[3] EOPA Review: Allied Health: Legality in Healthcare

Taking narcotics from the pharmacy by a pharmacy technician is a violation of...

• Social law

• Civil law

• Virtual law

• Criminal alw

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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