LEVEL 1 — LEGAL VIOLATIONS
A nurse shouts insults at a dementia patient and refuses to give them dinner.
What violation is this?
Abuse (emotional + neglect)
Which one is usually a misdemeanor?
A. Murder
B. Petty theft
C. Kidnapping
B. Petty Theft
A nurse stays honest even when no one is watching.
Which principle is this?
Integrity
A technician threatens,
“If you don’t cooperate, I’ll tie you down myself.”
No physical contact occurs.
What is this called?
Assault
Which one is a felony?
A. Disorderly conduct
B. Simple assault
C. Robbery
C. Robbery
A student avoids discussing patient info with friends.
Which principle from the Code of Ethics?
Confidentiality
A doctor performs a procedure without consent.
What violation?
Battery
A staff member reads a patient chart “just out of curiosity.”
Violation?
Invasion of Privacy
A staff member posts about a patient on social media (no name, but details recognizable).
Violation?
Confidentiality breach (HIPAA risk)
A nurse gives a patient medication without checking allergies.
Patient has a reaction.
What is this?
Negligence
A medical assistant spreads a false rumor that a coworker stole medication.
What is this?
Slander (Spoken defamation)
Which one is a felony?
A. Disorderly conduct
B. Simple assault
C. Robbery
C. Robbery
A surgeon operates on the wrong knee.
What violation occurred?
Malpractice
A patient wants to leave, and the staff locks the door “for their own good,” without legal authority.
Violation?
False Imprisonment
A patient wrote in a legal document:
“If I cannot breathe on my own, I do NOT want to be put on a ventilator.”
What is this document called?
Living Will