NUR 2349 Professional Nursing I

PN1 Exam 2 Concept Guide

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Ethics

- The study or examination of morality through a variety of different approaches

HIPPA and nursing research in 2003

- The law that protects the basic rights and privacy of the patient to control the

disclosure of that patient's personal health care information.

Information can only be shared with works directly involved with the patient's care.

DPAHC (durable power of attorney for health care)

- Allows a person to appoint an agent or proxy decision maker to make health care

decisions in the case the patients capacity is lost.

Palliative

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- The process that is focused on relieving pain and physical symptoms, enhancing

psychosocial support, and enhancing the families to feel meaningful to resolve the

patient's pain as they are passing. This is comfort care that is NOT federally funded

Hospice:

- A program that is sponsored by Medicare to provide comfort care for the terminally

ill and the families. An individual has to meet specific guidelines. These people have

6 months or less to live.

Right to die

- Formal advanced directives can assist in the making of end-of-life decisions even if

the patient does not have mental capacity (can be used when a patient is in a coma)

Active euthanasia

- Someone other than the patient performs an action to end the patient’s life. (E.g.,

lethal injection)

Passive euthanasia

- Omission of an action to prevent death, allowing death to occur. (E.g., honoring a

DNR)

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