Health Care Professionals Standards and Laws Quiz

What guides health care professionals in their practice?

What is the main purpose of law in most societies?

What do professional standards help promote and ensure?

Which statement best describes ethics?

Which ethics are particularly related to beneficence in the health care professions?

What type of harassment is perpetrated by one person on another through unwanted sexual coercion, lewd comments, innuendoes, or touching?

What legal term refers to the deliberate efforts to erode the reputation of another person?

What type of civil action involves the threat or attempt to harm another person?

What legal term refers to contact with intent to injure, even if no injury occurred?

What does the HIPAA privacy rule protect?

What is the means for making a permanent legal record of the patient's interaction with health care providers and services?

Which of the following values are mentioned as being important in the healthcare professions?

What is law defined as in the text?

What is the transfer of responsibility for a task from one person to another called?

What is a set of rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow, created to protect patients and employees from harm and to ensure the smooth operation of the hospital, called?

What is negligence committed by a professional who deliberately acts outside of their scope of practice, or while impaired, known as?

What may the circulator be charged with if they leave the patient alone and return to get the patient's chart?

What is a derogatory statement concerning other coworkers' skills, character, or reputation called?

What is intentionally lying or falsifying information given during a court testimony after being sworn to tell the truth called?

What is a legal document stating the patient's wishes for refusing or limiting care if the patient becomes incompetent called?

What is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious psychological injury, or risk thereof, called?

What does the term 'sentinel event' refer to in medical practice?

Which of the following is the legal term for a civil wrong committed against a person or their property, which can be compensated by monetary damages?

What are morals or ethics typically described as?

What are the laws that regulate the practice of medicine and nursing in each U.S. state called?

What is the name of the procedure performed by two people during any surgery where an item could be lost inside the patient?

What is the name of the legal document that must be signed by the physician, the patient, and a witness before surgery can proceed?

What does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protect?

Who has the right to equal treatment, regardless of age, physical attributes, mental state, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status?

What is the definition of the term 'Aeger primo'?

What document must be signed by the physician, patient, and a witness before surgery can proceed?

What is the purpose of the 'timeout' procedure before surgery?

Why are patient falls considered a significant issue in hospitals?

What is the purpose of the universal protocol or 'timeout' before surgery?

In what circumstances do falls commonly occur in hospitals?

What is required when any tissue or foreign object is removed from a patient during surgery?

Which task are surgical technologists required to perform regarding medications during surgery?

What type of errors are prevalent and serious during surgery according to the text?

'Abandonment' in healthcare is defined as:

What can lead to failure in healthcare settings?

What would jokes told in a sexual manner during a surgical procedure be considered as?