Exam 1 Study Guide: Legalities

Question 1

Abuse

Answer 1

will fill infliction of injury, unreasonable, confinement, intimidation or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or deprivation by an individual that is necessary to maintain physical, mental, psychosocial well-being

Question 2

Assault and battery

Answer 2

physical and verbal abuse to patients

Question 3

Confidentilality

Answer 3

The state of being a secret

Question 4

Contracts

Answer 4

agreement between two or more parties (DNR, privacy, consent)

Question 5

Defamation

Answer 5

ruining someone’s reputation by bullying/spreading rumors

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

set of principles dealing with what is morally right or wrong

Question 7

False imposonment

Answer 7

use or threaten with restraints

Question 8

Informed consent

Answer 8

They tell you if you can or can’t

Question 9

Invasion of privacy

Answer 9

break of confidentiality

Question 10

Libel

Answer 10

Defamation by written or printed words

Question 11

Malpractice

Answer 11

using wrong equipment, practicing without license, making a mistake

Question 12

Negligence

Answer 12

providing inadequate care

Question 13

Slander

Answer 13

Defamation by spoken word

Question 14

Tact

Answer 14

Sensitivity with dealing with difficult issues

Question 15

Torts

Answer 15

Wrongful act or infringement of a right leading to a legal liability

Question 16

Verbal abuse

Answer 16

oral written, gestured language, negative