Intro Final Review #3

Which of the following is an objective sign of a bruised kidney?

• Bloody urine

• Flank pain

• Difficulty urinating

• Nausea

Mrs. Peters is admitted with dizziness and loss of balance. She says she cannot sleep at night because it feels like the room is spinning around. Her complaints are classified as:

• Psychosomatic

• Pathologic

• Objective

• Subjective

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

• Social law.

• Civil law.

• Virtual law.

• Criminal law.

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 nationality

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.

Jan Shevlin goes to the laboratory for blood work. She cooperates with the phlebotomist by extending her arm to have blood drawn. What kind of agreement did the phlebotomist have with this patient?

• Informed consent

• Formal consent

• Implied contract

• Expressed contract

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.

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

Daria has a legal disability. What can she legally do?

• Sign a consent form

• Sign a HIPAA authorization

• Answer a doctor’s questions

• Enter into a contract