Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing

Question 1

In what situation is it appropriate to disclose confidential patient information?

Answer 1

1. Patient is a danger to self or others
2. Patient has a reportable communicable disease
3. Suspected abuse

Question 2

Treating a patient without consent amounts to…..

Answer 2

Battery or negligence

Question 3

Unintentional Torts

Answer 3

Failure of practitioner to exercise care.

• professional negligence
• malpractice

Question 4

To prosecute for malpractice they have to prove…

Answer 4

1. Proof of duty
2. Breech of duty
3. Proximate cause
4. Damage or harm

Question 5

Intentional Tort

Answer 5

Civil wrong resulting from intentional act.

• assault
• battery
• defamation
• invasion of privacy
• false imprisonment
• inflicting intentional emotional distress.

Question 6

Deontology

Answer 6

An act’s moral rightness is determined by the inherent duty one has to act in accordance with rules and principles

Question 7

Utilitarianism

Answer 7

Moral rightness is determined by the ability to produce good consequences and avoid bad ones.

Question 8

Veracity

Answer 8

Being truthful

Question 9

Fidelity

Answer 9

Being faithful

Question 10

Medicare Part A

Answer 10

Pays for hospital, SNF, hospice and limited home health

Question 11

Medicare Part B

Answer 11

Pays for PT/OT and HH

Question 12

Medicare Part C

Answer 12

If you have A and B then you can use C to join an HMO, PPO, POS or private fee health care plans

Question 13

Medicare Part D

Answer 13

Prescription drug coverage.