LAWS & ETHICS
This agency enforces HIPAA.
HHS Office for Civil Rights
A fever that comes and goes is called this.
Intermittent fever
The best way to prevent spread of infection in the lab.
Handwashing
The prefix anti- means this.
Against
A 10-year-old child is in this Erikson stage.
Industry vs. Inferiority
This ethical principle means “do no harm.”
Nonmaleficence
An anxious patient usually has this pulse change.
Increased pulse
These should never be recapped after use.
Contaminated needles
Arthr/o is this type of word part. AND means?
Combining form
joint
A 72-year-old adult is in this Erikson stage.
Ego Integrity vs. Despair
This law protects people from discrimination based on genetic information.
A patient lying on their stomach is in this position.
Prone
Hands should be washed using soap, running water, and this.
Friction
The root oste means this body structure.
Bone
Refusing to accept a loved one’s death is this grief stage.
Denial
This advance directive states a patient does not want CPR performed.
DNR
99°F converts to this Celsius temperature.
37.2°C
When body fluids splash into the eye, irrigate for at least this many minutes.
15 min
Hist/o means this
Tissue
A 2-year-old child is in this Erikson stage.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Giving an injection without patient consent is this type of tort.
A difference between apical and radial pulse rates is called this.
Pulse deficit
This laboratory law regulates quality standards for testing.
CLIA
If one side of the brain affects the opposite side of the body, it is called this.
Contralateral
Trying to “be better” in hopes of living longer is this grief stage.
Bargaining