| A | B |
|---|
| delegation | the assignment of duties to another person |
| accountability | taking action for one's actions |
| violation of a criminal law | taking a drug that is a controlled substance from agency supply for one's on use |
| medical records | can be shared with health care providers involved in care |
| Leave Against Medical Advise (AMA) | patient decision to leave the hospital without being discharged |
| health care proxy | mades health care choices for patient if they are unable to do so |
| slander | verbal statements that are false or injurious |
| libel | written statement or photograph that is false or damaging |
| false imprisonment | keeping someone detained against their will |
| fraud | giving false information that could cause harm |
| assault | attempt or threat which causes fear |
| battery | causing physical harm to another |
| malpractice | failure to do, or doing, what a prudent professional would or wouldnt do |
| negligence | failure to do what a prudent person would do or doing what a reasonable person would not do resulting in harm |
| duty | the nurse's responsibility to provide care in an acceptable way |
| breach of duty | the nurse did not adhere to the nursing standard of care |
| proximate cause | cause/effect relationship shown between omission and commission of the nursing act which causes harm |
| damages | monetary award to an injured plaintiff when the defendant is found responsible for the injuruy |
| felony | a serious crime that may result ina prinson term of more than one year |
| misdemeanor | less serious crime; may result in fines, imprisonment of one year or less or both |
