Chapter 9: Health Care Professionals’ Ethical and Legal Issues
| 1: Who said, "Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life"? |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
| Albert Schweitzer |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
| Abraham Lincoln |
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| 2: The contents of codes of ethics vary depending on the risk associated with a particular ________. |
| Code |
| Risk |
| Competency |
| Profession |
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| 3: Health care professionals are required to exercise the same degree of care and skill exercised by other ________ under like or similar circumstances. |
| Physicians |
| Caregivers |
| Nurses |
| Physicians and nurses |
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| 4: Who said, "My life is my message"? |
| Albert Einstein |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
| Stephen Grellet |
| Henry S. Haskins |
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| 5: Practicing outside one's scope of practice involves ________. |
| Both ethical and legal issues |
| Moral judgments |
| Ethical issues |
| Legal issues |
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| 6: ________ are expected to treat patients with respect and to disclose all relevant information so that they can make informed choices about their care. |
| Dental hygienists |
| Nurse practitioners |
| All caregivers |
| Physician assistants |
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| 7: Federal and state statutes impose a duty on hospitals to provide ________. |
| Elective care |
| Nonurgent care |
| Passive care |
| Emergency care |
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| 8: A ________ is a nurse who has passed a state registration examination and has been licensed to practice nursing. |
| Nurse specialist |
| Nurse practitioner |
| Registered nurse |
| Nurse midwife |
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| 9: A nurse has a duty to question the discharge of a patient if he or she has reason to believe that it would be ________ to the health patient. |
| Favorable |
| Detrimental |
| Helpful |
| Advantageous |
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| 10: Failure to recognize changes in a patient's deteriorating ________ can lead to liability on the part of the nurse and the hospital. |
| Condition |
| Sincerity |
| Family dynamics |
| Reading habits |
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| 11: The court in Poor Sisters of St. Francis v. Catron held that the failure of nurses and an inhalation therapist to report to the supervisor that an endotracheal tube had been left in the patient longer than the customary three or four days was sufficient to allow the jury to reach a finding of ________." |
| Using reasonable care |
| Guilty of battery |
| Not guilty |
| Negligence |
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| 12: The ________ is generally the one medical professional who sees the patient more than any other. Consequently, he or she is in a position to monitor the patient's illness, response to medication, display of pain and discomfort, and general condition. |
| Nurse |
| Radiology technologist |
| Physician |
| Housekeeper |
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| 13: ________ is a process for validating the background of health care professionals and assessing their qualifications to provide health care services in an organization. |
| Orientation |
| Credentialing |
| Licensing |
| Certification |
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| 14: Hospitals have a responsibility to take reasonable steps to ensure that physicians using hospital facilities are ________ for the privileges granted. |
| Studying |
| Inappropriate |
| Qualified |
| Not qualified |
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| 15: Procedures for suspension and revocation of a health care professional's license are commonly contained in a ________ licensing act. |
| Hospital's |
| Medical staff's |
| Patient's |
| State's |
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| 16: The duties and responsibilities of pharmacists have ________ beyond the concept of filling prescriptions and dispensing drugs |
| Not moved |
| Never moved |
| Moved well |
| Failed to move |
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| 17: The ________ of medications is the processing of a drug for delivery or for administration to a patient pursuant to the order of a health care practitioner. |
| Dispensing |
| Monitoring |
| Substituting |
| Administering |
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| 18: A student nurse is held to the standard of a competent ________ when performing nursing duties. |
| Student |
| Professional nurse |
| Nursing assistant |
| Nursing aide |
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| 19: If the nurse finds a physician's medication order questionable, the nurse should ________. |
| Contact the physician for clarification of the order |
| Not question the physician |
| Administer the medication |
| Report the incident to the CEO |
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| 20: Scope of practice refers to the ________ boundaries of practice for health care professionals, as is often defined in state statutes, which define the actions, duties, and limits of professionals in their particular roles. |
| Immeasurable |
| Limitless |
| Unlimited |
| Permissible |
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