, TESTBANK FOR Health Professional as Educator Second Edition Bastable
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,1. The primary goal of health professionals as educators is to:
a) reduce morbidity.
*b) prepare clients for self-care.
c) prevent client complications through staff, student, and client education.
d) meet professional regulatory standards.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
2. One of the key steps in the education process is:
*a) creating a teaching plan to meet mutually determined learning outcomes.
b) developing educational materials to use with specific age groups.
c) undertaking learner self-assessment to determine learning needs.
d) conducting self-evaluation to enhance the teaching process.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
3. The goal of teaching is to:
a) grade learning.
*b) change behavior.
c) share information and experiences with learners.
d) keep learners abreast of current trends.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
4. One method to increase health professionals’ confidence and competence in teaching skills
would be to:
a) improve documentation.
b) advocate for third-party reimbursement.
*c) provide professional development on effective instructional methods.
d) assign a clinical educator responsible for patient education.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
5. A paradigm shift that impacts the role of the educator is:
a) focusing on tightly managing the process.
*b) facilitating education for learner independence.
c) making the learner the recipient of knowledge.
d) emphasizing memorization of information.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Contemporary Role of the Health
Professional as Educator
6. Factors influencing the growth of patient education began during the formative period, which
took place approximately during:
a) 1800–1849.
*b) 1850–1900.
c) 1900–1950.
d) the late 1900s.
,?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
7. In which of the following did Florence Nightingale advocate school teaching of health rules,
as well as health teaching in the home?
a) Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
b) Division of Child Hygiene
c) Patient Education and the Hospital Program
*d) Health Teaching in Towns and Villages
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
8. Significant changes occurred in patient education under which president?
*a) Nixon
b) Roosevelt
c) Kennedy
d) Hoover
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
9. Health professionals today must educate not only patients, but also:
a) colleagues.
b) community members.
c) students.
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Evolution of the Teaching Role of Health
Professionals
10. The single most important action of a healthcare professional as an educator is educating:
a) students.
*b) patients.
c) colleagues.
d) interns.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
11. Special considerations for the healthcare professional as educator include:
a) diverse populations.
b) nontraditional settings.
c) cost effectiveness.
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: State of the Evidence
12. The term teachable moment is best defined as the time when:
a) the nurse feels educationally prepared to teach.
*b) the patient views new and different situations as challenges rather than defeats.
,c) illness suddenly forces an individual to take a less active role in his or her care.
d) an informed patient complies with medical treatment plans.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
13. The education process is best described as:
a) a purposeful activity with a definite planned goal to be achieved in a specified period of time.
b) the implementation of instructional activities and experiences to meet intended learner
outcomes.
c) an intent to impart content about a specific cognitive, psychomotor, or affective skill.
*d) a systematic, logical, planned course of action leading to mutually desired behavior changes.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
14. Professional standards and legal guidelines mandate the role of the health professional as
educator. Which of the following represents the legal mandate to teach?
*a) State practice acts
b) National accreditation guidelines
c) Pew Commission competencies
d) AHA’s A Patient’s Bill of Rights
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Evolution of the Teaching Role of Health
Professionals
15. Barriers to education can best be described as factors that:
a) negatively impact on the learner’s efforts to establish a mutual partnership with the health
professional educator.
b) interfere with the learner’s ability to attend to and process information.
c) limit the health professional’s focus to conducting only formal, intended teaching and learning
encounters.
*d) impede the health professional’s ability to deliver educational services to the learner.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Barriers to Teaching and Obstacles to Learning
16. The common factor that serves as both a barrier to education and an obstacle to learning is:
a) lack of privacy to carry out teaching and learning in the hospital environment.
*b) lack of time to teach and learn.
c) inadequate administrative support for teaching and learning.
d) inadequate reimbursement to cover the cost of teaching and learning.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Barriers to Teaching and Obstacles to Learning
17. An update to the core competencies for interprofessional education (IPE) included which of
the following?
a) Reaffirmed importance of core competencies
b) Organized competencies
c) Broadened competencies
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Interprofessional Education
,18. To fully respond to a patient’s needs, healthcare professionals need to be respectful of each
patient’s:
*a) preferences.
b) work history.
c) medication compliance.
d) knowledge of institutional systems.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Patient-Centered Care
,1. An ethical educational dilemma is evidenced in which of the following scenarios?
a) A patient scheduled for a below-the-knee amputation is informed of options, potential
complications, and consequences prior to signing an informed consent form.
b) A student requests a grade change from a faculty member to increase their grade point average
to remain in the healthcare program.
*c) A patient has been accurately informed about a diagnostic test, has signed the consent, and
then decides not to have the procedure. The physician insists the test be completed.
d) A healthcare educator is evaluating an expert practitioner during an annual skill validation
session and gives the individual an unsatisfactory for performance that does not meet the
outcome criteria.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: A Differentiated View of Ethics, Morality, and the
Law
2. A health professional is planning to conduct an educational research project. Which of the
following is appropriate?
