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Professional

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is a person with specialized learning who is engaged in a specific activity as an occupation. Those professionals who specialize in the healthcare realm are reffered to as healthcare professionals

Question 2

Proffessionlism

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refers to the conduct. character, skill and judgement of trained person. Healthcare professionals who act in an accountable and ethical manner in the workplace and maintain a steady composure in the face of adversity demonstrate professionalism

Question 3

Certification

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refers to the action or process of providing an individual with an official document attesting to their status or level of achievement

Question 4

Ethics

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refers to the formal study of moral choices that conform to standards of conduct. In the simplest sense, it means making judgements between right and wrong or listening to one’s conciense

Question 5

The most common accusation leveled in a lawsuit against a healthcare practitioner is

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malpractice

Question 6

the process by which a proffesional seeks reccurent learning activities and training beyong that required for the initial license

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Certification

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Confidentiality

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refers to the healthcare professionals obligation to maintain patient information in a manner that will not permit dissemination beyond the healthcare provider. A major fear of patients is that they will become the subject of gossip or social conversations among healthcare providers overheard by others. Healthcare professionals are taught to only discuss patient confidential information with those medical personnel who are invovled in treating the patient. Profesionals know not to make comments in public areas about patient information.

Question 8

At the ferderal level, regulations issued persuant to the (—-) established many confidentiality restrictions, identifies what constitutes improper disclosure of protected health information, and addresses fines and other penalties that may be imposed if confidentiality violated

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HIPPA

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Licensing

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refers to a right conferred by a govermental body practice an occupation or provide a service

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There are two general types of health teams

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functional and patient-centered

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The achievement of high level of skill in the discipline in which the proffesional is trained is a critical feature of

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professionalism

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Medical Terminology

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refers to the language used in medicine that allowed healthcare professionals to communicate with eachother

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Maintaing a healthy balance between caring for patients without becoming (—-) is essential to a professional approach to delivering health care

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emotionally attached

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A code of ethics

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refers to a written list of a professions values and standards of conduct

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Confidentiality

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refers to the healthcare professionals obligation to maintain patient information in a manner that will not person dissemination beyond the healthcare provider

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Fraud

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intentional deception of another person to the persons detriment

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Abuse

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practices or customs that are unsound or inconsistent with ethical or fiscal or healthcare practices

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Negligence

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careless or senseless behavior that causes harm

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Most Legal issues in healthcare

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Tort Law

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Assault

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threat or attempt to touch a patient without consent

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Battery

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touching a patient without consent

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Informed Consent

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consent given by a patient reviewing and approving the consent for treatment

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Implied Consent

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if a patient is unconscious or collapses this type of consent is given