Health Care Legal and Ethics Quiz

Health Care is mainly affected by ____________ laws.

• Criminal

• Constitutional

• Civil

• Corporate

Verbal Consent is permitted for some procedures, but it must be informed Consent

• True

• False

You may perform any procedures you are not qualified to do, as long as you gain authorization/consent from the patient first.

• True

• False

In some cases, a healthcare worker is allowed to accept tips and gifts for their services.

• True

• False

If information is in a patient record, it can be released to other health care facilities only if the patient signs a consent form first.

• True

• False

Name the Tort: a surgeon performs a surgery without running necessary tests first, thus leading to an injury.

• Criminal Law

• Negligence

• Malpractice

• Torts

In a legal dispute, how does proper documentation serve as evidence?

• It allows providers to alter patient records if necessary.

• It provides an accurate, time-stamped record of care given and clinical reasoning.

• It ensures that only physicians are held accountable for treatment decisions.

• It replaces the need for witness testimony in malpractice cases.

Name the Tort: If a nurse assistant forgets to raise the siderails on the bed and the patient falls out of bed, the nurse assistant might be guilty of:

• Defamation

• Malpractice

• False Imprisonment

• Negligence

Name the Tort:

While admitting a critically injured patient to the accident ward, you allow a news photographer to take the patient’s picture without his or her consent.

• Negligence

• Invasion of privacy

• False Imprisonment

• Defamamtion

Name the Tort:

Mrs. K. is a restless patient who continually knocks equipment and utensils off her bedside table, keeping other patients awake. You tell her that if she does not settle down, you will have to tie her hands to the bed.

• Physical Abuse

• Battery

• False Imprisonment

• Assault