The Nursing Staff of an Intensive Care Unit Is Collaborating

question 26

Multiple Choice

The nursing staff of an intensive care unit is collaborating with staff pharmacists to install an automated medication dispensing system, which will help:

• A) improve patient safety.
• B) streamline the electronic health record.
• C) improve communication between the pharmacy and nursing.
• D) enhance security of protected patient health information.

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Definitions:

American Law Institute (ALI) Rule

A guideline used in some jurisdictions for determining legal insanity, which considers whether a defendant lacks the capacity to understand the wrongfulness of their actions.

Irresistible Impulse Rule

Legal principle stating that even a person who knowingly performs a wrongful act can be absolved of responsibility if he or she was driven by an irresistible impulse to perform the act or had a diminished capacity to resist performing the act.

Insanity Defense Reform Act

A 1984 U.S. federal law that redefined criteria for establishing the insanity defense within federal courts.

Jurisdictions

Defined territories or areas of control where specific rules, laws, or powers are applied.