Ethics HTR

You are in a hospital elevator and are hearing a conversation related patient treatments with others listening. What type of violation is this?

• Professional

• Ethical

• Malpractice

• Negligence

An xray technician is going to do a portable xray in the patient's room. According to professional standards, what is the correct way to identify a patient?

• call their name and wait for a response

• always check the identification band on the wrist

• check the identification band and state the name clearly

• make sure room numbers and doctors names match

You are tired of putting the patient back to bed multiple times a night so you put a vest restraint on without a physicians order. You are guilty of

• assault

• libel

• invasion of privacy

• false imprisonment

You claim you did not give informed consent for surgery? What could the reason be?

• You signed after taking a sleeping pill

• the wrong procedure was done

• surgeon explained the risks of the procedure

• you were restrained during the procedure

According to contract law, a nurse working in a doctor's office is considered to be:

• dependent

• tranlator

• principal

• agent

When dealing with ethical dilemmas in health care, an employee must:

• do what he/she feels is right

• follow organizational and professional codes, policies, and protocols

• rely on family and friends to determine what is right

• follow the wishes and desires of special interest groups

What information is exempt fro privileged communication laws?

• communicable diseases

• patient diagnosis

• pregnancy test results

• patient addresses

How would you correct an error in a health care record?

• make an X over the error

• erase the error and start over

• draw a straight line through the error and write your initials above

• mark over the area with black marker

Which is an example of defamation?

• you share about your neighbor's hospitalized condition at the neighborhood barbacue

• you incorrectly think and accident victim is drunk and reports it to the media

• you perform surgery on the wrong patient

• you refuse to allow a patient to be discharged from the hospital

you are found guilty of assault. What did you do?

• stole property from your patient

• threatened to hit your patient if he/she didn't start to cooperate

• you gave the wrong medicine

• you gave a reporter patient information without consent