Terms to Know
What do you call it when you cause good things to be done?
Beneficence
What do you call it when you sign a form that says if your heart stops, you do not want CPR to be performed?
A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR)
When is consent not required by the patient in a hospital?
a. Elderly person (hip fracture) with his adult son?
b. Young child (broken arm) with their parent?
c. College student (Overdose-CPR in progress) with their roommate?
You have a brain tumor and your doctor arrives on rounds with a neurologist, an anesthesiologist, a medical student, and a vascular surgeon. You cannot ask the student to leave the room. True or false?
False
Maleficience
The ability to make your own decisions is called ?
Autonomy
Malpractice
Who can you ask to speak to if you have a healthcare related dispute with a hospital you are a patient in?
Risk Management
If you sign up for a clinical trial and agree to be in it, you cannot back out of the trial for any reason? True or false?
False
What do you called it when you are informed of the risks of surgery and the procedure and sign a form that you agree to have it done?
Informed consent
Keeping information that is not to be released to unauthorized people is called?
Confidentiality
Any unwanted sexual comments, or physical advances is called ?
Sexual harassment
If you wish to be transferred to another hospital, what do you need besides making the request for it to happen?
The receiving hospital has to agree to accept you as a patient.
If you have questions about your treatment, you can only ask for information before the treatment begins? True/False?
False- you can ask for information at any time
What do you call unlawful touching of someone without their consent?
Battery
What do you call it when you fail to take proper care of something and it leads to injury?
Negligence
Posting a false comment about someone with the intent to discredit or damage their character is called?
Slander
What is an example of something that would be exempt from privacy laws and needs to be reported to another agency or law enforcement?
A baby born addicted to drugs,
A child with suspicious bruising,
A patient with a stab/knife/or gunshot wound,
Any suspicious injury that might be abuse or neglect
If a patient goes to surgery and has designated their spouse to make medical decisions for them, they will still need to make decisions for them until they can leave the hospital?
False- as soon as the anesthesia wears off and they can answer questions appropriately.
Confidential information between a patient and their doctor is called what type of communication?
Privileged
What do you call a written document that indicates what medical treatment you want if you become unable to make decisions?
Advance Directive or Living Will
What regulates the sharing of medical information, to keep information secure and confidential?
HIPAA
Being a minor,
Being under the influence of liquor or drugs,
Being mentally incompetent
Even without a written change, a patient's wishes stated directly to the doctor will carry more weight than what is documented on a living will? True or false?
True- if the patient is of sound mind, they can make verbal changes at any time.
What do you call the person you have designated to make medical decisions for you in the event you cannot?
Medical Power of Attorney