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Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Responsible for own well being

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Self care

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A response im which understanding and compassion are accompanied by an objective detachment that enables you to act appropriately.

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Empathetic response

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A sensitivity to others that allow you to meet their needs constructively rather than merely sympathizing or reacting to their distress.

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Empathy

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Response to the strain of dealing with the constant demands and problems of people under our care.

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Burnout

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Ways to prevent burnout

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Self care and stress relief activities

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Appropriate use and care or equipment demonstrate what behavior

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Ethical behavior

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  • provide opportunities to advance the profession while helping its members
    -help members to develop leadership skills
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Participation in professional activities

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Typically causes exhaustion, dissatisfaction, anxiety and eventually apathy

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Burnout

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Shows concern and care while quickly and accurately providing the images that could assist in rapid diagnosis and treatment

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Empathetic care

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Performing tasks because you enjoy them will make your work more productive and much less stressful.

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Job satisfaction

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Litigation has become so common in our society that it is especially important for health care workers to become familiar with the moral, ethical, and legal implications of their actions.

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Professional Behavior

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Morals

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  • personal morality is based on lessons of right or wrong that we’re taught to us at an early age
  • group morality refers to moral principles that apply specifically to certain groups of people
  • moral duties of physicians were defined in Ancient Greece in the Hippocratic oath
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Examples of group morality

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-Duties of providing due care
- maintaining professional competence
- maintaining the confidentiality of patient informations

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A branch of philosophy that can be defined as a systematic reflection on morality

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Ethics

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A two part document that contains:
- code of ethics, an aspirational document
- rules of ethics , a specific list of enforceable standards

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ARRT standards of ethics for radiographers

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Is the hallmark of a profession because it defines high principles of professional behavior and signifies a willingness by the profession

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Code of ethics

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Provide guidelines for determining whether actions are right or wrong

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Moral principles and ethical theories

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Radiologic technologist acts in a professional manner , responds to patient needs and supports colleagues and associates in providing quality pt. Care

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Code of ethics (#1)

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Rad tech acts to advance the principle objective of the profession to provide services to humanity with full respect for the dignity of mankind

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Code of ethics (#2)

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Rad tech practices ethical conduct appropriate to the profession and protects the patients rights to qualify rad tech care

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Code of ethics (#8)

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Use of fraud of deceit to obtain employment or credentials

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Rules or ethics (#1)

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Violating a state or federal narcotics or controlled substance law

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Rules of ethics (#15)

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Providing false or misleading info related to the care of a pt.

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Rules of ethics (#16)

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Dishonest conduct with the respect to the ARRT examination

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Rules of ethics (#2)

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Believes that an action is right if the outcome is good

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Consequentialism

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Example : speeding is good if the outcome is that I arrive at work on time and no accident ; it is bad if there is a negative outcome such as an accident

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Consequentialism

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Argues that speeding is always bad because it is against the law and because it places you and others at risk

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Nonconsequentialism

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Emphasizes the rights of individuals in a democratic society to be shielded from undue restriction or harm

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Rights based ethics

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What is right for one patient may be be wrong for another

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Situational ethics

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Demands moral judgments that reflect community values

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Caring ethic

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Places a value on virtues - caring, faithfulness, trustworthiness, compassion and courage

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Virtue based ethics

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What professionals see as their duty and what patients may claim as their rights

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Potential conflict

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Widely accepted standard for selecting and defending solutions to ethical dilemmas in health care communities

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Principle based ethics

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Six moral principles called ethical principles

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Beneficence, nonmaleficence, veracity, fidelity , justice, autonomy

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Goodness; actions that bring about good are considered right

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Beneficence

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No evil ; an obligation not to inflict hard

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Nonmaleficence

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Faithfulness; an obligation to be loyal or faithful

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Fidelity

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Fairness; an obligation to act with equity

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Justice

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Self determination; respecting the independence of others, and acting with self reliance

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Autonomy

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A method of evaluating situations in which the correct action is in questions

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Ethical analysis

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Four basics steps of ethical analysis

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-identifying the problem
- developing alternate solutions
-selecting best solutions
-defending your selection

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The person responsible for implementing the ethical decision

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Moral agent

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Considerate and respectful care , information, privacy and confidentiality, informed convent, right to refuse treatment or examination, death with dignity

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Patient rights

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Necessary for any procedure that involves substantively risk or is considered experimental

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Informed convent

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An outline of specific wishes about the medical care to be given in the even that the individual loses the ability to make or communicate decisions

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Advance directive

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A serious crime that may be punished by imprisonment

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Felony

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Less significant crime usually punished by a fine or by imprisonment for less than a year

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Misdemeanor

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A civil wrong committed by one individual against the person or property of another

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Tort

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Suing party

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Plaintiff

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Defendant

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Party being sued

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Two categories of torts

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Intentional misconduct and negligence

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A civil wrong committed by one individual against the person or property of another

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Torts

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Intentional torts

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Assault , battery, false imprisonment , invasion of privacy , libel and slander

54
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Defined as the threat of touching in an injurious way

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Assault

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Defined as unlawful touching of a person without concern

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Battery

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The unjustifiable detention of a person against his or her will

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False imprisonment

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Result when confidentiality has not been maintained or when the patients body has been improperly and unnecessarily exposed or touched

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Invasion of privacy

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Written information

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Libel

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Verbal communication

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Slander

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Examples of felony

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Murder
Arson
Fraud
Manslaughter
Kidnapping

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Examples of misdemeanor

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Trespassing
Petty theft
Vandalism
Simple assault

62
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Res ipsa loquutur

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“it speaks for itself”

63
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Respoondeat superior

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“Let the master respond”

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Professional negligence; an act of negligence in the context of a relationship between a professional person and a patient / client

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Malpractice

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Error in diagnosis , complications resulting from a procedure, insufficient communication with the patient

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Malpractice

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Neglect or omission of reasonable care or caution.

