ETHICS QUIZ

Touching a patient without consent, even if no harm is done, may be considered:

• Malpractice

• Battery

• Assault

• Defamation

A nurse threatens a patient with an injection if they don’t calm down. This is an example of:

• Malpractice

• Battery

• Assault

• Defamation

Which element is not required to prove negligence?

• Duty of care

• Breach of duty

• Intent to harm

• Causation

Libel and slander are types of:

• False imprisonment

• Defamation

• Assault

• Breach of contract

Holding a confused patient in bed with restraints without proper orders could be considered:

• Negligence

• False imprisonment

• Battery

• Breach of contract

The legal term for professional negligence is:

• Malpractice

• False imprisonment

• Assault

• Breach of contract

PHI can be found in:

• Medical records

• X-rays

• Laboratory results

• All of the choices

These are risks that originate within the healthcare organization.

• Internal

• External

• Negligence

• Report

Calamities are examples of what risk in healthcare?

• Internal

• External

• Negligence

• Report

This serves as the formal order for a diagnostic procedure.

• X-ray request

• Diagnostic report

• Medicolegal report

• All of the choice