Chapter 8

Question 1

Medical terminology is best described by which if 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 judgement of a trained person

Question 4

Which of the following is a critical feature of professionalism?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

(T or F) 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 lf 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 if the following?

Answer 8

Continuing education

Question 9

(T or F) 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

(T or F) negligence is a form of malpractice

Answer 11

True

Question 12

(T or F) 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

All of the above

Question 15

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

Answer 15

All of these are correct

Question 16

What are the two types of healthcare teams?

Answer 16

Functional and patient-centered

Question 17

There are two generals…..

Answer 17

Patients, families, doctors

Question 18

(T or F) licensing refers to a right conferred by a governmental body to practice an occupation or provide a service

Answer 18

True

Question 19

(T or F) 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

(T or F) The most common accusation leveled in a lawsuit against a healthcare practitioner is negligence

Answer 20

True

Question 21

(T or F) The legal theory of res ipsa loquitor means the nurse is always held blameless

Answer 21

False

Question 22

(T or F) 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