1. Accountability: Being responsible for the standards of care that nurses should know. Nurse Jane can be held accountable for hanging the wrong IV bag on patient in room 423.
2. Voir dire: To speak without any prejudges; to tell the truth. Attorney Jack will interview Mary about the O.J. Simpson case to eliminate any bias in jury selection.
3. Causation: To prove the negligence of the nurse caused harm to the patient. I will prove causation in this case where Nurse Mary gave patient’s PO medication through the IV causing his untimely death.
4. Comparative negligence: All blame, damage and monetary compensation are dispersed equally among all persons involved including the patient. Judge Judy will assign comparative negligence to all persons involved in caring for patient in room 433 for having him sit in his feces for the entire day leading him to develop type 2 pressure ulcers on the buttocks.
5. Compensatory negligence: Not taking into account all the risks from the patient. During the emergency room visit compensatory negligence is being used as the lawsuit because Joe did not get treated for his broken neck after an automobile accident.
If you meant compensatory damage: Money the damaged party receives for injury. The court ruling held Dr. Watch accountable for $45,000 in compensatory damage to his patient after suffering immobility of his arm after surgery.
6. Contributory negligence: The injured party did not prevent their injury from happening. Mr. Jones who is alert and oriented x3 was told to put his call light on prior to getting out of bed did not and suffering injuries is found with contributory negligence.
7. Discovery phase: Purpose is to have both parties during the first 30 days of the lawsuit collect information that will help their case. During the discovery phase of the trial, the defendant found out what pain medications the patient had taken prior to coming into the emergency room for treatment of pain.
8. Exemplary/punitive damages: Money paid to the plaintiff that is a punishment for the defendant’s actions. The judge awarded punitive damages in the amount of $10,000 as compensation for the mental anguish Agnes suffered after Dr. Jones called her fat.
9. Feasibility: To determine that if the amount of time spent on a task is worth it. It is not feasible for Nurse Joe to begin hanging blood on a patient that is going to get an x-ray now.
10. Good Samaritan statutes: Protection for an individual who helps a person on the street in need of help. During a 4 car pile-up, a off-duty paramedic went to assess the level of severity of the people involved as well as hold pressure on the severed artery of an individual involved in the accident prior to the ambulance showing up.
11. Loss of consortium: The loss of being able to stay in marital relations. Mary was pleading a loss of consortium because after the radiation to her ovaries for cancer she was unable to have children, which lead to her divorce because her husband desperately wanted to have children with her.
12. Motion in limine: a request to limit the evidence that may be damaging to the case following the discovery phase. A motion in limine was filed by the defendant’s attorney in order to prevent any other lab requests and reports to come up later that may cause damage to his case.
13. Negligence: The failure to use reasonable care. Dr. Bob is being charged with negligence after injecting his patient with regular dye into his veins knowing that his patient had poor kidney function instead of using Omnipaque dye.
14. Sovereign immunity: When the defendant is under government immunity. The VA hospital has sovereign immunity upon those that try to sue for monetary compensation.
15. Exposure prone procedure: An invasive procedure that may put the patient at risk of disease. Bringing the patient’s white cell count to zero can be considered an exposure prone procedure because the patient is now at risk of contracting any little but out there, including from the nurse caring for them.
16. Voluntary euthanasia: When the patient refuses to be treated after knowledge with informed consent. The patient is opting for voluntary euthanasia after having been intubated for the 12th time and is well aware of the probable outcomes of not getting treated for respiratory distress again.
17. Paternalism: When the health care provider makes the decision for the patient because they give up their right to make any decision regarding their health. Doctor Jones is acting in a paternalistic way with patient John in telling him that small cell carcinoma of the lung is not always life threatening in order to give him a will to live.
18. Ordinary medical treatment: Treating the patient in a way that is ordinary. Mary needs to have ordinary medical treatment by replacing her broken hip with a titanium ball and joint socket for her new hip.
19. Distributive justice: The equal spread of services and health related items fairly. The doctor and nurse as well as the ethics committee involved have to determine the distributive justice for both patients who both badly need a transplanted liver.
20. Categorical imperative: A moral rule that must be followed. Nurse Anne did not follow standard care of practice when disagreeing to care for and HIV positive patient, categorical imperative was determined.
21. Scope of practice: What each nurse is responsible for knowing in his/her field and state of nursing. It is within the nurse’s scope of practice to administer medication, not the patient care techs in our state.
22. Codes of ethics: Administering conscientious care to a patient without bias, following the golden rule. In nursing school we had to memorize the revised code of ethics for the nurse which includes being your patient’s advocate.
23. Nursing standards: The range of practice of nurses which describes responsibilities that a nurse may be held accountable for. In order for my nursing standards to be keep up to date, I need to attend educational meetings at work and continue my education as well as collaborate with other employees where I work.
24. Eugenics: The study of genetic therapy curing physical conditions. Christopher Reeves tried to work with and help fund eugenics in order to get his nerves in his paralyzed back functioning again.
25. Bioethics: The study of ethics in the new genetically engineered field and drugs. Many couples that are infertile are using the help of bioethics in determining how many eggs to implant and save after fertilization.
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