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Medical-Surgical Nursing

Key Terms

Medical-Surgical NursingKey Terms
advocacy
act of pleading for a cause, idea, or policy
ethics committee
appointed committee that provides support and guidance with ethical dilemmas to promote sound decision-making
fidelity
duty to faithfully uphold one’s commitments
health disparities
preventable differences that underserved populations experience related to disease, injury, or violence that can negatively impact health
health education
various learning experiences designed to promote behaviors that facilitate health
morality
person’s or society’s idea of what is right or wrong; usually associated with one’s behavior
multimodal
having or using a variety of methods
self-determination
moral and legal right to determine what will be done with and to an individual’s person
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