Lassie /las-sie/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is of Middle English origin, and the meaning of Lassie is little girl. Lass is a Scottish and Northern English term for a girl.
Ethics and Medical Futility: The Healthcare Professional's Role. Target Audience And Goal Statement. This activity is intended for advanced practice nurses, RNs, and any other healthcare professionals with interest and experience in caring for the elderly.
the quality of not leading to a desired result. medical futility the judged futility of medical care, used as a reason to limit care. Two reasons for making this judgment are (1) to conserve resources and (2) to protect clinician integrity. The types are physiologic futility and normative futility. normative futility a judgment of medical futility made for a treatment that is seen to have a physiologic effect but is believed to have no benefit. physiologic futility a judgment of medical futility based on the observation of no physiologic effect of the treatment.