JeopardyLabs

Vocabulary

100

The term meaning in a pickle

What is dilemma

200

Core values that define one's relationship with others

What is ethics

300

The assignment of one's duties to another person

What is delegation

400

Legal wrongdoing that results in injury to a person or property

What is tort

500

The failure to do something

What is negligence

Documentation

100

The mandated procedure for ensuring that surgery is performed on the correct patient, site, and side

What is timeout

200

This document must be signed by the physician, the patient, and a witness. Without this document surgery cannot be performed

What is informed consent

300

This is created by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which outlines federal standards for the protection of a patient's privacy

What is HIPPA

400

You are scrubbed with Dr. Jones on a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dr. Jones and Dr. Adams start telling jokes in a sexual manner. These comments make you feel uncomfortable; you would consider this:

What is sexual harassment

500

The means for making a permanent legal record of the patient's interaction with health care providers and services

What is documentation

Ethics

100

Rules that regulate the conduct of specific groups of people

What is ethics

200

Personal standards, which are adopted by persons to govern their personal conduct

What is morals

300

Neglecting a patient, or leaving a patient unattended when the patient requires the presence of a health care professional

What is abandonment

400

Deliberate efforts to erode the reputation of another person

What is defamation

500

The ST has the right to abstain from participation in certain types of cases that violate his or her ethical, moral, or religious values. This is known as:

What is refusal to perform an assigned task

Laws

100

A rule or set of rules that governments make to regulate people's behavior

What is laws

200

Set of rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow, created to protect patients and employees from harm & to ensure the smooth operation of the hospital

What hospital policy

300

Negligence committed by a professional who deliberately acts outside of his or her scope of practice or while impaird

What is malpractice

400

Any unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury

What is sentinel event

500

"The thing speaks for itself"

What is Res ipsa loquitur

Misc.

100

This action is performed by two people during any surgery in which an item can be lost inside the patient

What is surgical counts

200

Aeger primo is defined as

What is the patient first

300

The surgical consent is signed by who? (3 people)

What is patient, surgeon, witness

400

The patients ability to understand certain medical terminology used in the media and in educational settings

What is Health literacy

500

 A legal document that specifically states the type of medical intervention or treatment the patient wants

What is living will