Professional, Legal, Ethical Issues

Question 1

According to SAMHSA 2006, “________ is most important goal in mental health care”

Answer 1

Recovery

Question 2

Name the 3 essential components of PMH practice:

Answer 2

1. Identification
2. Prevention
3. Treatment

Question 3

Continuum of care- primary goal is:

Answer 3

highest functioning in least restrictive environment

Question 4

Abiding by professional boundaries, such as avoiding intimate relationships with patients (dual relationship), fall under:

Answer 4

Provision 3

Question 5

This describes the minimum criteria for job proficiency and defines quality of care

Answer 5

Standards of Practice (16 standards)

Question 6

Divergence from Standards of Practice can result in ______ _______

Answer 6

professional negligence

Question 7

If a state’s scope of practice is regulated by STATE legislature, this is known as:

Answer 7

Statutory (sounds like STate)

Question 8

If a state gives authority to their board of nursing to define and regulate nursing practice, this is known as:

Answer 8

Regulatory

Question 9

The most common tort/liability is:

Answer 9

negligence

Question 10

This term defines a deviation from accepted standards of practice:

Answer 10

negligence

Question 11

Name the 4 criteria that must be involved for MALPRACTICE to occur:

Answer 11

1. Duty to treat
2. Treatment below standards of care (negligence)
3. Damage/injury
4. Direct causation between negligence and damage

Question 12

This term describes defamation by WRITTEN means

Answer 12

Libel (sounds like “literature”)

Question 13

This term describes defamation by VERBAL means

Answer 13

Slander

Question 14

This term describes state-specific laws set in place to protect health care workers

Answer 14

Good Samaritan Laws

Question 15

This ethical principle is defined as: loyalty, honoring commitments

Answer 15

Fidelity

Question 16

This ethical principle is defined as: truthfulness and is essential for patient _____

Answer 16

Veracity

essential for patient autonomy

Question 17

This ethical principal is defined as: greatest good for the greatest number

Answer 17

Utilitarianism (sounds like utopia)

Question 18

REQUIRED DISCLOSURES are only ever allowed to the individual and to this department

Answer 18

Department of Health and Human Services (for review/audit)

Question 19

Patients have the right to copies of medical records, but there is an exception for these types of notes which patients are not entitled to

Answer 19

Therapy notes (up to therapist if they want to share)