PCF 1st Nine Weeks Review

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

• Physical Abuse

• Assault

What are the rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments?

• Ethics

• Morals

• Rights

• Laws

What is a voluntary agreement between two or more people?

• A Tort

• A Law

• An Ethic

• A contract

What has occurred when a patient refuses to have a blood test but a medical assistant says he is going to draw the patient's blood anyway.

• Negligence

• Battery

• Assault

• Invasion of Privacy

If a geriatric assistant inappropriately restrains a patient without the patient's permission, the geriatric assistant may be guilty of...

• False Imprisonment

• Assault

• Invasion of privacy

• Battery

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

• Civil Law

• Criminal Law

• Virtual Law

Shonda knows there are boxes of sample medications left by pharmaceutical representatives. Mrs. Dunning, a patient says she can’t afford the cost of her and her husband’s medications. Shonda gives her some samples. Why should Shonda not do this?

• This is slander

• This is robbery

• This is a misdemeanor

• This is breach in scope of practice

Rob an EMT is called to an accident scene where a famous TV star has been injured. After work Rob’s girlfriend asks Rob about the star’s injuries. If Rob tells her this information he is in violation of what?

• AARP

• HUD

• HIPAA

• ACLU

When it comes to working with written patient records, what can a healthcare worker do?

• Discuss information with your friends

• Erase errors in the record

• Only allow healthcare workers that take care of the patient to view the record.

• Change the record a few days after the occurrence.

HIPAA rules require that certain diseases must be reported by law to protect the public. Which of the following diseases would fall into the category of reportable diseases?

• Diabetes

• Syphilis

• Gastroenteritis

• Multiple sclerosis