Law and Ethics
What is the main purpose of HIPPA?
protecting patient data privacy, ensuring health insurance portability, and eliminating administrative healthcare waste.
What is the single most important action a healthcare worker can take to prevent the spread of infection?
Answer B: through frequent hand hygiene
What does the anatomical term medial mean?
A. Towards the middle of the body
B. Standing straight up, facing forward, with arms at the sides and palms facing ahead
C. Near the back of the body.
D. Closer to the side of the body.
A. Towards the middle or center of the body
What is the very first step you should take when you arrive at an emergency scene?
Check the scene to ensure it is safe for you and the victim.
What does the common medical abbreviation "BP" stand for?
A. Blood pressure
B. Bone pain
C. Breath pattern
D. Body pulse
Answer A. Blood pressure
What oath is taken only by physician's and states do no harm.
Hippocratic oath
True or False: Using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is an acceptable way to clean your hands in a healthcare setting if they are not visibly dirty.
True
What does the anatomical term superior mean?
A. Closer to where a limb attaches to the body.
B. Lower down or closer to the feet.
C. Higher up or closer to the head.
D. Farther away from where a limb attaches to the body.
C. Higher up or closer to the head.
You are helping someone who has a deep cut on their arm that is squirting out a lot of blood. Pressing down hard on the cut is not stopping the bleeding. What should you do next?
A. Wash the cut with soap and water
B. Put a tourniquet high up on the arm to stop the blood flow.
C. Take off bloody bandages and apply new ones.
D. cauterize and clamp the deep cut.
Answer B. Put a tourniquet high up on the arm to stop the blood flow.
Which of the following is the correct definition for the medical abbreviation Rx?
A. Diagnosis
B. Treatment Response
C. Symptoms
D. Prescription
Answer D. prescription
What is medical malepractice?
When a medical professional makes a mistake that hurts a patient? (DO NO HARM)
What is the immediate first step a healthcare worker should take after sustaining an accidental needlestick injury from a used needle? A) Squeeze the wound to make it bleed
B) Apply an alcohol swab to the puncture site
C) Wash the affected area thoroughly with soap and water
D) Throw the needle in a regular trash bin
Answer C: wash the infected area thoroughly with soap and water.
What does the anatomical term inferior mean?
A. Position where you are lying face down
B. Closer to where a limb attaches to the body.
C. Position were feet for outward
D. Lower down or closer to the feet.
D. Lower down or closer to the feet.
Someone accidentally spills boiling water on their hand. The skin is very red, hurts badly, and is starting to form big blisters filled with liquid. What is the best way to help them?
A. Pop the blister so the fluid fill sack burst to relive pressure.
B. immediately bandage the blister.
C. run greasy oil to stop the pain
D. Run the hand under cool running water, then cover with a clean cloth.
Answer D. Run the hand under cool running water, then cover with a clean cloth.
What term is used when the patient choses to leave or stop treatment before the doctor says its safe to do so?
AMA (against medical advice)
A nurse discusses a patient's diagnosis in a crowded hospital elevator with a colleague. Which aspect of the HIPAA Privacy Rule is being violated?
When applying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for an isolation room, which of the following is the correct order for donning (putting on) the gear? A) Gloves → Gown → Mask
B) Mask → Gloves → Gown
C) Gown → Mask → Gloves
D) Order does not matter as long as all gear is worn
Answer C: Gown-Mask-Gloves
What does the anatomical term distal mean?
A. position where your laying face up
B. organ closest to your heart
C. Farther away from where a limb attaches to the body.
D. Closer to the midline of the body
Answer C. Farther away from where a limb attaches to the body
What is the standard ratio of chest compressions to rescue breaths for single-rescuer adult CPR?
A. 15 compression to 2 breaths
B. 30 compression to 2 breaths
C. 15 compression to 1 breath
D. 25 to compression to 1 breath
Answer B. 30 compression to 2 breaths
Which of the following is the correct definition for the medical abbreviation BID?
A. Twice a day
B. As needed
C. Three times a day
D. Four times a day
Answer A. Twice a day
What law protects bystanders from civil liability when they voluntarily offer reasonable, life-saving assistance during an emergency, such as a car crash or a choking incident.
Good Samaritan laws
A contaminated stethoscope that spreads germs is a?
A) Reservoir
B) Fomite
C) Portal of entry
D) Susceptible host
Answer B: fomite
What does the anatomical term proximal mean?
A. Higher up or closer to the head.
B. Near the front of the body.
C. Closer to where a limb attaches to the body.
D. Near the back of the body
Answer C. Closer to where a limb attaches to the body
A student eats a cookie, their lips swell up, and they start wheezing loudly. They point to an auto-injector (EpiPen) in their bag. What should you do?
A. Inject the EpiPen into their outer thigh
B. Have them lay flat and chew an aspirin
C. Find an inhaler and wait 15sec
D. Give then them Heimlich maneuver
Answer A. Inject the EpiPen into their outer thigh
Which of the following is the correct definition for the medical abbreviation QID?
A. As needed
B. Three times a day
C. No food by mouth
Answer D. Four times a day