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MED 149
Chapter 5 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A lab technician fails to use an alcohol swab on the draw site before drawing blood from a patient. However, the technician uses all other standards of care when drawing the blood. To whom is a duty of care owed? | A duty of care is owed to the patient |
| The motorist later sues the lab technician for malpractice. What state law will probably be used as a defense by the lab technician? | Good Samaritan Law |
| Which of the following is an advantage for settling a medical malpractice dispute through ADR? | Relationships and reputations can remain intact |
| A patient falls on a hospital's slippery tile floor and injures herself. Assuming that patient safety procedures were lax, what undesirable occurrence could result for the hospital? | The patient could sue the hospital |
| A physician assistant is seeing a patient in an assisted living facility. Her patient clearly has the flu. She treats the patient and then advises the facility’s nursing director of the communicable disease. This is an example of: | Duty of care |
| According to the reasonable person standard as discussed in this chapter, in which of the following situations might a person be charged with negligence? | A nurse fails to document her administration of a patient's medicine, and another nurse unknowingly administers a second dose, which constitutes an injurious overdose for the patient |
| How is mediation best defined? | A neutral third party listens to both sides of the argument and then helps resolve the dispute |
| A health care professional who does not follow the reasonable standard of care could be sued for _________blank. | Negligence |
| When health care practitioners are sued for medical malpractice, this term generally means any deviation from the accepted medical standard of care that causes injury to a patient. | Negligence |
| When a nurse fails to use sterile technique while doing a dressing change and the wound becomes infected, she could be sued for _________blank. | Misfeasance |
| The obligation of health care professionals to patients and, in some cases, non-patients is _________blank. | Duty of Care |
| _________blank clearly dictate(s) what a member of a health care profession can and cannot do on the job. | Laws |
| If Elaine were to fix the student's catheter and something were to go wrong, she could be charged with: | Negligence |
| Which of the following individuals may not be able to give informed consent for medical treatment? | A person who speaks a foreign language |
| What is the basis for most medical malpractice claims? | Negligence |
| Which of the following legal actions may be taken if you are subpoenaed to appear in court as a witness or to give a deposition and you fail to appear? | You may be charged with contempt of court |
| Which of the following statements best defines alternative dispute resolution? | Settlement of civil disputes between parties using neutral mediators or arbitrators without going to court |
| Employers are liable for the acts of their employees under the law of _________blank. | agency |
| Which of the following is an example of respondeat superior? | An employee accidently administers the wrong medication |
| Liability is defined as _________blank. | the legal responsibility of competent adults for their own acts |
| A lab technician fails to use an alcohol swab on the draw site before drawing blood from a patient. However, the technician uses all other standards of care when drawing the blood. To what standard of care could the lab technician be held? | Any lab technician |
| Which of the following statements is true of standard of care? | If one uses the title "nurse," one can be held to the standard of care of a nurse |
| Where is the doctrine of informed consent usually outlined? | State medical practice acts |
| What purpose do expert witnesses serve in a medical negligence lawsuit? | They testify about the medical care given to the patient |
| Monetary compensation awarded to a plaintiff to compensate for injuries or losses due to a violation of the plaintiff’s rights. | General compensatory damages |
| The defendant must pay, but the dollar value of the violation need not be proved. | General compensatory damages |
| The defendant must pay, the dollar value need not be proved, but the loss must be proved. | General compensatory damages |
| Money is awarded the plaintiff, recognizing a wrong, but the amount is nominal. | Nominal damages |
| Money awarded is intended to punish the defendant. | Punitive damages |
| What is the result if you are the plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit and you fail to appear in court? | The case can be lost by default |
| Who is most likely to give factual testimony in a trial? | A person who was present during certain events and can tell what happened |
| When a patient sues a physician for negligence, who has the burden of proof in court? | The plaintiff |
| If the patient who did not speak English suddenly stopped breathing and became unresponsive, the health care provider _________blank. | could provide emergency care |
| Which of the following is not a required component of informed consent? | Estimated cost of procedure |
| Mrs. O'Malley sits down in the phlebotomy chair, rolls up her sleeve, and tells the phlebotomist "This is the arm that has the best veins." In this case, consent is | implied consent |
| A physician is a specialist in pediatric oncology. Which of the following is true regarding the standard of care expected of this physician? | The physician will be held to the same standard of care as other pediatric oncologists |
| Elizabeth married at 16 years of age with her parents’ permission. Shortly after the wedding, she learned that her husband is HIV-positive. In order for her to be tested for HIV, she must | ask a physician to administer the test and be prepared to provide proof of her marriage |
| The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur might be applied in which of the following? | All of these - A woman is anesthetized for a tubal ligation but receives a hysterectomy, A woman's front teeth are knocked out while she is under anesthesia for surgery on her toe, A surgeon operates on a patient's foot, but it is the wrong foot. |
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