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- 4. These laws protect a health care professional from civil lawsuits if they respond to an motor vehicle accident
- 5. Identifies a person (called the surrogate decision maker) who will make healthcare decisions in the event the patient is unable to do so.
- 9. This federal law recognizes the patient’s right to make decisions regarding their own healthcare.It also includes information about advance directives.
- 11. Established to protect society
- 13. Acronym for personal health information
- 14. Gives directions to others about a person’s wishes regarding life-prolonging treatments if the person becomes unable to make those decisions
- 15. Oral defamatory statements
- 16. the nurse acts provide a framework for practicing nursing in the state.
- 17. Invasion of this occurs when a nurse disregards HIPPA and shares private patient information or looks up information on a patient who they are not involved in the care of
- 18. This federal law requires healthcare facilities to provide emergency medical treatment to patients who seek healthcare in the emergency department, regardless of their ability to pay, legal status, or citizenship status.
- 20. 2 examples of this are the living will and durable power of attorney
- 21. This federal law incentivized conversion to EHR from paper charting
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- 1. Acronym for power of attorney
- 2. This type of laws requires reporting of suspected abuse as well as communicable diseases
- 3. This bill of rights provides information of the rights for the patients such as safe care, emergency care and participation in their care
- 6. Performing a procedure without consent
- 7. means that a professional person has failed to act in a reasonable and prudent manner
- 8. Failure to perform as a reasonable, prudent person would
- 10. This federal law provides protection against discrimination aimed at individuals with disabilities
- 12. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Acronym
- 15. This is the level of care a nurse would be held to in the event of an investigation into patient harm due to nursing care
- 19. means that the person is financially or legally responsible for something