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| Illness | An abnormal process where aspects of social, emotional, intellectual conditions are diminished or impaired |
| Licensure | Granting of permission by the overseeing authority to engage in practice or activity that would otherwise be illegal |
| Approved Program | One that satisfies the minimum standards set by state agency responsible for overseeing education |
| Accredition | A higher standard that signifies that the accrediting organization has judged that a program has met its reestablished criteria |
| Articulation | Allows nursing programs to plan their curriculum collaboratively |
| Portfolio | Is an organized account of an individual's education & professional accomplishments |
| Health care system | A network of agencies, facilities, and providers involved with healthcare in specified geographic area |
| Wellness-Illness continuum | The range of a persons total health |
| Wellness | A dynamic state of health in which an individual progresses toward a higher level of functioning, achieving a balance between internal & external environment |
| Negligence | Refers to the absence of due care |
| Liable | The person alleged to be legally responsible |
| Deposition | Required to undergo questioning by attorneys |
| Verdict | Decision |
| Accountability | Being responsible for one's own actions |
| Liability | (legal responsible) in nursing |
| Advocate | Is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another |
| Standards Of Care | Define acts whose performance is required, permitted, or prohibited |
| Scope of Practice | Gives direction to the practicing nurse |
| Doctorine of informed consent | Full disclosure of the facts the patient needs to make an intelligent decision before any invasive treatment or procedure is performed |
| Ethics | Refers to values that influence a persons behavior & the individuals feelings & beliefs about what's right or wrong |
| Value | Are personal beliefs about the worth of an object, an idea, a custom, or an attitude |
| Value clarification | Is the process of self-evaluation that helps gain insight into personal values |
| Ethical Delimmas | Are situations that do not have a clear right or wrong answer |
| Malpractice | Refers to professional negligence |
| Laws | Prescribe proper behavior in society; they sanction acceptable behavior & prohibit unacceptable behavior |
| Holistic healthcare | A system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical, emotional, social, economic, & spiritual needs of a person |
| Holistic | Care that requires that professionals from differing areas all come together to provide comprehensive care |
| Health | The area along the wellness-illness continuum that the patient occupies |
| Certification | Process in which an individual or institution, agency, or educational program is evaluated & recognized as meeting certain predetermined standards |
| Pesthouses | 19th century hospitals ( dirty, overcrowded, facilities) |
| Patient | The individual who receives the care |