Ch. 5 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

Abuse is defined as:

• Care that results in physical harm

• Care that results in mental anguish

• Care that results in inappropriate touching

• All of the above

Defamation that is spoken using words causing a person to be ridiculed or damaging to a person's reputation is:

• Libel

• Slander

• Physical Abuse

• Social Media

If a patient is physically restrained without proper authorization or justification, this can lead to a charge of:

• invasion of privacy

• defamation

• false imprisonment

• negligence

A false written 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 legal document that allows an individual to state what measures should or should not be taken to prolong life when a condition is terminal is a:

• Living will

• Durable Power of Attorney

• Patient Self-Determination Act

• Right-to-die declaration

Failure of a professional to use the degree of skill expected, resulting in injury. Ex: performing surgery on the wrong body part.

• abuse

• assault

• malpractice

• defamation

Failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person. Ex: Leaving the bed rails down or giving the patient a call button.

• abuse

• malpractice

• negligence

• battery

This a threat or attempt to injure:

• defamation

• assault

• battery

• malpractice

Which of these examples applies to individuals who have a legal disability?

• minors

• mentally incompetent persons

• individuals under the influence of drugs or alcohol

• all of the above

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

• scribble through it

• white out

• erase it

• one line through it with your initials