Torts
What is a tort? What is the most common charge/TORT against health care workers?
A. Assault and battery B. Invasion of privacy C. Malpractice D. False imprisonment
Tort is a wrong committed against a person or the person's property.
What is the legal and financial responsibility to not cause harm to others.
What is liability?
Which is the threat or attemp to injure a person?
A. Assault
B. Battery
A. Assault
What is another term for an advanced directive?
Which of the following is not considered advanced directive?
A. Contract B. Living Will C. Power of Attorney
What is legal directive?
A. Contract
Which of the following terms means releasing, transferring, or providing access to protected health information?
A. Disclosure B. Authorization C. Confidentiality D. Privacy
A. Disclosure
What is libel? What is slander?
What is written defamation
What is spoken defamation
A nursing assistant shares patient information over social media. This is an example of?
Informational Invasion of Privacy
What are the three diferent ways to give informed consent?
Verbal, Written, and Implied
Jan Shevlin goes to the laboratory for bloodwork. She cooperates with the phlebotomist by extending her arm to have blood drawn. What kind of agreement did the phlebotomist have with this patient?
A.Informed consent B.Formal consent C.Implied contract D.Expressed contract
C. Implied Consent
Which of the following is NOT a way to safeguard electronic medical records?
A. Limit access by using passwords, codes, or fingerprints. B. Log out of confidential screens before leaving a computer. C. Send all confidential information by e-mail. D. Back up data frequently.
C. Send all confidential information by e-mail.
A nursing assistant causes unintentional harm to a person. This is called _____________.
If a nurse or other professional person causes unintentional/intentional harm due to practicing outside of their professional scope, this is ____________________.
What is negligence.
What is malpractice.
A nursing assistant refuses a request by the charge nurse to take a pain pill to a patient. The assistant believes that giving the pain medication would be a violation of his/her:
A.Scope of practice. B.Religious beliefs. C.Reasonable accommodation. D.Rights under OSHA rules.
A. Scope of Practice
Which one of the following overrides the others?
A. Physician's orders B. Organ donor card C. Living will D. Durable power of attorney
C. Living will
What are two examples of advanced directives?
Which example includes DNR?
Living Will, & Power of Attorney
Living Will
What does HIPAA stand for?
Which of the following is a purpose of HIPAA?
A. Ensure that a patient's medical information is private B. Ensure quick access to information for health care providers C. Ensure that paperwork is correct when it is submitted for reimbursement D. Ensure that all people have insurance coverage
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
A.Ensure that a patient's medical information is private
The nursing assistant is taking vital signs. The patient refuses vital signs and the nursing assistant takes the vital signs. The nursing assistant threatens to not allow the patient to speak to his/her family if the nursing assistant doesn't take the vitals signs.
What is battery?
What is assault?
Dr. Smith asks Bobbie, a medical assistant, to help a patient, Mr. Jones, to his car in a wheelchair. On the way to the car, Bobbie accidently runs into Mrs. Jones, knocking her down. Mrs. Jones suffers a broken hip and files a lawsuit. Who is identified in the lawsuit at the agent? A.Dr. Smith B.Bobbie C.Mr. Jones D.Mrs. Jones
B. Bobbie
A resident was restrained after refusing to take his medication. What right is being violated?
A. To be properly sheltered, fed, clothed, groomed, and cared for B. To be informed of available care options C. To voice grievances without fear of retaliation D. To be free from abuse
D. To be free from abuse
Which of the following may be considered an exception to the requirement for informed consent?
A. The patient is a non-English speaker B. The person is both blind and hearing impaired C. Performing CPR on an unconscious patient D. An invasive procedure not requiring hospitalization
C. Performing CPR on an unconscious patient
Mr. Shapiro signs a HIPAA authorization form at a dental practice. An additional authorization form would need to be signed:
A.To give Mr. Shapiro's complete dental treatment information to his son. B.For Mr. Shapiro to have his teeth cleaned. C.Before the office can file a claim with Mr.Shapiro'smedical insurance company. D.Before any dental office employee, other than the dentist, can look at the chart.
C. Before the office can file a claim with Mr.Shapiro'smedical insurance company.
Torts include Malpractice, Negligence, Assault, Battery, Invasion of Privacy, False Imprisonment, Abuse, Slander, Libel, Fraud
List (5) examples of torts?
Which of the following is TRUE of legal contracts?
A. A minor is able to enter into a contract if a parent witnesses the minor sign the contract. B. A 35-year-old who is actively psychotic is not able to enter into a contract. C. A patient who is legally blind cannot enter into a contract. D. A patient with Alzheimer's who cannot reliably recall his name is able to enter into a contract.
B.
The nursing assistant overhears the nurse demeaning (belittling) a patient for their weight. What type of abuse is this considered?
A. Physical B. Verbal C. Psychological D. Sexual
C. Psychological
(could be B.Verbal as well)
A woman has a legally written and witnessed Living Will that states she does not want her life prolonged when her condition is terminal. She is in a car accident and suffers irreversible brain damage. Her daughter wants her kept alive on a respirator. What or who will legally determine the patient’s future?
A.The daughter B.The doctor C.The Living Will D.The court system
C. The Living Will
Which right(s) are unique to the Residents’ Bill of Rights for long term care facilities?
A.Right to considerate and respectful care. B.Right to share a room with his/her spouse. C. Freedom of abuses and chemical/physical restraints D. manage personal funds
All of the above!