Legal And Ethical

Question 1

What is a tort?

Answer 1

Wrongful acts that don’t involve contracts

Question 2

Examples of torts

Answer 2

Negligence, assault and battery, invasion of privacy, abuse

Question 3

Negligence

Answer 3

Failure to give expected care
Ex: left side rail down, patient falls and breaks hip

Question 4

Assault and battery

Answer 4

Threatening and attempt to injure
Ex: Threatening to hit a patient, then doing it

Question 5

Invasion of privacy

Answer 5

Unnecessarily exposing a patient or their personal information without consent
Ex: Not closing the privacy curtain

Question 6

Abuse

Answer 6

Physical, verbal, psychological act that leave a patient distressed
Ex: yelling at a patient calling them incompetent

Question 7

Defamation

Answer 7

Making false statements that result in ridicule

Question 8

Libel

Answer 8

Written defamation

Question 9

Slander

Answer 9

Spoken defamation

Question 10

Contract

Answer 10

Written agreement between 2 or more parties

Question 11

3 parts of a contract and examples

Answer 11

Offer: Doctor says they are excepting new patients

Acceptance: making appointment then going to it

Consideration: Payment for appointment

Question 12

Informed consent

Answer 12

Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is sound of mind

Question 13

3 types of legal disability

Answer 13

Minor, under the influence, unconscious

Question 14

False imprisonment

Answer 14

Restraining an individual or restricting their freedoms
Ex: tying down a patient without justification

Question 15

What does HIPAA stand for

Answer 15

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Question 16

Difference between criminal and civil law

Answer 16

Criminal: focuses on wrongs against a person or property

Civil: relationships veteeen people and the protection of their rights

Question 17

Malpractice

Answer 17

Bad practice
Ex: doctor left and instrument in

Question 18

Difference between implied and expressed consent

Answer 18

Implied is assumed/expected Ex: holding your arm out to give blood

Informed: it is spoken and written Ex: a contract

Question 19

Privledged communication

Answer 19

All information from a patient to a HC provider

Question 20

What is required before privileged communication is released

Answer 20

Written consent

Question 21

What should you do is you need to correct a health document

Answer 21

Cross out to where original info is still legible, write correct info, date and initial

Question 22

3 ways facilities create safeguards to maintain computer confidentiality

Answer 22

Requiring passwords, monitoring use, limit personal, requiring fingerprints

Question 23

Advances with health information exchange

Answer 23

Better health coordination, faster access, better patient safety

Question 24

What are ethics

Answer 24

Set principles relating to what is morally right or wrong

Question 25

What are patients rights

Answer 25

Factors of care a patient can expect

Question 26

Name of the act that guarantees rights to residents

Answer 26

OBRA - omnibus budget reconciliation act

Question 27

Durable power of attorney

Answer 27

If a person is unable to make their own medical decisions, the agent will do it for them

Question 28

Living will

Answer 28

Allows a person to state what measures they do and don’t want when conditions are terminal

Question 29

3 ways to identify patients

Answer 29

ID bands, ask their name, Ask their DOB

Question 30

Patient protection and affordable care act

Answer 30

Covers essential limits
26 on parents plan
No annual limit

Question 31

Two main directives

Answer 31

Living will
Durable power of attorney