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    HCA 340 Final Quiz Questions

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    This document contains summaries of 24 quizzes on various topics related to healthcare law and ethics. Some key points covered include: - Informed consent requires a patient have a full understanding of what they are consenting to. Implied consent refers to emergency situations. - Primary responsibility for obtaining informed consent lies with the physician, not the nurse. - Competent adult patients have the right to refuse medical treatment, as established in Cruzan v. Director. - The Patient Self-Determination Act provides for patient rights regarding advance directives. - HIPAA established national standards for privacy and security of patient health information.

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    This document contains summaries of 24 quizzes on various topics related to healthcare law and ethics. Some key points covered include: - Informed consent requires a patient have a full understanding of what they are consenting to. Implied consent refers to emergency situations. - Primary responsibility for obtaining informed consent lies with the physician, not the nurse. - Competent adult patients have the right to refuse medical treatment, as established in Cruzan v. Director. - The Patient Self-Determination Act provides for patient rights regarding advance directives. - HIPAA established national standards for privacy and security of patient health information.

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    This document contains summaries of 24 quizzes on various topics related to healthcare law and ethics. Some key points covered include: - Informed consent requires a patient have a full understanding of what they are consenting to. Implied consent refers to emergency situations. - Primary responsibility for obtaining informed consent lies with the physician, not the nurse. - Competent adult patients have the right to refuse medical treatment, as established in Cruzan v. Director. - The Patient Self-Determination Act provides for patient rights regarding advance directives. - HIPAA established national standards for privacy and security of patient health information.

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    QUIZ #15

    Consent that requires that a patient have a full understanding of that to which he or she
    has consented
    -informed
    Consent in cases in which immediate action is requited to save an unconscious patients
    life or to prevent permanent impairment of a patients health is referred to as
    -implied
    The preferred method of obtaining consent is
    -written
    The burden of establishing proof in a complaint of lack of informed consent is on the
    -plaintiff
    In the absence of statutory protection, a procedure performed despite an individuals
    refusal to consent would constitute
    -battery
    QUIZ #16
    At the end of the day and as recognized by the courts, the patient's right is it to accept or
    refuse treatment based on the alternatives available
    -true
    A physician is not under a duty to elucidate upon all the possible risks of a proposed
    procedure.
    -true
    Primary responsibility for obtaining informed consent from the patient lies with the nurse
    who has the necessary technical skills to obtain informed consent from the patient
    without the physicians input.
    -false
    The clinical assessment of decision-making capacity should include the patients ability
    to:. understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a proposed procedure, as well as,
    express his or her treatment preferences.
    -true
    The courts have held, as a general proposition, that the consent of a minor to medical or
    surgical treatment is always valid.
    -false

    QUIZ #17
    When a physician doubts a patients capacity to consent it may be the duty of the court to
    assume responsibility of guardianship for a patient who is non compos mentis.
    -true
    Adult patients who are conscious and mentally competent cannot refuse medical
    treatment when the best medical opinion deems it essential to life.
    -false
    The Supreme Court held in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept of Health that a competent
    adult patient has the right to decline any and all forms of medical intervention, including
    lifesaving or life-prolonging treatment.
    -true
    Marks v. Tenbrunsel describes how information learned during a private counseling
    session will remain confidential.
    -false
    The criminal and civil risks for health care professionals in child abuse cases lie in the
    failure to report such incidents versus good faith reporting.
    -true
    QUIZ #18
    The premature termination of pregnancy is called a salpingectomy.
    -false
    The case that paved the way for women to have the right to choose an abortion was Doe
    v. Bolton.
    -false
    The provisions of the Georgia statute establishing residency requirements for women
    seeking abortions and requiring that the procedure be performed in a hospital accredited
    by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals were declared constitutionally
    invalid in Roe v. Wade.
    -false
    The Supreme Court reaffirmed the constitutional right of women to have an abortion
    before viability of the fetus, as first annunciated in Roe v. Wade, in Planned Parenthood
    vs. Casey.
    -true
    A preferred way to prevent pregnancy is by means of vasectomy and tubal ligation.
    -true

    QUIZ #19
    The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 places all
    substances that are regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules.
    -true
    The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 is the same as the
    Food and drug Administration Act.
    -false
    The medical record is important to a health care facility because it provides a planning
    tool for patient care.
    -true
    Patients have a legally enforceable right to the information contained in their medical
    records and a lack of a right to access their records.
    -false
    The length of time medical records must be retained is set by insurance carriers.
    -false
    QUIZ #20
    Health care organizations undergoing computerization must. develop a disaster recovery
    plan (e.g., provide for emergency power systems and backup files), provide for data
    security, design an effective system, seek input from end users.
    -true
    A patient is responsible for those injuries resulting from a failure to follow physician
    instructions.
    -true
    The Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 provides that each individual has a right
    under state law (whether statutory or as recognized by the courts of the state) to accept or
    refuse care and formulate advance directives.
    -true
    Patients have a right to receive a copy of their rights upon admission to the hospital.
    -false
    Mr. Jones has a right to ask a caregiver about the caregivers personal information.
    -false

    QUIZ #21
    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 provide that
    a. patients must be able to access their record and request correction of errors
    b. patients must be informed as to how their personal information will be used
    c. patient information cannot be used for marketing purposes without the explicit
    consent of the involved patients
    d. all of the above
    The HIPAA security provisions took effect April 20, 2005. HIPAA defines three
    segments of security safeguards for compliance as
    -administrative, physical, and technical.
    Rewriting record entries by a nurse
    -can cast doubt on the accuracy of other medical record entries
    When making changes to a patients record
    -a single line should be drawn through a mistaken entry and the correct
    information should be entered, signed and dated
    QUIZ #22
    The following should be written in a patients medical record: complaints or
    emotional comments about other caregivers.
    -false
    Peer review documents are generally exempt from discovery.
    -true
    Falsification of medical records is grounds for criminal indictment.
    -true
    Persistent failure of a physician to complete his or her medical records can lead
    to suspension of medical staff privileges at a hospital.
    -true

    Ordinary business documents are considered privileged.


    -false
    QUIZ #23
    The 1935 act that defines certain conduct of employers and employees as unfair
    labor practices and that provides for hearings on complaints that such practices
    have occurred
    -National Labor Relations Act
    The NLRA was modified in 1947 by the
    -Taft-Hartley amendments
    The act that places controls on labor unions and the relationships between unions
    and their members
    -labor-management reporting and disclosure act
    The act that establishes minimum wages and maximum hours of employment
    -fair labor standards act
    The act that prohibits private employers and state and local governments from
    discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
    -civil rights act of 1964
    QUIZ #24
    The act that provides for the development and enforcement of standards for
    occupational health and safety is the Nation Labor Relations Act.
    -false
    A contract that permits the hiring of nonunion employees but requires that new
    employees join the union is called a union or agency shop.
    -true
    The most significant piece of federal legislation dealing with labor relations is the
    Civil Rights Act of 1964.
    -false
    Federal laws generally take precedence over state when there is a conflict between
    the state and the federal laws, state laws are not applicable when state regulations
    are more rigid than federal legislation.
    -false

    The relationships between employees and employers are regulated by both state
    and federal laws.
    -true

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