COMPLEX CR NR 341 [Critical care rok 1 complete study guide versioned 2020/2021]

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Critical care Chapter 3 Laws: EMTALA: Emergency room law - everyone who comes in ER room must be treated whether they have insurance or not. Torts: Doing something legally wrong  Intentional: ... Assault (Verbal threats), battery (Physical harm, putting your hands on them without permission), false imprisonment (medical restraint is a necessity) (Haldol to sedate them is chemical restraint)  Unintentional: Negligence (no harm to patient we just didn’t do what we were supposed to), Malpractice (when harm is done to the patient). ON TEST Dilemmas: No right or wrong Principlism is a widely applied ethical approach based on four fundamental moral principles to contemporary ethical dilemmas: respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.  Autonomy states that all persons should be free to govern their lives to the greatest degree possible. This implies a strong sense of self-determination and an acceptance of responsibility for one's own choices and actions. To respect autonomy of others means to respect their freedom of choice and to allow them to make their own decisions.  Beneficence is the duty to provide benefits to others when in a position to do so and to help balance harms and benefits. In other words, the benefits of an action should outweigh the burdens. Actions intended to benefit the patients or others.  Nonmaleficence is the explicit duty not to inflict harm on others intentionally. [Show More]

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