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Question 1

Medical terminology is best described by which of the following?

Answer 1

The language used in medicine

Question 2

Healthcare professionals share a common core of knowledge that includes which of the following?

Answer 2

medical terminology

Question 3

Professionalism is best described by which of the following?

Answer 3

The conduct, character, skill, and judgment of a trained person

Question 4

Which of the following is a critical feature of professionalism?

Answer 4

The achievement of a high level of skill in the discipline in which the professional is trained

Question 5

Professionalism refers to the healthcare professional’s obligation to maintain patient information in a manner that will not permit dissemination beyond the healthcare provider.

Answer 5

false

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the formal study of moral choices that conform to standards of conduct?

Answer 6

ethics

Question 7

The best-known code of ethics in health care is which of the following?

Answer 7

The Hippocratic Oath

Question 8

The process by which a professional seeks recurrent learning activities and training beyond that required for the initial license or certificate is referred to as which of the following?

Answer 8

Continuing education

Question 9

Failure of healthcare professionals to meet the established requirements may result in jeopardizing their licenses and certifications to practice their profession.

Answer 9

true

Question 10

A right conferred by a governmental body to practice an occupation or provide a service is known as which of the following?

Answer 10

licensing

Question 11

Negligence is a form of malpractice.

Answer 11

true

Question 12

Certification refers to a right conferred by a governmental body to practice an occupation or provide a service.

Answer 12

false

Question 13

To sustain their careers over time, healthcare practitioners must be prepared to act in a professional manner. Which of the following examples would not display professionalism?

Answer 13

Talking about a patient in the presence of another patient

Question 14

Which of the following describes ethics?

Answer 14

A) Formal study of moral choices
B) Making judgments between right and wrong
C) Listening to one’s conscience

Question 15

Healthcare professionals display their understanding of the need for confidentiality in which of the following ways?

Answer 15

A) Upholding their obligation to maintain patient information in a manner that will not permit dissemination beyond the healthcare provider
B) Not making comments in public areas about patient information
C) Only discussing patient confidential information with those medical personnel who are involved in treating the patient

Question 16

What are the two types of healthcare teams?

Answer 16

Functional and patient-centered

Question 17

There are two general types of health teams: functional and patient centered. Both depend on the kind of problem to be solved and may dissolve at any given point and regroup to meet special problems. Which of the following would you expect to see on the patient-centered teams?

Answer 17

patient’s families and doctors

Question 18

True or False? Licensing refers to a right conferred by a governmental body to practice an occupation or provide a service.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

True or False? Certification refers to the action or process of providing an individual with an official document attesting to their status or level of achievement.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

True or False? The most common accusation leveled in a lawsuit against a healthcare practitioner is negligence.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

True or False? The legal theory of res ipsa loquitor means the nurse is always held blameless.

Answer 21

false

Question 22

True or False? The process by which a professional seeks recurrent learning activities and training beyond that required for the initial license or certificate is referred to as continuing education.

Answer 22

true