Can you restrain a person against his or her will if it is for his or her own good?
Only with proper authorization-such as a physicians order.
100
What is a threat or attempt to injure?
What is assault.
100
If a nurse assistance forgets to raise the side rails on the bed and the patient falls out of bed, the nurse assistant may be guilty of:
What is Negligence.
100
Assault is a threat and the action of abuse towards a person.
False, Only a threat. The actual action is Battery.
100
Who is known as the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
200
What is the difference between assault and battery?
Assault is ones' threat to touch
Battery involves the actual touching.
200
What is a document that a person signs to indicate he/she does not want to be resuscitated when he/she stops breathing?
What is Living Will.
200
If a physician fails to use the degree of skill and learning commonly expected in that individuals profession, the physician could be guilty of:
What is Malpractice.
200
Speaking harshly, swearing or shouting, and using inappropriate words to describe a persons nationality are all examples of physical abuse.
False, Verbal Abuse
200
What state was first in nursing?
North Carolina
300
Describe invasion of privacy.
Exposing or telling things about a patient without the patient's consent.
300
What do the initials HIPAA stand for?
What is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
300
If I have the legal capacity to sign a consent form I must be:
18 years old and mentally competent. (free of legal disability).
300
Keeping someone against their will in a hospital is False imprisonment.
True
300
Who formed the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
400
What type of abuse do you think is most difficult to prove in court?
What is psychological abuse.
400
What term describes the fact that information about a patient must remain private?
What is confidentiality.
400
What is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure has been explained in terms the person can understand?
What is Informed Conset
400
A health care worker is able to take bribes and tips from a patient.
False
400
This nurse was the founder of modern nursing.
Florence Nightingale
500
A teacher who is hospitalized sues a student for defamation. What do you think might have happened?
Nurse uses slander and/or libel against the teacher.
500
What does the acronym PSDA stand for?
What is Patient Self-Determination Act.
500
A person who is under the influence of drugs does not have the legal capacity to form a contract because he/she has:
What is Legal Disability.
500
If a health care worker makes false statements about a patient that causes the patient to be damaged or ridiculed, the health care worker will be guilty of defamation.