| 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 |
