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Unit F. Legal And Ethical Perspectives. Malpractice. Any bad practice that is given by any health care provider to a patient. Negligence. An example would be if a nurse forgets to put the side rails up on the bed and the patient falls out of bed. Assault and Battery.
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Unit F Legal And Ethical Perspectives
Malpractice • Any bad practice that is given by any health care provider to a patient.
Negligence • An example would be if a nurse forgets to put the side rails up on the bed and the patient falls out of bed.
Assault and Battery • An example of Assault would be a threat or an attempt to injure a patient. • An example of Battery would be when a nurse is helping a patient walk and jerks the patients arm causing a bruise.
Informed Consent • Is permission granted voluntarily by a person who is of sound mind after the procedure has been explained in terms that he/she can understand.
Invasion of Privacy • Unnecessarily exposing an individual
False Imprisonment • Keeping someone in the hospital against his/her own will.
Abuse • Any form of hitting , forcing people against his/her will. But it could also be verbal such as speaking harshly and swearing, and shouting at a patient.
Defamation • If a health care worker makes false statements about a patient that cause the patient to be damaged or ridiculed.
Slander • When someone says something about another person that is not true and damages the victim’s reputation.
Libel • If a laboratory technician sends an e-mails to co-workers saying that a particular physician is careless and killed a patient.
Written Consent • Is written permission granted by a person who in sound of mind after the procedure has been explained to the point that the patient understands what is going to take place during that certain procedure.
Test Time!!!!!! • 1. Mrs. Johannson, a hospital patient, asked her nurse for medication to relieve her shoulder pain. After waiting 30 minutes, Mrs. J ohannson asked again, but it was 2 hours before the medication was given. Her nurse has violated a: • Patient’s right to have a reasonable response to a request for service.
Test Time!!!!!! Mr. Townsend is receiving hospice care for a terminal illness. He wants to make sure his daughter is allowed to make any decisions regarding his care should he become unable to do so. What document would permit his daughter to do this? • Durable Power of attorney
Test Time!!!! • A three-year-old car accident victim is brought to the emergency room in critical condition. Her doctors tell the parents that in order to save the child’s life, she must receive several blood transfusions. Her parents refuse to give any permission citing religious reasons. This is an example of what? • Ethical dilemma
Test Time!!! • Mrs. Thompson is in the hospital for treatment of her pneumonia. Of the following people under normal circumstances, who is entitled to review her confidential information? • Mrs. Thompson’s nurse
Test Time!!! • Mr. Smithson is scheduled to have hip replacement surgery and needs to sign a surgical permit. This permit is an example of a what? • Expressed contract
Test Time!!! • Which individual may NOT make an offer as part of a contract? • Fifth grade student
Test Time!!! • A nursing assistance could be charged negligence if a patient is what? • Burned by bath water that is too hot.
Usually, in dealing with ethical dilemmas in health care, an employee of hospitals and other medical facilit Test Time!!!!! • Usually, in dealing with ethical dilemmas in health care, an employee of hospitals and other medical facilities must do what? • Follow organizational and professional codes, policies and protocols.
Test Time!!!! • An x-ray technician arrives in a patient’s hospital room to do a portable chest x-ray. According to professional standards, what is the correct way to identify the patient? • Check the identification band and state the patient’s name clearly.
Test Time!!!! • By law, where can a hospital patient find help in preparing advance directives? • The hospital is required to provide information and assistance
Test Time!!!!! • At the local nursing home, Thomas joins his fellow employees in mandatory training about the medical and legal issues of advance directives. By providing this education to its employees the nursing home is complying with what? • Federal law PSDA of 1990
Test Time!!!!! • Mr. Todd complains that he did not give informed consent for surgery. What BEST describes what might have happened to Mr. Todd? He signed the consent form after taking a sleeping pill.
Test Time!!! • According to professional standards, if a patient refuses to allow a health care worker to perform a procedure, what should be done first? Report all errors and mistakes immediately to the supervisor.
Test Time!!! • According to professional standards, how should medical errors be handled? • Report all errors and mistakes immediately to the supervisor.
Test Time!!! • Which is an example of defamation? • An EMT incorrectly assumes an accident victim is drunk and reports it to the media.
Test Time!!! • Why should a health care worker adhere to legal responsibilities, ethics and patients’ rights? • . These standards protect the employee, the employer and the patient.
Test Time!!!! • Mr. Townsend, a terminal cancer patient, has a “DNR” order on his chart. What legal document would indicate that this is Mr. Townsend’s request? • His living will 13. His living will
Test Time!!! • Which situation violates an ethical code? • Gossiping about a patient in one’s care
Test Time!!!! • A nurse slaps the hand of a pediatric patient who keeps pulling at the tape on his/her bandage, causing the child to cry and be afraid of the nurse. The nurse would be what? • Guilty of physical abuse.
Test Time!!!!! • Kathy is a hospitalized movie star. A nursing assistance takes her picture without permission and sells it to a local newspaper. The nursing assistant could be guilty of what? • Invasion of privacy.
Test Time!!! • While being bathed, Mrs. George’s clothes and blankets were removed and her hospital room door was left open. Mrs. George’s caregiver could be guilty of what? • . Invasion of privacy.
Test Time!!! • Steve is found guilty of assault. What did he do? • Threatened to hit a patient if he/she didn’t cooperate.
Test Time!!! • Andy was tired of putting a patient back in bed multiple times each night so he put a vest restraint on the patient without a physician’s order. Andy could be found guilty of what? • False imprisonment
Test Time!!! • A surgeon accidentally cuts his patient’s bladder while attempting to remove the appendix. The surgeon could be guilty of what? • Malpractice
Test Time!!! • A physical therapist would be guilty of negligence if he/she did what? • Left a hot pack in place too long and burned the patient.
Test Time!!! • Lakesha is in the hospital and could sue the hospital for false imprisonment if the nurse did what? • Keep her in the hospital against her will.
Test Time!!!! • An EMT approaches an accident victim. The victim says, “Don’t touch me!” The EMT says, you need help, but the victim replies NO! don’t touch me. If the EMT takes the victim by the arm and forces the victim into the ambulance, the EMT could be guilty of: • Battery
Test Time!!! • Mr. Ames has many family members that visit him in the hospital and are involved in his care. Which family members can discuss Mr. Ames’ medical information with the health care team? • Those given permission
Test Time!!! • The federal legislation which requires the establishment of standards to protect health information who? • HIPAA
Test Time!! • Patient care records and reports are which kind of communication? • Privileged
Test Time!!! • According to contract law, who is likely considered to be the principal in a dental office? • Dentist
Test Time!! • What information is considered to be exempt from privileged communications laws? • Communicable diseases
Test Time!!! • To correct an error in a patient’s record you must do what? • Cross out the error with a single line
Test Time!!! • According to contract law, a nurse employed in a medical office is considered to be a what? • Agent
Test Time!!! • Which is an example of a breached contract? • The patient fails to pay his/her doctor’s bill
Test Time!! • Healthcare employees who work to protect the interests of their employers are abiding by what? • Contract law
