; can be an act of omission or commission. 11. Negligence occurs when injury results from the failure of the wrongdoer to exercise care. 12. Intentional torts are lawsuits wherein the defendant is accused of intentionally causing injury to the plaintiff. • Malpractice is any professional misconduct that is an unreasonable lack of skill or fidelity in professional duties. • Actions such as not inserting a Foley catheter correctly, not taking appropriate steps to decrease client’s temperature, not reporting unusual or worsening condition of the client to his or her physician, not preventing falls can all lead to malpractice suits. • Libel is a written communication that injures a person’s reputation • Slander is an oral communication that injures a person’s reputation • Assault is an unjustifiable attempt to injure or touch another person. It can be physical or verbal • Battery refers to touching another person unlawfully or carrying out threatened physical harm • A durable power of attorney transfers all rights that the individual normally has regarding health care decisions to the designated agent • Confidentiality rules indicate that only those who are directly associated in caring for a patient can have access to a patient’s i [Show More]

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