Vocabulary

Question 1

What is the AMA? When was it founded?

Answer 1

The American Medical Association. It was founded in 1846.

Question 2

What is Ethical Distress?

Answer 2

Ethical Distress is when you, the Agent, has one course of action, but has something in the way of reaching the outcome.

Question 3

What is Misfeasance?

Answer 3

Misfeasance is when a healthcare provider does something lawfully but improperly.

Question 4

What is Malfeasance?

Answer 4

Malfeasance is when a healthcare provider does something unlawfully and intentionally causing harm.

Question 5

Describe arterial blood.

Answer 5

Bright red in color, fast loss of blood, harder to control.

Question 6

Describe venous blood.

Answer 6

Dark purple in color, slow loss of blood, easier to control.

Question 7

What is Beneficence?

Answer 7

Beneficence is acting for the benefit of the patient and supports ethical and moral rules to protect and defend the rights of patients.

Question 8

What is OSHA? What are they concerned with?

Answer 8

OSHA is Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They are concerned with the safety of the workplace.

Question 9

What is HIPAA? What are they concerned with?

Answer 9

HIPAA is Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. They are concerned with the protection of patients privacy and medical records.

Question 10

What is Negligence?

Answer 10

Negligence is improper or unskilled treatment of a patient.

Question 11

What is implied and informed consent?

Answer 11

Implied consent is when consent is given based on something like if the patient is unconscious or if the patient nods their head or in the case of phlebotomy, extends their arm. Informed consent is when the patient is told everything about a procedure and the potential risks and the patient agrees nonetheless.

Question 12

What is Tort Law?

Answer 12

Portion of law concerned with compensating victims based on a breach of duty that resulted in damages or adverse health issues.

Question 13

What are the 4 elements of contract?

Answer 13

The 4 elements are offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relationship, and consideration.

Question 14

What is Nonfeasance?

Answer 14

Nonfeasance is the failure to perform a duty required by law.

Question 15

What are Titles I and II of HIPAA?

Answer 15

Title I is the protection of health insurance for those who lose or change jobs.
Title II directs the US HHS to establish national standards for processing E-Healthcare transactions.

Question 16

Explain the function of the heart in its entirety.

Answer 16

Blood enters the heart via the Superior and Inferior Vena Cava into the Right Atrium of the heart. The blood then flows through the Tricuspid Valve into the Right Ventricle. From the Right Ventricle, the blood flows through the Pulmonic Valve through the Pulmonary Arties which go to the Lungs. From the Lungs the blood enters back into the heart via the Pulmonary Veins to the Left Atrium. The blood now goes through the Bicuspid or Mitral Valve into the Left Ventricle which is then pumped to the Aorta through the Aortic Valve and the process repeats.

Question 17

What are the 3 layers of the heart?

Answer 17

The 3 layers of the heart are:
Endocardium: Innermost later of the heart, regulates contractions
Myocardium: Middle layer and thickest layer, enables contractions
Epicardium: Outermost layer of the heart, contains nerves and blood vessels that supply the heart.

Question 18

What are ethics?

Answer 18

The standards of doing right or wrong to a patient.