Vocabulary

Question 1

urticaria

Answer 1

hives

skin reaction that result in red itchy welts

Question 2

asphyxia

Answer 2

when the body does not get enough oxygen

Question 3

veracity

Answer 3

the avoidance of lying, deception, and misrepresentation

Question 4

nonmaleficence

Answer 4

non-harming or inflicting the least harm possible to reach a beneficial outcome

Question 5

beneficence

Answer 5

the obligation of physician to act for the benefit of the patient and supports a number of moral rules to protect and defend the right of others

Question 6

Hematochezia

Answer 6

rectal bleeding

Question 7

tenesmus

Answer 7

rectal spasms

Question 8

patient autonomy

Answer 8

the patients right to make his or her own decisions

Question 9

HIPAA stands for?

Answer 9

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 10

Autonomy

Answer 10

Ability to make independent decisions

Question 11

Justice

Answer 11

What is considered fair

Question 12

Role fidelity

Answer 12

Operate in your scope; be true to your role

Question 13

Civil Law

Answer 13

non-criminal disputes such as disagreements over contracts, property ownership, and personal property damages

Question 14

Tort

Answer 14

any wrongful act against another; a legal wrong against a person or property, excluding contract disagreements or disputes

Question 15

Unintentional Torts

Answer 15

• Negligence

- Malpractice

Question 16

Intentional Torts

Answer 16

• Civil Battery
• Civil Assault
• False Imprisonment

Question 17

Doctrine of Respondeat Superior

Answer 17

holding the employer responsible for negligent acts of an employee

Question 18

Malpractice

Answer 18

result of professional misconduct, incompetence, or lack of skills

Question 19

Civil battery

Answer 19

touching without permission

Question 20

Civil assault

Answer 20

threat of touching in an injurious way. This can be avoided by explaining the full procedure to the patient beforehand.

Question 21

Res Ipsa Loquitor

Answer 21

(“The Thing Speaks for Itself): a defendant can explain events and a court can decide outcome with no witness present

Question 22

Doctrine of Forseeability

Answer 22

knowledge of actions or lack of information that could cause injury

Question 23

anorexia

Answer 23

loss of appetitie

Question 24

cachexia

Answer 24

wasting of patient

Question 25

marasmus

Answer 25

calorie malnutrition

Question 26

kwashiorkor

Answer 26

protein malnutrition

Question 27

anemia

Answer 27

decrease in peripheral red blood cell count

Question 28

oto-

Answer 28

ear

Question 29

emesis

Answer 29

the act or process of vomiting

Question 30

cephalad

Answer 30

superior

Question 31

caudal

Answer 31

inferior