Patient care Legal and Ethical Issues Test

Question 1

The Doctrine of Respondeat Superior is also called the “Deep Pockets” rule (T/F)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is Health Literacy

Answer 2

Is the ability to read, understand and act on health care information

Is an issue that should concern radiologic technologist

Question 3

The code of ethics is mandatory while the rules of ethics are aspirational (T/F)

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The “teach-back” technique

Answer 4

Can be used to ensure that patients understand what you are saying

Requires feedback from the patient to ensure they understood

Question 5

A “walkie-talkie” patient comes in for a CXR. The patient backs up to give you some room at the wall bucky and hits his head on the X-ray tubne. He asks to sit for a moment, then says he is fine. You offer to fill out an incident report, but he says it is not necessary. What do you do?

Answer 5

Fill the form out anyway

Question 6

In order for a negligence or malpractice claim to be successful, any one of four criteria must be met (T/F)

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The ethical principle of fairness:

Answer 7

Says that the angry person gets the same treatment as the nice one

Question 8

Once becoming a registered radiographer, there is no requirement to continue your education (T/F)

Answer 8

False

Question 9

The “reciprocal view” of the relationship between patient and professional

Answer 9

Requires an interchange of information between patient and professional.

Question 10

The Doctrine of Personal Liability

Answer 10

Says that if you were involved in an exam that resulted in a lawsuit, you share the responsibility

Question 11

Holding a baby’s arm down while trying to get a KUB would be

Answer 11

Perfectly acceptable

Question 12

Most lawsuits that involve radiographers are based on a lack of technical skills on the part of the radiographer (T/F)

Answer 12

False

Question 13

HIPPA does what

Answer 13

Protects the patient’s privacy

Question 14

Defamation of character falls under tort law (T/F)

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Being a “professional” includes

Answer 15

Having a special body of knowledge

Being motivated by doing good

Having a code of ethics

Question 16

“Practice Standards” are the legal standards by which radiographers are guided (T/F)

Answer 16

True

Question 17

You go to the ER and find two patients there. One dirty, bloody, semi-conscious patient who arrived first. Another conscious, friendly, minimally injured patient comes in afterward and you choose to examine the second patient first. What ethical principle have you violated?

Answer 17

Justice

Question 18

A patient comes into the ER after an MVA. She is alone and unconscious. The ER doctor orders a CT of the brain. Should you be concerned about being sued if you are the CT tech?

Answer 18

No, you are covered under the implied consent rule

Question 19

A right or left sticker on a radiograph is just as good as a lead marker on an image (T/F)

Answer 19

False

Question 20

The Patient’s Bill of Rights

Answer 20

Says that the patient may refuse to participate in an exam

Question 21

If there is no injury to the patient (mental, physical, or psychological), malpractice cannot be claimed (T/F)

Answer 21

True

Question 22

If you forget to get a medical history from a patient or ask if a female is pregnant

Answer 22

You should contact the patient to get the history even if the patient left the facility

Question 23

Which of the following breaks the “Rules of Ethics”

Answer 23

Giving a friend the answers to the questions on the registry

Saying you are a registered technologist after you have taken the registry but before receiving your score in the mail

Not reporting the DUI you got last year

Question 24

The principle of individual freedom applies to both you and your patient (T/F)

Answer 24

True