AND 100% CORRECT WELL DETAILED ANSWERS|LATEST
CORRECT = 100
100
INCORRECT=0
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COMPLETE NHA EKG EXAM/EKG COURSE
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**MODULE: Safety, Compliance, and Coordinated Care** - ANSWER
HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
PHI - ANSWER Protected Heath Information
PHI includes data such as - ANSWER name, DOB, SSN, phone number, marital status,
place of employment, and address
An EKG technician releases information about a patient's diagnosis to the patient's employer.
Which of the following patient rights was violated?
A) Assignment of benefits
B) Patient confidentiality
C) Access to treatment
D) Power of attorney - ANSWER B) Patient confidentiality
**A patients diagnosis is confidential and may not be shared with an employer**
2
,Electrocardiograph - ANSWER instrument used to record the electrical activity of the
heart
Electrocardiogram - ANSWER A recording of the electrical activity of the heart
What is needed by the patient before performing an EKG? - ANSWER Consent
What type of consent is needed for more extensive cardiac testing? - ANSWER Written
consent
What type of consent is more common for EKGs? - ANSWER Implied consent
supine position - ANSWER lying on back, facing upward
**ideal position for most EKG exams**
When can a chaperone be warranted for an EKG? - ANSWER for *teenage* patients or
on a patient with *cognitive deficits* or *dementia*
What should the EKG technician say if a patient asks about their results right after the exam?
- ANSWER They may only disclose a confirmation that the EKG was successfully
completed and will be interpreted by the provider
A patient follows an EKG technician to the examination room, voluntarily undresses from the
waist up, and lies on the examination table.
Which of the following types of consent is the patient giving?
3
, A) Expressed written consent
B) Informed consent
C) Implied consent
D) None - ANSWER C) Implied consent
**the actions exhibited by the patient in this situation are a form of implied consent**
Medical asepsis - ANSWER Practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens (clean technique)
Surgical asepsis - ANSWER Technique used to destroy all pathogenic organisms (sterile
technique)
OSHA - ANSWER Occupational Safety and Health Administration
CDC - ANSWER Centers for Disease Control (and Prevention)
Standard precautions - ANSWER Recommendations that must be followed to prevent
transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids
HAIs - ANSWER Healthcare associated infections
What is the order of medical asepsis? - ANSWER > Infectious agent
> Reservoir
> Portal of exit
> Mode of transmission
> Portion of entry
> Susceptible host
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CORRECT = 100
100
INCORRECT=0
STUDY MATERIALS.......DESIGNED TO HELP YOU SUCCEED
1
, SPOTLIGHT 1
COMPLETE NHA EKG EXAM/EKG COURSE
ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE!!!!!!2026|GUARANTEED
**MODULE: Safety, Compliance, and Coordinated Care** - ANSWER
HIPAA - ANSWER Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
PHI - ANSWER Protected Heath Information
PHI includes data such as - ANSWER name, DOB, SSN, phone number, marital status,
place of employment, and address
An EKG technician releases information about a patient's diagnosis to the patient's employer.
Which of the following patient rights was violated?
A) Assignment of benefits
B) Patient confidentiality
C) Access to treatment
D) Power of attorney - ANSWER B) Patient confidentiality
**A patients diagnosis is confidential and may not be shared with an employer**
2
,Electrocardiograph - ANSWER instrument used to record the electrical activity of the
heart
Electrocardiogram - ANSWER A recording of the electrical activity of the heart
What is needed by the patient before performing an EKG? - ANSWER Consent
What type of consent is needed for more extensive cardiac testing? - ANSWER Written
consent
What type of consent is more common for EKGs? - ANSWER Implied consent
supine position - ANSWER lying on back, facing upward
**ideal position for most EKG exams**
When can a chaperone be warranted for an EKG? - ANSWER for *teenage* patients or
on a patient with *cognitive deficits* or *dementia*
What should the EKG technician say if a patient asks about their results right after the exam?
- ANSWER They may only disclose a confirmation that the EKG was successfully
completed and will be interpreted by the provider
A patient follows an EKG technician to the examination room, voluntarily undresses from the
waist up, and lies on the examination table.
Which of the following types of consent is the patient giving?
3
, A) Expressed written consent
B) Informed consent
C) Implied consent
D) None - ANSWER C) Implied consent
**the actions exhibited by the patient in this situation are a form of implied consent**
Medical asepsis - ANSWER Practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of
pathogens (clean technique)
Surgical asepsis - ANSWER Technique used to destroy all pathogenic organisms (sterile
technique)
OSHA - ANSWER Occupational Safety and Health Administration
CDC - ANSWER Centers for Disease Control (and Prevention)
Standard precautions - ANSWER Recommendations that must be followed to prevent
transmission of pathogenic organisms by way of blood and body fluids
HAIs - ANSWER Healthcare associated infections
What is the order of medical asepsis? - ANSWER > Infectious agent
> Reservoir
> Portal of exit
> Mode of transmission
> Portion of entry
> Susceptible host
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