Health Science II Final Exam Review

What do the letters HIPAA stand for?

• Health Information Portability & Accountability Act

• Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

• Health Information Privacy & Accountability Act

• Health Insurance Privacy & Accountability Act

When a patient, who is of sound mind, voluntarily grants permission for a treatment or procedure after all risks and benefits have been explained in terms the patient can understand:

• Implied consent

• Declined consent

• Assumed consent

• Informed consent

Written defamation is also called:

• Defamation

• Slander

• Assault

• Libel

When you unlawfully touch another person without their consent you can be charged with:

• Defamation

• Assault

• Battery

• Invasion of Privacy

Spoken defamation is referred to as:

• Defamation

• Slander

• Assault

• Libel

Keeping a patient in the hospital against their will would be an example of:

• Battery

• Invasion of privacy

• Assault

• False Imprisonment

"The doctor ordered me to do it" is the only acceptable legal reason to ignore your scope of practice

• True

• False

• Why not - sounds like a good enough reason for me!

A patient refusing to pay for care given is an example of:

• Implementation of contract

• Offer of rejection

• Acceptance of contract

• Breach of Contract

Your medical information can only be released to:

• Your husband or wife only

• Your family

• Nobody outside of the patients room

• Only those the patient authorizes to have information

When a nurse give a patient their medication it is considered a __________ contract.

• Implied

• Informed

• Expressed

• Completed