Legal and Ethical Issues

Threat or attempt to injure another person

• Battery

• Misdemeanor

• Assault

• Tort

The extent to which a health-care provider is permitted to perform medical procedures

• Legal

• Malpractice

• Liable

• Scope of Practice

Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances is: 

• Negligence
• Malpractice
• Libel
• Aiding and abetting

Your patient is so thrilled with your care that he offers you $50 as you leave the room.  You should: 

• Accept it immediately, you don't want to hurt his feelings
• Accept it and share with your teammates
• Refuse it gently, but thank him for the kind offer
• Tell him that is completely inappropriate and your going to report him to your manager

You are feeding a very slow eater.  You take your time between bites and offer fluids as the patient requests it.  You are demonstrating 

• respect
• patience
• dependability
• empathy

The charge nurse asks you to take this blood sample to the lab STAT.  You are in the middle of feeding a patient.  What do you do?

• Finish feeding the patient, you don't want the meal to get cold.
• Cover the meal to keep it warm and immediately take the blood sample to the lab.
• Tell the charge nurse she needs to do it herself.
• Casually walk the sample to the lab while stopping to talk to some friends on the way. 

OBRA stands for 

• Omnibus Budget Refuse Act
• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
• Omnibus Border Reconicile Administration
• Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Administration

Which law regulates the certification and education of nursing assistants?

• OSHA
• OBRA
• HIPAA
• NIH

Legal document that allows individuals to state what medical treatment they desire if unable to make their own decisions...

• power of attorney
• healthcare proxy
• DNR
• Advanced Directive

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

• invasion of privacy
• defamation
• false imprisonment
• assault and battery