Test Your Healthcare Knowledge

Study Notes

Informed consent is required in any aspect of healthcare and requires the patient to understand the benefits, risks, and possible alternatives before giving consent.
Physicians are ultimately responsible for informed consent.
Patients must be competent to make their own decisions and understand the procedure, benefits, and risks.
Effective communication is important, and patients should be communicated with in a way they understand.
Patients have the right to refuse treatment and maintain their autonomy.
HIPAA's goal is to maintain patient privacy and confidentiality, restore trust in healthcare, and improve efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.
Patients have complete control over who their information is shared with.
Patients should be treated with respect and consideration.
Patient privacy and confidentiality should always be maintained.
Lying to a patient is against the code of ethics, but information can be omitted if necessary.
Patients have control over who their healthcare information is shared with.
Medical records have boundaries and patients have rights to inspect and copy their records, request amendments, and ask for information about disclosures.
Reasonable patient care is the standard of care and negligence is an unintentional tort resulting from a breach of duty.
Malpractice is an intentional tort.
Advanced directives allow patients to maintain autonomy in their healthcare decisions if they are unable to make them.
Tort laws include assault, battery, and false imprisonment.
Using restraints without an order from a physician is considered false imprisonment and can lead to litigation.
Microorganisms and pathogens are discussed in the text, but no key facts are provided.
Bacteria are one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.
They are single-celled and can live in or outside a host.
There are many different types of bacteria, some harmless and some harmful.
Some bacteria can benefit humans by living inside us and protecting us.
Antibiotics can be used to treat harmful bacteria.
Viruses are non-living organisms that can only survive in a cell.
They consist of DNA surrounded by a protein coat.
Unlike bacteria, viruses cannot be treated with antibiotics.
Both bacteria and viruses can be found in healthcare environments.
Understanding the differences between bacteria and viruses is important in healthcare.