*a) The study must be submitted to the institutional review board prior to contacting participants
or gathering data.
b) Because the research is related to education, the study may proceed without review.
c) The study must be reviewed by a professional organization to validate it meets the code of
ethics.
d) Research studies must be approved by either a patient bill of rights or a student rights
committee.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
3. The purpose of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is to:
a) create a smooth flow of patient information.
b) hold health professionals to a professional code of ethics.
c) protect the public from information that could be potentially harmful.
*d) ensure information is kept confidential.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
4. When providing patient education, which of the following applies?
*a) Assess patient and/or family learning needs prior to providing education.
b) Provide standardized content to every patient to ensure consistent learning.
c) Provide education as time allows if resources are tight.
d) Expand the amount of material taught to content that is peripheral to the information needed.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
5. One of the most important factors facing healthcare professionals when dealing with ethical
and moral dilemmas is:
a) the bureaucratic control in legally supervising local ethical and moral matters.
*b) the rate at which ethical and moral dilemmas occur.
c) the lack of ethical and moral oversight.
,d) the conflicting ethical and moral principles among diverse cultures.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Introduction
6. The safeguard of all human study subjects by insisting that research protocols include
voluntary participation and withdrawal, confidentiality, truth telling, and informed consent and
address additional specific concerns for vulnerable populations such as infants, children,
prisoners, and those with mental illnesses is/was the:
*a) primary function of all review boards, even today.
b) practice of European ethics review boards during World War II.
c) overriding ethical review of Brooklyn Chronic Disease Hospital.
d) outdated practice of ethical review boards in the late 1900s.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
7. Patient decision aids are an example of:
a) codes of ethics.
b) public service broadcasts.
c) procedures for aiding a patient through trauma.
*d) patient autonomy.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
8. Veracity and the Cardoza decision are closely linked in what way?
*a) They both have to do with informed consent of patients.
b) They both set the standard on ethics in patient care.
c) They both provide health professionals with training in patient education.
d) They both provide patients with legal consult.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
9. Four components making up the notion of informed consent are:
a) education, disclosure, composure, voluntariness.
b) competence, disclosure, composure, interest.
c) education, competence, interest, voluntariness.
*d) competence, disclosure, composure, voluntariness.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
10. In a student–teacher relationship, a negative byproduct of that educational relationship could
result from:
*a) the teacher’s impact as a role model.
b) the teacher’s proven professional record.
c) the student’s strength in the subject.
d) the student’s preparation for the course.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: The Ethics of Education in Classroom and
Practice Settings
,11. The belief that choices should be made that result in the greatest good for the greatest number
of people represents which approach to ethical decision making?
a) Bioethical
b) Constitutional
*c) Teleological
d) Deontological
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: A Differentiated View of Ethics, Morality, and the
Law
12. The American Hospital Association’s A Patient’s Bill of Rights refers to:
a) the patient’s right to be admitted to a hospital or long-term care facility.
b) a code of behavior for healthcare institutions in each state.
c) federal standards of care dictating humane treatment of patients.
*d) rights of the patient related to quantity and quality of healthcare services delivered.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
13. When a health professional serves as an expert witness, which ethical principle is being
operationalized?
a) Autonomy
b) Beneficence
c) Justice
*d) Veracity
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
14. Malpractice is different from negligence in that malpractice is:
*a) limited to specific professions that require a high level of skill and intensive technical
training.
b) the doing, or not doing, of an act or service related to the duties of any reasonable person
functioning under the same circumstances.
c) an act or failure to act that causes injury to another person or his or her property.
d) an operational principle that measures improper or wrongful conduct by anyone performing an
activity.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
15. How can the principle of beneficence be operationalized?
a) By sufficiently documenting the scope and depth of skilled services rendered to patients
*b) By adhering to institutional policies and to critical tasks and duties of one’s job description
c) By equally distributing goods and services to patients in any healthcare setting
d) By health professionals being adequately committed to providing services to patients
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
, 16. Breach of contract or failure to perform one’s duties based on client diagnosis, cultural
background, race, or sexual preference is a violation of which ethical principle?
a) Autonomy
b) Beneficence
*c) Justice
d) Nonmaleficence
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
17. The patient has signed a consent form to have a procedure done. Which action should the
health professional take to verify the patient’s understanding of the procedure?
a) Check whether the patient’s reading level is equivalent to the level of the consent form.
b) Talk with a family member or health professional who witnessed the patient’s signature on the
consent form.
*c) Ask the patient to explain the procedure in his or her own words.
d) Discuss with the patient’s physician what the patient was told about the procedure.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
18. Health professionals must understand the budget process to determine the true expenses that
will be incurred by the service provider when an educational program is delivered. Which of the
following is true?
