Legal NCHSE

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

• Social law
• Civil law
• Virtual law
• Criminal law

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
• Assault
• Negligence
• Physical 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 nationality

As a medical assistant in Dr. Reed’s office 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 by Shonda
• This is robbery by Shonda
• This is a misdemeanor by Shonda
• This is a breach of Shonda’s scope

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

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