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HESI®-RN Comprehensive Review | Registered Nurse (RN) School Study Aid
Tort Law
- Tort Law
- Tort
- Intentional Tort
- Assault
- False Imprisonment
- Battery
- Unintentional Tort
- Negligence
- Malpractice
- Legal Issues
- Documentation
3 mins
Negligence and Malpractice
- Failure to Provide Acceptable Care
- Anyone Can be Liable
- Did Not Carry Out Duty and Patient Was Injured
- Must Be a Professional
- Not Following Standard of Care
- Failure to Communicate
- Failure to Document
- Failure to Assess and Monitor Patient
- Improper Delegation
3 mins
Patient’s Rights
- Patient’s Rights When Hospitalized
- Respectful Care
- Information
- Consent or Refuse Treatment
- Continuity of Care
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Medical Record Review
- Consent or Refuse Part in Research
- Health Alternatives
- Explanation of Charges and Bills
3 mins
Child and Elder Physical Abuse Assessment
- Physical Abuse
- Inconsistent Injuries
- Delay in Treatment
- Various Stages of Healing
- Child Abuse
- Symmetrical Burns
- Sexually Transmitted Infection
- Bloody/Torn Undergarments
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Elder Abuse
- Poor Hygiene
- Overmedication
2 mins
Minors
- MINOR PATIENTS
- Legal Age: Under Age 18
- Parent or Guardian Consent
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Emancipated Minor
- Emergency Situation
2 mins
Rights for the Mentally Ill Patient
- RIGHTS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL PATIENT
- Right to Treatment
- Right to Refuse Treatment
- Right to Informed Consent
- Right to Confidentiality
- Considerations
- Restraints
2 mins
Preoperative Care
- Preop Education
- Surgical Procedure
- NPO
- Turn, Cough, Deep Breathe, Incentive Spirometer
- Lower Extremity Exercises
- Compression Stockings or SCD's
- Pain Management
- Safety
- Informed Consent
- Physical Preparation
- Preop Checklist
- Handoff to Surgery
- Universal Precautions
2 mins
Informed Consent
- Key Elements
- Names and Qualifications of People Involved
- Explanation of the Procedure
- Information on Harm that Can Result
- Alternative Therapies
- Right to Refuse
- Nurses and Consent
- Nurses May Witness Consent
- Student Nurses Do Not Witness Consent
- Emergency
- Consent from Legally Authorized Person
- Life Saving Procedure Without Consent
- Special Considerations
- Deaf, Illiterate, Speaks a Foreign Language
4 mins
Good Samaritan Law
- Good Samaritan Laws
- Legal Immunity
- No Legal Obligation to Provide Aid
- If Providing Aid, Cannot Abandon
- CONSIDERATIONS
- Vary State to State
2 mins
Reports
- Reporting
- Shared Communication
- ISBAR
- ISBAR
- Identify
- Situation
- Background
- Assessment
- Recommendation
- Types of Reports
- Change-of-Shift/Handoff Reports
- Telephone/Telemedicine Reports
- Transfer and Discharge Reports
2 mins
Documentation Guidelines
- Factual
- Objective Information
- Subjective Information from Patient
- Objective Supports Subjective
- Accurate
- Avoid Unnecessary Words and Details
- Exact Measurements
- Current
- Assessments
- Document ASAP
- Treatment and Response
- Change in Status
- Admission, Transfer, Discharge or Death
- Organized
- Document in a Logical Order
- Ensure Information Recorded is Complete
4 mins
Use of Restraints
- Use Guidelines
- During Emergency
- Protecting From Harm
- For Limited Time
- Considerations
- Last Resort
- May Further Agitation
- Frequent Observation
- Obtain Order Within 1 Hour
- Quick-Release Tie
2 mins
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Protected Health Information
- Confidentiality
- HIPAA Patient Rights
- See and Copy Health Records
- Update and Correct Health Record
- Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information
- How to Receive Health Information
- Permitted Disclosure of Personal Health Information (PHI) Without Patient Authorization
- Public Health Activities
- Law Enforcement
- Deceased People
3 mins
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