Legal and Ethical Responsibilities in Healthcare

Information about the patient must remain private and can be shared only with the other members of the patient’s healthcare team is called:

• Negligence

• Confidentiality

A nurse performing surgery without any training would be considered:

• Malpractice

• Patients Rights

Negligence is described as failure to give care that is normally expected of a person in a particular position, resulting in injury to another person.

• True

• False

Any care that results in physical harm, pain or mental anguish is called:

• Confidentiality

• Abuse

If a healthcare worker makes a charting error, it should be erased in the medical record instead of crossing out the error with a single line.

• True

• False

Defamation occurs when false statements either cause a person to be ridiculed or damage the person’s reputation. If it is spoken, it is called:

• Libel

• Slander

Informing the news media about a patient’s condition without the patient’s permission is called:

• Invasion of Privacy

• Open records

Informed consent is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind and all risks have been explained in terms the person can understand.

• True

• False

When a contract is explained to a non-English speaking person, a translator must be used.

• True

• False

Health care records belong to the ____________.

• Patient
• Health care provider