Professional Ethics
This is the meaning of "Morals" and "Ethics".
What is (Morals) are personal principles that guide behavior and judgement
and (Ethics) are a set of principles that differentiate right and wrong?
This is the meaning of HIPAA and its purpose.
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
and ensures patient information confidentiality along with the continuity of health insurance coverage when changing/losing jobs?
This is Patient Competence.
What is whether a patient has the mental capacity to consent to medical or surgical treatment?
This is the Right to be Heard/Reporting.
What is a patient right to provide feedback to health service providers and file needed complaints?
This is the meaning of a Health Care Proxy/Durable Power of Attorney.
What is someone who is designated to make health care decisions for a patient who is incapable of making their own decisions?
The 4 Common Principles of Ethics consists of these terms.
What is Respect for autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice?
These are Good Samaritan Laws.
What is state laws that protect those acting within scope of practice from legal liability when responding to emergencies?
A legal summons to appear before the court or provide medical records for a case and may be delivered by an officer or an attorney's representative.
What is Subpoena?
A patient refusing to take their prescription for their treatment is an example of this patient right.
What is the Right to Refuse Treatment?
These are Advance Directives and two examples.
What is a legal documents that communicate what a patient wants in the event of an illness or emergency?
Ex: DNR, DNI, Living Wills, POLST/MOLST
This is justice.
What is fair distribution of benefit, risk, resources, and cost to ensure equal treatment?
This addresses privacy and security concerns about electronic health records and the use of health information technology.
What is Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act)?
This is the meaning/translation of "Res ipsa loquitur" and "Respondeat superior".
What is "The thing speaks for itself" and "Let the master answer."?
This is Self-Determination.
What is the right and ability of a patient to make their own decisions regarding their medical care/treatment?
Incident reporting is an important aspect of this.
What is Risk Management?
This is the difference between Beneficence and Nonmaleficence.
What is (Beneficence) is the moral obligation to act in the best interest of others
and (Nonmaleficence) is a commitment to not cause harm?
This is the purpose of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA).
What is provides legal right to health care and treatment regardless of someone's ability to pay?
This is Defamation of Character and the difference between Libel and Slander.
What is hurting someone's reputation by making dishonest statements about them and
(Libel) is published false statements, while (Slander) is verbal false statements?
A woman requesting another woman to be present during their physical examination is an example of this patient right.
What is Right to Privacy of Information?
A type of reporting that includes clinical findings/situations such as STIs, contagious diseases, administered vaccines, and parasitic infections.
What is Public Safety Reporting?
A patient deciding to not seek out treatment for their cancer is an example of this Principle of of Ethics.
What is Respect for Autonomy?
A criminal law that prohibits receiving benefits for referral/business involving federal health care programs.
What is Anti-Kickback Statue (AKBS)?
This is the difference between Malfeasance, Misfeasance, and Nonfeasance.
What is (Malfeasance) is an intentional Act that is wrongful and illegal
(Misfeasance) is a legal act performed incorrectly
(Nonfeasance) is when a problem is recognized, but nothing is done?
The 3 types of patient consent and how they work.
What is (Informed Consent) is written consent
(Expressed Consent) is verbal consent
and (Implied Consent) is patient cooperation without discussion or written permission?
Reporting a workplace's continued non-adherence to infection control guidelines is making this kind of report and is made out to this agency.
What is Reporting Unsafe Situations and
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?