LEGAL AND ETHICAL -(DHO)

Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person is... 

• negligence
• malpractice
• abuse
• defamation

Torts are wrongful acts that do not involve contracts.

• True
• False

Verbal Consent is permitted for some procedures.

• True
• False

Abuse can be physical, verbal, psychological, or sexual.

• False
• True

A DNR order means that cardiopulmonary resuscitation is not performed when the person stops breathing.

• False
• True

______ contracts are those obligations that are understood without verbally expressed terms.

• expressed
• legal
• implied

Who is a person who works under the direction or control of another person?

• agent
• no clue
• employee

Give examples of individuals who have a legal disability.

• minors
• mentally incompetent persons
• individuals under the influence
• all of the above

What is false statements that either cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the person's reputation?

• abuse
• assault
• defamation

How should an error be corrected on a written health care record? 

• scribble through it
• white out
• start over
• one line through it with your initials