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A 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision held that makers of medical devices are immune from liability for personal injuries as long as what organization approved the device before it was marketed and it meets all specifications?
What is Food and Drug Administration
100
WHAT IS A SYNONYM FOR Etiquette
VARIOUS INCLUDING GOOD MANNERS
100
A mentally incompetent person cannot enter into a legal contract. What is the term that we use for why they cannot enter into a contract?
What is Contractual capacity
100
A physician treating patients in a long-term care facility determines that a patient has a communicable disease that could cause an outbreak in the facility. The physician works with the administrator of the facility and the public health department to protect other residents and employees from exposure to the disease. Under some state laws, this physician is obligated to protect nonpatients in accordance with which standard?
What is Duty of care
100
Concern about privacy has led to the enactment of federal and state laws governing the collection, storage, transmission, and disclosure of personal data. These privacy laws are based on which of the following considerations?
What is When information is collected about a person, that person should have the opportunity to check the information for accuracy.
200
A nurse is caring for a hospitalized patient who is hard of hearing and having trouble answering assessment questions. The nurse is practically shouting at the patient and disturbing the other patient in the room. The nurse evaluates the situation and considers other options for the assessment. The nurse then finds a quiet, private room to perform the assessment and includes a trusted family member. What characteristic of a successful professional health care practitioner has this nurse displayed?
What is critical thinking
200
A medical technician is speaking loudly about the reason a patient is having a blood test outside the patient's door. What principle of health care ethics has the tech violated?
What is CONFIDENTIALITY
200
If a mentally incompetent person enters into a contract, the agreement may be set aside or to be validated at a later date. In this case, the agreement is said to be:
What is voidable
200
What is the standard of care expected from a physician?
What is The physician will be held to the same standard of care as other doctors of the same specialty.
200
A death has occurred under normal circumstances and the body released to the funeral home. Who is responsible for filing the death certificate with the state?
THE MORTICIAN
300
Health care professionals follow a formalized code of ethics governing their practice. What is the purpose of these codes?
What is to increase the competence and standards of care within the profession
300
What is the unique focus of healthcare providers that challenges them to make sound ethical decisions?
What is The present and future health of the patient
300
A patient has an implied contract with a physician to receive treatment for breast cancer. When is the patient/physician contract usually terminated?
What is When the treatment ends and the bill is paid
300
A physician has an informal consultation with another physician in his office. What is the issue with informal consultations?
What is They do not establish a doctor-patient relationship.
300
What is the main reason health care practitioners are required to report sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to the state health department?
What is To treat others who may be infected
400
GIVE THREE EXAMPLES OF WHO HIPAA REGULATES
VARIOUS INCLUDING: MD, APRN, PA, CODERS, OUTPATIENT FACILITIES, INPATIENT FACILITIES
400
A doctor prescribes a placebo for a patient who he feels is complaining of pain that is not there. This is an example of a violation of what principle of health care ethics?
What is Veracity
400
A patient has contracted a chiropractor for six months of back adjustments. When can the patient terminate the relationship?
What is The patient can terminate the relationship at any time.
400
A plastic surgeon documents the before and after pictures of a patient after receiving a signed consent from the patient. Which of the torts might occur from photographing a patient without proper consent?
What is invasion of privacy
400
The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). For which of the following was this legislation created to protect?
What is VACCINE MANUFACTURERS
500
What is the major focus of the 2010 Patient Protections and Affordable Care Act?
What is Availability of health insurance coverage for all Americans
500
A health care provider is explaining to staff members about the accreditation process. Who/What gets accredited?
What is the facility ex hospital
500
Terminating a physician's services extends to the right of hospitalized patients to leave before their physicians have discharged them, or to leave against medical advice (AMA). According to statistics, which patients would be most likely to leave the hospital against doctors' orders?
What is various including A patient who has nonspecific chest pain complaints
500
A physician purchases liability insurance to work in a partnership with other physicians. What does this insurance cover?
What is Potential damages incurred as a result of a negligent act
500
A physician assistant (PA) is constantly updating his knowledge and skills by attending in-services and seminars. This PA is practicing which of the "4 Cs of medical malpractice prevention?"
What is COMPETENCE