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Negligence

67
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Two patient identifiers were not checked before beginning a procedure and the wrong patient was xrayed

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Negligence

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A neglect act that involves “reckless disregard for life or limb”

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Gross negligence

69
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Performing professional services while intoxicated

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Gross negligence

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An act of negligence in which the behavior of the injured part contributed to the injury

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Contributory negligence

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A patient is injured in a fall after being instructed not to get up from a chair

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Contributory negligence

72
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When the hospital as an entity is negligent

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Corporate negligence

73
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Health care worker suffers from hepatitis B after a needle-stick because there is not established protocol in the organization to ensure reporting and treatment in this situation

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Corporate negligence

74
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To legally establish a claim of malpractice these four conditions must be true :

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Defendant had a duty to provide reasonable care to the patient
The pt sustained some loss or injury
Defendant is the party responsible for the loss
The loss is attributable to negligence or improper practice

75
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The liability by one person or agency for the actions of another

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Vicarious liability

76
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-Used for generating orders and for entering, accessing, and storing medical information
- using for personal communications is inappropriate
Protected by passwords or barcode

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Hospital computers

77
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RIMS or RIS

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Radiology information system

78
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-Imaging specific documentation and recording system
- allows RTs access to pertinent info about a patient such as the room number , allergies and reports of imaging studies
- allows for ordering and billing of imaging exams. No info about a patients health history or plan of care is available

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RIMS

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-Refers to an extensive compilation of into such as emergency department record or a hospitalized patients online record
- patient medical records are almost always in a digital format called e chart

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Charts

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Advantages of E chart

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More legible than handwriting
Information is more easily stored
Accessible from multiple locations both with and without the healthcare facility

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Refers to the process of adding info to a chart or to a document that will be incorporated into a chart

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Charting

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-chiefs reason for keeping accurate , pertinent medical records is to provide data about the patients progress and current status for other health team members
- prevents the need for repetitious diagnostic exams
- serve as a resource for research investigators

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Responsibilities for record keeping

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Patients must sign a release for when images are required by another provider

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HIPAA requirement

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Diagnostic images as records

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-images are legally considered to be a part of the medical record
-belongs to the institution in which they are made
- Normal retention period is 5 to 7 years

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Accidents and incident reports

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  • any fall, accident or occurance that results in injury or potential harm must be reported immediately to the departmental supervisor or radiologist or both
86
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Seven c’s of malpractice

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Competence
Compliance
Charting
Communication
Confidentiality
Courtesy
Caution

87
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Knowing and adhering to professional standards and maintaining professional competence reduce liability exposure

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Competence

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By health professionals with the policies and procedures in the medical office and hospital avoids patient injuries and litigation

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Compliance

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Chatting completely and consistently and objectively can be the best defense against a malpractice claim

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Charting

90
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Patient injuries and resulting malpractice cases can be avoided by improving communications among health care professionals

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Communication

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Protecting the confidentiality of a medical information is the legal and ethical responsibility of health professionals

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Confidentiality

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A courteous attitude and demeanor can improve patient rapport and lessen the likelihood of lawsuits

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Courtesy

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Personal injuries can occur unexpectedly on the premises and may lead to lawsuits

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Caution

94
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Is responsible for implementing an ethical decision

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Moral agent

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Standards of correct behavior for professional groups are called

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Code of ethics

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Difference between ARRT and ASRT

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ARRT is more focused on preparing individuals for working in the field through testing and certification where ASRT is more focused on furthering education

97
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Standards of behavior, initiated by an employer/organization, defining the acceptable conduct of its members/employees.

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Code of Ethics

98
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Any type of sexual activity to which a person does not agree

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Sexual Harassment

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deliberate, intentional act to mislead for financial gain

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Fraud

100
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Foundation of statues, rules, and regulations that govern people, relationships, behaviors, and interactions with the state, society, and federal government

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Law

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A wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injust to another’s person, property, reputation or the like, and for which the injured party is entitles to compensation.

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Tort

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Principle the individuals choose to follow in the lives

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Values

103
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Form completed by patients to indicate in advance that no means should be used to regain function of cardiopulmonary process when these functions cease

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DNR

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A restraint of a person so as to impede his/her liberty without justification or consent

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False imprisonment

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written, printed, or other visual communication that harms another persons reputation

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Libel

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Acknowledgment of a person to the risks and alternatives involved in a treatment as well as permission for the treatment to be performed

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Consent

107
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Spoken or verbal communication in which one person discussion another in terms that harm that persons reputation

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Slander

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Lesser crime punishable by usually modest fines or penalties established by the state or federal government and or imprisonment of less than 1 years.

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Misdemeanor

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Branch of philosophy that relates to morals and moral principles

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Ethics

110
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Public revelation of confidential or privileged information without an individuals consent.

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Breach of Confidentiality

111
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Laws that are prescribes specifically pertaining to the medical field

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Medical Law

112
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Threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person that puts the person in immediate danger

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Assualt

113
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Average knowledge and expertise that ibe can be from a healthcare professional in the same area or field and with the same bade of training

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Standard of care

114
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Bodily harm or unlawful touching of another

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Battery

115
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Serious crime punishable by relatively large fines and or imprisonment for more than a year

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Felony

116
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Unwavering adherence to an individuals values and principles with dedication to high standards

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integrity

117
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Failure of professional to meet the standards of conduct that a reasonable and prudent member of the profession would exercise in similar circumstances, results in harm

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Malpractice

118
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Standards of right and wrong

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Morals

119
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Failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances

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Negligence

120
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Officially sanctioned description of the specific procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for a licensed or non licensed professional

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Scope of practice

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