Medical Record
T/F: The surgeon’s preference card are part of the surgical patient’s medical record.
False
T/F: Captain of the ship doctrine holds the surgeon accountable for all actions of the operating room team in lawsuits unless borrowed servant doctrine is found.
True
Identifying and reporting unsafe conditions and hazards is MOST critical for:
risk management.
In a common adage, the “best medicine” in health care is:
prevention.
Surgical team members who fail to monitor and protect a medicated patient from falling could be charged with:
abandonment.
T/F: Errors in chart documentation should be erased to prevent confusion by subsequent caregivers.
False
Which of the following legal doctrines would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the RN and CST to complete the required surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object and the surgeon being found not liable?
doctrine of borrowed servant
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
incident reports
The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is a well-developed, unyielding:
surgical conscience.
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation for laboratory analysis are examples of:
negligence.
Which of the following choices is a set of written instructions that addresses an incapacitated patient’s right to self determination?
advance directive
Which of the following legal doctrines would be MOST applicable in a case involving injury to a patient as a result of a hospital employee’s lack of proper training or credentialing?
doctrine of corporate negligence
Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?
foreign bodies left in patient
The purpose of establishing a neutral zone is to:
prevent sharps injuries during surgical procedures.
The phrase “departure from the standard of care” BEST describes which of the following legal terms?
negligence
Which of the following parts of the patient’s medical record documentation would include information related to the surgical team, patient position, “time out,” and dressings?
intraoperative record
DNR order should be written by the:
physician.
Which of the following legislative rulings requires medical facilities to inform patients of their rights to choose the types and extent of medical care available and their legal right to advance directives?
Patient Self-Determination Act
Which of the following phenomena was identified in the late 1990s as causing more deaths in the United States than car accidents, AIDS, and breast cancer combined?
medical errors
Which of the following legal terms is BEST described as “professional misconduct that results in harm to another,” also referred to as “professional negligence”?
malpractice
Which of the following terms best describes the process of keeping thorough, accurate, and legal records of a patient’s medical care?
documentation
For what type of research was Elizabeth Kubler-Ross best known?
Five Stages of Grief
A patient may be considered a candidate for donation after cardiac death (DCD) if their heart is predicted to cease functioning within what period of time after removal from mechanical support?
90minutes
Which of the following terms is NOT a form of individual professional credentialing that protects the public from unqualified health care providers?
accreditation
Which of the following terms describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member would answer questions under oath?
deposition