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Principles Legal and Ethical Unit

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ are formed from your personal values and reflect your concept of right or wrong.

a)

Ethics

b)

Morals

c)

Tort

d)

Scope of Practice

2.

A living will is a legal document that makes known a person's wishes about life-support measures.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A tort is a civil wrong committed against a person or property

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which of the following persons can legally give informed consent?

a)

Mike, age 21, who needs repair of a gunshot wound

b)

Susie, age 17, who need stitches

c)

Sabrina, age 19, who was driving while intoxicated and had a car wreck

d)

Adam, age 10, who needs an immunization against tetanus

5.

What does the government enact to keep society running smoothly?

a)

laws

b)

codes of ethics

c)

morals

d)

torts

6.

Informed consent implies that the client understands

a)

the proposed modes of treatment.

b)

all of the answers are correct

c)

the reasons the treatment is necessary.

d)

the risks involved in the proposed treatment.

7.

informed consent

a)

employer’s legal liability for acts performed by employees.

b)

client’s permission for a procedure or treatment.

c)

level of performance expected of a health care worker.

d)

duties determined by the job description, level of training, and qualifications.

8.
Empathy requires the ability to 
a)
feel sorry for someone else.
b)
feel a sense of commitment to a person. 
c)
understand the feelings of another person. 
d)
have a distant and unemotional attitude toward the patient. 
9.
Which of the following is the best definition of confidentiality? 
a)
The right of all employees to have certain procedures followed when they believe their rights are in jeopardy 
b)
One person exerting power over another 
c)
Faithfulness or commitment to a person or persons 
d)
The ability to safeguard another person's information 
10.

A(n) ______ is a form, requested by a patient and signed by a physician, refusing CPR if the heart stops.

a)

health care proxy

b)

power of attorney

c)

do not resuscitate order

d)

ethics statement for the living

11.

The law that protects the confidentiality of protected health information is commonly called:

a)

HIPAA

b)

SEPA

c)

INPRO

d)

H-ACT

12.

In an emergency in which a patient is so severely injured that a clear decision cannot be made, you have the right to provide care based on _____ consent.

a)

implied

b)

expressed

c)

guardian

d)

minor's

13.

Scope of practice is a description of activities a licensed, practicing health science professional is permitted to perform.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Battery is a threat or attempt to injure another individual.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A condition in which a person does not have the legal capacity and is therefore unable to enter a legal agreement (for example, as is the case with a minor)

a)

legal disability

b)

libel

c)

living wills

d)

privileged communications

16.

False written statement that causes a person ridicule or contempt or causes damage to the persons' reputation

a)

tort

b)

slander

c)

malpractice

d)

libel

17.

Providing improper or unprofessional treatment or care that result in injury to another person

a)

slander

b)

tort

c)

invasion of privacy

d)

malpractice

18.

Failure to give care that is normally expected, resulting in injury to another person

a)

tort

b)

negligence

c)

slander

d)

contract

19.

Factors of care that all patients can expect to receive

a)

slander

b)

tort

c)

malpractice

d)

Patients' rights

20.

The procedures, processes and actions that health care providers are legally permitted to perform in keeping with the terms of their professional license

a)

Scope of Practice

b)

malpractice

c)

civil law

d)

defamation

21.

Spoken comment that that causes a person ridicule or contempt of damages the person's reputation.

a)

confidentiality

b)

tort

c)

malpractice

d)

Slander

22.

Patient’s right to make their own medical decisions based on beliefs and values

a)

Code of Ethics

b)

Autonomy

c)

Confidentiality

d)

Ethics

23.

ethical responsibility to not disclose patient information without authorization

a)

Justice

b)

Confidentiality

c)

Code of Ethics

d)

Liability

24.

negligence or void in the care of a patient by a health science professional or organization which causes injury to a patient

a)

Negligence

b)

Malpractice

c)

Justice

d)

Lawsuit

25.

What is the purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

a)

To provide emergency medical treatment

b)

To protect confidential patient healthcare information from being shared

c)

To ensure fair and equal treatment

d)

To guide professional conduct

26.

Why was the Hippocratic oath created?

a)

As a guide for the medical profession

b)

So doctors had laws

c)

So it could be known as the oldest document in history

d)

So it would be adopted into western medicine

27.

Who was the oath written by?

a)

Greek Gods

b)

Doctors

c)

Greek Hippocrate physicians

d)

World Medicine Association

28.

What does HIPAA stand for?

a)

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

b)

Health Insurance Path and Attorney

c)

Healthcare Is Pathetic and Annyoning

d)

Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accurate Attitude

29.

When was HIPAA introduced?

a)

1969

b)

1998

c)

2000

d)

1996

30.

Which describes a healthcare worker’s conduct and attitude when interacting with patients?

a)

bedside manner

b)

medical knowledge

c)

surgical skill

d)

technical ability