Bellamy Transitions

5. act in which there is a threat or attempt to do bodily harm.
7. harm that results because a person didn't act reasonably
10. family practice physician or internist employed by the hospital
11. save lives and decrease the risk for harm by providing care before a medical emergency occurs by intervening rapidly when needed for patients who are beginning to clinically decline
13. is the duty to do no harm and the duty to do good.An obligation in patient care to do no harm and an equal obligation to assist the patient.
14. unauthorized physical contact
15. litigation in which one person asserts that an injury (physical,emotional,or financial) occurred as a consequence of another's actions or failure to act.
16. is truth and is an essential component of a therapeutic relationship between a health care provider and his patient
17. Physician who specializes in critical care
18. self determination or self-management

1. character attacked and uttered in the presence of others
2. Intensive care nurse(ICU)nurse, respiratory therapist, intensivist, hospitalist
3. refers to the agreement that nurses will keep their obligations or promises to patients to follow through with care.
4. professional negligence
6. is the duty to do no harm
8. Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act(EMTALA) It requires hospital emergency departments that accepts payments from medicare to provide an appropriate medical screening examination (MSE) to anyone seeking treatment for a medical condition, regardless of citizenship, legal status, or ability to pay
9. equality and fairness that is all patients should be treated equally and fairly, regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, race, ethnicity, or education.
12. the process of transferring to a competent person the authority to perform a selected nursing task or activity in a selected patient care situation.The nurse is always accountable for the task or activity that is delegated!