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12th
[3] EOPA Review: Allied Health: Legality in Healthcare
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Taking narcotics from the pharmacy by a pharmacy technician is a violation of...
Social law
Civil law
Virtual law
Criminal alw
- 2. Multiple Choice
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:
Malpractice
Negligence
False Imprisonment
Abuse
- 3. Multiple Choice
Mr. Jones goes to a medical office with
chest pain. The physician orders an
antacid and does not do an EKG. That
night, Mr. Jones dies from a heart attack.
The doctor could be charged with:
Slander
Defamation
Negligence
Battery
- 4. Multiple Choice
An EMT is charged with battery. What did the EMT do?
Informed the news media of a victim's condition
Treated a victim, even though the victim refused treatment
Failed to splint a broken leg and then moved the victim
Used inappropriate words to describe a victim's personality
- 5. Multiple Choice
Dr. Smith asks Bobbie, a medical assistant, to help a patient, Mr. Jones, to his car in a wheelchair. On the way to the car, Bobbie accidentally runs into Mrs Jones, knocking her down. Mrs. Jones suffers a broken hip and files a lawsuit. Who is identified at the agent?
Dr. Smith
Bobbie
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
- 6. Multiple Choice
A dental assistant tells her friends that a hygienist she works with has a drinking problem. If this is not true, the assistant could be guilty of:
Slander
Malpractice
Battery
Libel
- 7. Multiple Choice
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:
Assault
Battery
Slander
Libel
- 8. Multiple Choice
A patient with a legal disability cannot:
Form a contract
Be charged under criminal law
Work in a healthcare setting
Be seen in an emergency room
- 9. Multiple Choice
Don is caring for his elderly mother. He could be charged with psychological abuse if he:
Threatens to lock her in her room
Uses profanity when he talks to her
Does not give her enough to eat and drink
Hits her
- 10. Multiple Choice
Mark’s elderly father has been losing weight, but tells
Mark that his physician says he is fine. Mark is not so
sure and wants to read a copy of his father’s chart. Is
that possible?
No, medical charts can only be viewed by healthcare professionals
No, only a lawyer can request a copy of a patient's medical record
Yes, immediate family members can see a patient's chart
Yes, but only if Mark's father signs a release form
- 11. Multiple Choice
What safeguard should be used to protect
the confidentiality of computerized medical
records?
Daily virus scan
Weekly emptying of recycle bin
Use of passwords
Use of a firewall
- 12. Multiple Choice
Daria has a legal disability. What can she
legally do?
Sign a consent form.
Sign a HIPAA authorization.
Answer a doctor’s questions.
Enter into a contract.
- 13. Multiple Choice
A client decides to take his dog to a different
veterinarian and requests the dog’s chart record.
What is the client entitled to?
The dog’s chart.
A copy of the chart.
Only selected information in the chart as
determined by the veterinarian.
The client is not permitted to receive any
chart materials.
- 14. Multiple Choice
When it comes to working with written patient
records, what can a healthcare worker do?
Talk about chart information to friends.
Erase any errors when writing in the record.
Allow another healthcare worker who is
caring for the patient to see the record.
Change an entry in the record a couple days
after it was written.
- 15. Multiple Choice
An 18 year-old female comes to the
emergency room. The doctor is absolutely
sure she was beaten, but she says she
fell. What should the doctor do?
Notify the police.
Notify the girl’s parents.
Treat her injuries and respect her
privacy.
Believe what the patient says.
- 16. Multiple Choice
HIPAA is MOSTLY about:
Federal protection of healthcare
workers.
Safe medical practices.
Accountability of health care providers.
Privacy of health information.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Mr. Bon signs a HIPAA authorization form at a
dental practice. An additional authorization form
would need to be signed:
To give Mr. Bon’s complete dental treatment
information to his son.
For Mr. Bon to have his teeth cleaned.
Before the office can file a claim with Mr.
Bon’s medical insurance company.
Before any dental office employee, other
than the dentist, can look at
- 18. Multiple Choice
HIPAA rules require that certain diseases
must be reported by law to protect the
public. Which of the following diseases
would fall into the category of reportable
diseases?
Diabetes
Syphilis
Gastroenteritis
Multiple sclerosis
- 19. Multiple Choice
What does the P in HIPAA stand for?
Patient
Protection
Privacy
Portability
- 20. Multiple Choice
A physician’s office asks a new patient to sign a
HIPAA “Notice of Privacy Practices” form. What
is the purpose of this form?
To inform patients of their privacy rights
under HIPAA.
To grant permission for the office to release
information to insurance companies.
To allow office associates to access the
patient’s records.
To protect the office from being charged with
invasion of privacy.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which of the following as an example of a
legal directive?
An operative consent form
A HIPAA authorization form
Living Will
- 22. Multiple Choice
Fred is 89 years old and his health is failing. He
is still of sound mind, but knows that he may not
be able to make decisions for himself in the
future. What would allow him to designate his
adult son to make decisions on his behalf?
Living Will
DNR Request
HIPAA Authorization Form
Durable Power of Attorney
- 23. Multiple Choice
What does the Patient Self Determination Act
require health facilities to do?
Safeguard confidential patient information.
Inform patients of their right to make
decisions regarding their right-to-die.
Give patient the option of negotiating
healthcare costs.
Provide patients with written information
about costs before they consent to procedures.
- 24. Multiple Choice
When should a hospital employee file a
grievance?
When he/she believes another healthcare
worker is making sexual advances.
When the problem involves his/her
immediate supervisor.
When multiple attempts to resolve the
issue have been ignored.
When he/she is scheduled to work on a day
that he/she had previously requested to be off.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Mr. and Mrs. Allen share a room at a nursing
home. Mrs. Allen’s daughter, Mary, has durable
power of attorney for Mr. Allen. If Mr. Allen’s
doctor recommends surgery for Mr. Allen, who
must sign the permission form?
Mr. Allen
Mrs. Allen
The doctor
Mary
- 26. Multiple Choice
A woman has a legally written and witnessed
Living Will that states she does not want her life
prolonged when her condition is terminal. She is
in a car accident and suffers irreversible brain
damage. Her daughter wants her kept alive on a
respirator. What or who will legally determine
the patient’s future?
The daughter
The doctor
The Living Will
The court system
- 27. Multiple Choice
A physician writes a DNR order on a
patient’s chart. DNR is the medical
abbreviation for:
Do not resuscitate.
Designated nurse responder.
Durable negotiated rights.
Doctor’s normal request.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Does a hospitalized patient have the
right to refuse to have blood drawn?
Yes, but only if the doctor agrees.
Yes
No. A hospitalized patient must comply
with the physician’s orders.
No, because the refusal of treatment is
a HIPAA violation.
- 29. Multiple Choice
A client is told she needs an MRI, so she has
one done. A month later she receives a bill for
$500, the MRI charges not covered by her
insurance company. What is she within her
rights to do?
Refuse to pay the bill.
Ask for an explanation of the charges.
Pay only what she thinks is reasonable.
Sue her doctor for ordering the MRI.
- 30. Multiple Choice
Hippocrates wrote standards for the
ethical behavior of physicians 2500 years
ago in:
Rome.
Florence.
Venice.
Greece.
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