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Legal & Ethical Responsibilities (Updated)

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show Torts  
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show Health care workers  
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show Verbal consent  
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show assault  
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show Battery  
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No procedure should be performed if   show
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show Abuse  
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Does not have the right to form a contract.   show
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show A principal  
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All information given to health care personnel by a patient is called   show
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The growing use of computerized records in health care has created a dilemma in maintaining   show
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show health care providers.  
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show residents in long-term care facilities.  
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A resident in a long-term care facility has the right to share a room with   show
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show a spouse, child, relative or anyone.  
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A health care worker is never allowed to accept   show
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show information on a patient’s record.  
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A patient has the right to   show
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Must be used when a contract is explained to a non-English-speaking individual.   show
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show Domestic abuse  
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show Confidential patient information  
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Patients have the right to obtain information regarding the   show
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show A patient’s living will  
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show A DNR order  
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Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person is ____.   show
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show invasion of privacy  
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show malpractice  
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If a patient is physically restrained without proper authorization or justification, this can lead to a charge of ____.   show
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Any care that results in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish can lead to a charge of ____.   show
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show libel  
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A set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong are known as ____.   show
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show living will  
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Permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after a procedure and all risks involved have been explained is ____.   show
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show verbal abuse  
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show Requirements of the Patient Self-Determination Act.  
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show abuse?  
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Slapping a patient is called   show
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show civil law  
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A physician fails to administer a tetanus injection when a person has a puncture wound.   show
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show negligence  
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Information is given to an insurance company without the patient’s written consent.   show
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A health care worker shouts or swears at a patient.   show
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show slander  
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show offer, acceptance, consideration  
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An obligation understood without verbally expressed terms   show
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show expressed contract  
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Minors, mentally incompetent persons, individuals under the influence of drugs that alter the mental state, semiconscious or unconscious persons are examples of:   show
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show births, deaths, injuries caused by violence, drug abuse, communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases  
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When health care records are disposed of after the legal time for retention they are   show
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How should an error be corrected on a written health care record?   show
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What are safeguards that are used to maintain computer confidentiality?   show
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Putting the saving of life and promotion of health above all else; making every effort to keep the patient as comfortable as possible and to preserve life; respecting the patient’s choice to die peacefully and with dignity are called:   show
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All health care facilities that receive federal aid to provide patients with information and assistance in preparing advance directives is called the:   show
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Failure to meet your legal responsibilities can result in legal action against   show
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show right of patients  
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A law that focuses on wrongs against a person is called a   show
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show births, deaths, injuries caused by violence that require police involvement, communicable diseases, and sexually transmitted diseases.  
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Taking narcotics from the pharmacy by a pharmacy technician is a violation of:   show
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A medication is ordered to be mixed in 1000 cc of IV fluid for administration. If a nurse injects the medication directly into a patient's vein in error, he/she could be guilty of:   show
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show Negligence  
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show treated a victim, even through the victim refused treatment  
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show Slander  
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show Implied contract  
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An angry patient writes a letter to the newspaper editor about a local psychologist. The allegations in the letter are clearly untrue and damaging to the psychologist's practice. The letter writer could be guilty of:   show
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show form a contract  
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show Use of passwords  
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show a copy of the chart.  
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show allow another healthcare worker who is caring for the patient to see the record  
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show Notify the police  
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HIPPA is MOSTLY about:   show
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What does the P in HIPPA stand for:   show
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