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Legal Questions
Mr G. "Legal Questions"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a threat or attempt to injure? | Assault |
| A person who is under the influence of drugs does not have the legal capacity to form a contract because he/she has a: | Legal disability |
| If a nurse assistant forgets to raise the side rails on the bed and the patient falls out of bed, the nurse assistant might be guilty of: | Negligence |
| When can a health care worker accept a tip or bribe? | Never |
| What term describes the fact that information about a patient must remain private? | Confidentiality |
| If a physician fails to use the degree of skill and learning commonly expected in that individual’s profession, the physician could be guilty of: | Malpractice |
| If a laboratory technician sends e-mails to co-workers saying that a particular physician is careless and killed a patient, the lab tech might be guilty of: | Libel |
| Before you perform any procedure on a patient, you must have proper: | Authorization Consent |
| What does the acronym PSDA stand for? | Patient Self-Determination Act |
| What is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure has been explained in terms the person can understand? | Informed consent |
| What should you do if you are a health care worker and you make a mistake? | Report it immediately to your supervisor. |
| Jane’s father signs a document saying that Jane will make decisions for him once he is unable to make decisions. The document is a: | Durable Power of Attorney |
| What term describes a standard code of conduct for health professionals? | Ethics or ethical code |
| Keeping someone in the hospital against their will could be an example of: | False imprisonment |
| According to professional standards, before a health care worker performs any procedure on a patient, the health care worker should: | Identify the patient and/or obtain the patient’s consent |
| What is an example of physical abuse? | Hitting, forcing people against their will, etc. |
| What federal standards provide for the privacy of health information in all states? | HIPAA |
| Health care records are examples of: | Privileged communications |
| If a health care worker makes false statements about a patient that cause the patient to be damaged or ridiculed, the health care worker may be guilty of: | Defamation or slander |
| A document that a person signs to indicate he/she does not want to be resuscitated when he/she stops breathing is a: | Living Will |
| Speaking harshly, swearing or shouting, and using inappropriate words to describe a person’s nationality are all examples of what kind of abuse? | Verbal |
| What do the initials HIPAA stand for? | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| What patient’s rights document applies to persons in long-term care facilities? | Resident’s Bill of Rights |
| If I have the legal capacity to sign a consent form, I must be: | 18-years-old and mentally competent. (Free of legal disability) |
| What kind of contract exists when a nurse is holding a thermometer and says “put this under you tongue” and the patient puts the thermometer under his or her tongue? | Implied contract |
| Improperly draping a patient during a procedure so that others can see the patient exposed. | Invasion of privacy |
| All procedures must be explained to the patient and no procedure should be performed with the patient does not give consent. | Informed consent |
| Examples include: misuse of narcotics, sexual assault and murder. | Criminal law |
| Failure of a professional to use the degree of skill and learning commonly expected in that profession. | Malpractice |
| Not reporting defective equipment. | Negligence |
| Not using sterile supplies when required. | Negligence |
| Making false statements about a person. | Defamation |
| A patient who leaves a hospital without a physician's permission will be asked a to sign a form called? | AMA (Against Medical Advice) |
| Obligations understood without verbally expressed terms. | Implied contracts |
| Contracts stated in distinct clear language. | Expressed contracts |
| Performing a procedure after the patient has refused to give permission | Assault and battery |
| Required to retrain a patient. | Physicians order |
| Failure to lock a patient's wheel chair resulting in an injury to the patient. | Negligence |
| Stating that a coworker is incompetent when they are not. | Slander |
| Examples include: Considerate and respectful care and confidential treatment of all communications. | Patient's Rights |
| Examples include: 14 year-old, mentally challenged individual and an unconscious person. | Legal disability |
| A patient with a legal disability cannot: | Form a contract |
| A patient has a terminal illness and does not want to be kept alive. He should have a: | Living will |
| A nurse injects a medication directly into a patient’s vein in error, he/she could be guilty of: | Malpractice |
| An angry patient writes a letter to the newspaper editor about a local psychologist. The allegations in the letter are clearly untrue and damaging. The letter writer could be guilty of: | Libel |
| Informs patients of their right to make decisions regarding their right-to-die. | Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) |
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