Legal Concepts, Risk Management, and Ethical Issues Chapter 2

Question 0

Federal act that establishes privacy standards to protect patients’ medical records & other related information.

Answer 0

HIPPA

Question 1

Formal process by which qualified individuals are listed in a registry.

Answer 1

Registration

Question 2

Legal right granted by a government agency in compliance with a statute that authorizes and oversees the activities of a profession.

Answer 2

Licensure

Question 3

“Above all, do no harm”

Answer 3

Primum non nocere

Question 4

Each person is responsible for his or her own conduct, even though others may be liable as well.

Answer 4

Doctrine of personal liability

Question 5

One who is controlling or directing the employee has greater responsibility than the one who is paying the employee.

• captain of the ship doctrine

Answer 5

Doctrine of borrowed servant

Question 6

Recognition by an appropriate body that an individual has met a predetermined standard.

Answer 6

Certification

Question 7

“The thing speaks for itself”

Answer 7

Res ipsa loquitur

Question 8

AST motto- “The patient first”

Answer 8

Aeger primo

Question 9

The ability to reasonably anticipate that harm or injury may result because of certain acts or omissions, such as not applying a safety strap or side rail.

Answer 9

Doctrine of foreseeability

Question 10

Leaving a patient who needs care and is dependent on their presence as a caregiver.

Answer 10

Abandonment

Question 11

Adverse outcome that results from the activity of health care professionals

Answer 11

Latrogenic injury

Ex: protection of the ulnar nerve

Question 12

Report of an irregular or adverse patient occurrence.

Answer 12

Incident report

Question 13

Description of conduct that is expected of an individual or professional in a given circumstance.

Answer 13

Standard of care

Question 14

Civil wrong, may be intentional or unintentional.

Answer 14

Tort

Question 15

Omission (not doing) or commission (doing) of an act that a reasonable and prudent individual would not do under the same conditions, may be associated with the phrase “departure from the standard of care”.
Or a lack of skill or care

Answer 15

Negligence

Question 16

Legally responsible for damages, obligation to do or not do something. May be corporate or personal.

Answer 16

Liability

Question 17

System of moral principals and rules that become standard for professional conduct.

Answer 17

Ethics

Question 18

Oral statement that damages a person’s reputation.

Answer 18

Slander

Question 19

Professional misconduct, lack of judgement or skill that results in harm to another.

Answer 19

Malpractice