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ATI Fundamentals of Nursing Study Guide | ATI Study guide 2021

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Nursing Fundamentals study guide 1. Hospital policy and the Nurses Practice Act of each state determine the conditions of Licensed Nursing Practice 2. Nurses are legally mandated to report suspecte... d 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. [Show More]

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