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Professional Standards of Nursing | Practical Nurse (LPN) School Study Aid
Minors
- MINOR PATIENTS
- Legal Age: Under Age 18
- Parent or Guardian Consent
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Emancipated Minor
- Emergency Situation
2 mins
Unions and Collective Bargaining
- LABOR UNION
- Protect and Advocate for Members
- COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
- Decision-Making Process and Negotiation Between Two Parties
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Strike
1 min
Rights for the Mentally Ill Patient
- RIGHTS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL PATIENT
- Right to Treatment
- Right to Refuse Treatment
- Right to Informed Consent
- Right to Confidentiality
- Considerations
- Restraints
2 mins
Good Samaritan Law
- Good Samaritan Laws
- Legal Immunity
- No Legal Obligation to Provide Aid
- If Providing Aid, Cannot Abandon
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Vary State to State
2 mins
Advanced Directives
- Advance Care Planning
- Process of Planning for Future Care
- Living Will
- Instructions about Healthcare
- Life-Sustaining Treatments
- Level of Comfort Care
- Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
- Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare
- Appointed Person to Make Decisions
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
- No CPR
- Allow Natural Death (AND)
- Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
- Medical Order
3 mins
Documentation Guidelines
- Factual
- Objective Information
- Subjective Information from Patient
- Objective Supports Subjective
- Accurate
- Avoid Unnecessary Words and Details
- Exact Measurements
- Current
- Assessments
- Document ASAP
- Treatment and Response
- Change in Status
- Admission, Transfer, Discharge or Death
- Organized
- Document in a Logical Order
- Ensure Information Recorded is Complete
4 mins
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Protected Health Information
- Confidentiality
- HIPAA Patient Rights
- See and Copy Health Records
- Update and Correct Health Record
- Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information
- How to Receive Health Information
- Permitted Disclosure of Personal Health Information (PHI) Without Patient Authorization
- Public Health Activities
- Law Enforcement
- Deceased People
3 mins
Informed Consent
- Key Elements
- Names and Qualifications of People Involved
- Explanation of the Procedure
- Information on Harm that Can Result
- Alternative Therapies
- Right to Refuse
- Nurses and Consent
- Nurses May Witness Consent
- Student Nurses Do Not Witness Consent
- Emergency
- Consent from Legally Authorized Person
- Life Saving Procedure Without Consent
- Special Considerations
- Deaf, Illiterate, Speaks a Foreign Language
4 mins
Negligence and Malpractice
- Failure to Provide Acceptable Care
- Anyone Can be Liable
- Did Not Carry Out Duty and Patient Was Injured
- Must Be a Professional
- Not Following Standard of Care
- Failure to Communicate
- Failure to Document
- Failure to Assess and Monitor Patient
- Improper Delegation
3 mins
Patient’s Rights
- Patient’s Rights When Hospitalized
- Respectful Care
- Information
- Consent or Refuse Treatment
- Continuity of Care
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Medical Record Review
- Consent or Refuse Part in Research
- Health Alternatives
- Explanation of Charges and Bills
3 mins
Tort Law
- Tort Law
- Tort
- Intentional Tort
- Assault
- False Imprisonment
- Battery
- Unintentional Tort
- Negligence
- Malpractice
- Legal Issues
- Documentation
3 mins
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