Chapter 5 - Professional Roles and Behaviors

Question 1

Advance Directive

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

The threat of touching in an injurious way

Question 3

Battery

Answer 3

Unlawful touching of a person without consent

Question 4

Chart

Answer 4

An extensive compilation of information, such as an emergency department record or a hospitalized patient’s online record

Question 5

Contributory Negligence

Answer 5

Act of negligence in which the behavior of the injured party contributed to the injury

Question 6

Corporate Negligence

Answer 6

When an organization or entity is negligent

Question 7

Defendant

Answer 7

The party being sued

Question 8

e-chart/electronic medical record (EMR)

Answer 8

Digital format of patient medical records

Question 9

Empathy

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Ethical Analysis

Answer 10

Method of evaluation situations in which the correct action is in question

Question 11

Ethics

Answer 11

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

Question 12

False Imprisonment

Answer 12

The unjustifiable detention of a person against his or her will

Question 13

Felony gross negligence

Answer 13

A negligent act that involves reckless disregard for life or limb

Question 14

HIPAA

Answer 14

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-Enacted in 2003 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services(HHS)
-Protects the privacy rights of patients

Question 15

Informed Consent

Answer 15

A full explanation of the procedure and its potential risks and benefits, as well as the possible outcomes of not having the procedure done
- necessary for any procedure that involve substantial risk or is considered experimental

Question 16

Libel

Answer 16

The malicious spreading of information that causes defamation of character or loss of reputation through written means

Question 17

Slander

Answer 17

The malicious spreading of information that causes defamation of character or loss of reputation through verbal means

Question 18

Malpractice

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Misdemeanor

Answer 19

Less significant crime
- punishable by fine/imprisonment in jail for less than 1 year

Question 20

Moral Agent

Answer 20

The person responsible for implementing the ethical decision

Question 21

Negligence

Answer 21

Neglect or omission of reasonable care or caution

Question 22

Plaintiff

Answer 22

The suing party

Question 23

Radiology Information Management System (RIMS)

Answer 23

Technologists have access to pertinent information about a patient such as room number, allergies, and the reports of imaging studies and other diagnostic tests

Question 24

Res ipsa loquitor

Answer 24

“the thing speaks for itself”
-applied when negligence and loss are so apparent that they would be obvious to anyone

Question 25

Respondeat superior

Answer 25

“let the master respond”
-the employer is liable for employees
negligent acts that occur in the course of their work

Question 26

Tort

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Vicarious Liability

Answer 27

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