 Nursing ethical principles

o Autonomy

o Beneficence

o Fidelity

o Justice

o Nonmaleficience

o Veracity

 Intentional torts

o Assault

o Battery

o False imprisonment

 Unintentional torts (didn’t intend to harm patient but you did)

o Negligence- forgetting to set the bed alarm for a fall risk patient

o Malpractice- medication error occurs that harms a patient

 Informed Consent

o Responsibility of the provider

 Purpose and complete description of procedure in patient’s

primary language

 Risks vs. benefits

 Describe alternatives

o Responsibility of the nurse

 Make sure provider did give all info needed

 Patient is competent

 Patient sign consent document

 If pt has further questions call provider and have them

come back and explain things further BEFORE they sign

the form

 Advance Directives

o Living will

o Durable power of attorney (health care proxy)

o Provider’s orders- for DNR AND (allow natural death)

o Mandatory Reporting—must report suspicion of abuse

 Don’t wait just report it right away

 Report communicable disease to local and state departments

 Mandated by the state

 Nursing Documentation

o Recording objective data

 Don’t include opinions and interpretations