legal & ethical responsibilities

If a healthcare worker sends information to an insurance company without a patient's written consent, this can be...

• invasion of privacy
• defamation
• slander
• libel

Which is an example of defamation?
 

• A nurse sees her neighbor’s name on the surgical list and shares the fact at a neighborhood social.
• Hospital personnel refuse to allow a hepatitis patient to be discharged.
• An EMT incorrectly assumes an accident victim is drunk and reports it to the media.
• A physician performed a surgical procedure on the wrong patient.

While being bathed, Mrs. George’s clothes and blankets were removed and her hospital room door was left open. Mrs. George’s caregiver could be guilty of:
 

• Invasion of privacy 
• False imprisonment
• Malpractice
• Assault

Document that allows individuals to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when their conditions are terminal.

• Advanced Directive
• DNR
• Healthcare Proxy
• Living Will

This is the practice of passing off another’s work as your own. 

• slander
• plagiarism 
• invasion of privacy
• libel

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

• malpractice
• negligence
• abuse
• defamation

Restraining an individual or restricting their freedom is...

• invasion of privacy
• defamation
• libel
• false imprisonment

HIPAA is MOSTLY about:

• Federal protection of healthcare workers.
• Safe medical practices
• Accountability of health care providers.
• Privacy of health information

A false statement that causes a  person to be ridiculed or damages the person's reputation is known as...

• false imprisonment
• libel
• slander
• assault and battery

A DNR order states that ...

• person does not want CPR 
• No artificial creating machines should be used
• person wants to be an organ donor
• An advisor should be used for medical decisions