*a) Variable costs depend on volume of use.
b) Personnel salaries are indirect costs.
c) Physical space, utilities, housekeeping, and security are direct costs.
d) Fixed costs are those expenses not related to the actual delivery of instruction.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Financial Terminology
19. In planning the budget for an educational program in which the outside attendees pay a fee,
which of the following would be considered indirect costs?
a) Food for breaks and lunches
b) Salaries of the organization’s educators
*c) Security and housekeeping
d) Use of the organization’s classrooms
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Financial Terminology
20. Legal implications of documents include which of the following?
*a) Patient records can be subpoenaed for court; documentation is a communication tool; and
failure to document makes health professionals potentially liable.
b) Patient records can be subpoenaed for court; documentation is a communication tool; and
EMR systems have improved documentation.
c) Documentation is a communication tool; EMR systems have improved documentation; and
teaching does not need to be included in documentation.
d) Failure to document makes health professionals potentially liable; EMR systems have
improved documentation; and teaching does not need to be included in documentation.
Important Notes
The file includes the complete test bank, organized chapter by chapter.
A sample of selected pages has been provided for preview.
All available appendices and Excel files (if included in the original resources) are
provided.
Quizzes, Midterm and final exams are included (if available in the original resources).
We continuously update our files to ensure you receive the latest and most accurate
editions.
New editions are added regularly – stay connected for updates!
⚠️Note on Answer Keys: If the answer key is not included within the chapter
questions, you will find the complete answers and solutions at the end of each
chapter.
✅ Why Buy From Us?
📚 Complete & organized chapter-by-chapter – no missing content, no guessing.
⚡ Instant digital delivery – get your file the moment you pay, no waiting.
📅 Always up to date – we track new editions so you always get the latest version.
💬 Friendly support – real humans ready to help, anytime you need us.
🔒 Safe & secure – thousands of satisfied students trust us every semester.
🛡️Our Guarantees
💰 Money-Back Guarantee: Not satisfied? We offer a full refund – no questions asked.
🔄 Wrong File? No Problem: Contact us and we will replace it immediately with the
correct version, free of charge.
⏰ 24/7 Support: We are always here – reach out anytime and expect a fast response.
,1. The primary goal of health professionals as educators is to:
a) reduce morbidity.
*b) prepare clients for self-care.
c) prevent client complications through staff, student, and client education.
d) meet professional regulatory standards.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
2. One of the key steps in the education process is:
*a) creating a teaching plan to meet mutually determined learning outcomes.
b) developing educational materials to use with specific age groups.
c) undertaking learner self-assessment to determine learning needs.
d) conducting self-evaluation to enhance the teaching process.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
3. The goal of teaching is to:
a) grade learning.
*b) change behavior.
c) share information and experiences with learners.
d) keep learners abreast of current trends.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
4. One method to increase health professionals’ confidence and competence in teaching skills
would be to:
a) improve documentation.
b) advocate for third-party reimbursement.
*c) provide professional development on effective instructional methods.
d) assign a clinical educator responsible for patient education.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
5. A paradigm shift that impacts the role of the educator is:
a) focusing on tightly managing the process.
*b) facilitating education for learner independence.
c) making the learner the recipient of knowledge.
d) emphasizing memorization of information.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Contemporary Role of the Health
Professional as Educator
6. Factors influencing the growth of patient education began during the formative period, which
took place approximately during:
a) 1800–1849.
*b) 1850–1900.
c) 1900–1950.
d) the late 1900s.
,?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
7. In which of the following did Florence Nightingale advocate school teaching of health rules,
as well as health teaching in the home?
a) Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis
b) Division of Child Hygiene
c) Patient Education and the Hospital Program
*d) Health Teaching in Towns and Villages
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
8. Significant changes occurred in patient education under which president?
*a) Nixon
b) Roosevelt
c) Kennedy
d) Hoover
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Historical Foundations for Patient Education in
Health Care
9. Health professionals today must educate not only patients, but also:
a) colleagues.
b) community members.
c) students.
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Evolution of the Teaching Role of Health
Professionals
10. The single most important action of a healthcare professional as an educator is educating:
a) students.
*b) patients.
c) colleagues.
d) interns.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
11. Special considerations for the healthcare professional as educator include:
a) diverse populations.
b) nontraditional settings.
c) cost effectiveness.
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: State of the Evidence
12. The term teachable moment is best defined as the time when:
a) the nurse feels educationally prepared to teach.
*b) the patient views new and different situations as challenges rather than defeats.
,c) illness suddenly forces an individual to take a less active role in his or her care.
d) an informed patient complies with medical treatment plans.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Purposes, Goals, and Benefits of Patient, Staff,
and Student Education
13. The education process is best described as:
a) a purposeful activity with a definite planned goal to be achieved in a specified period of time.
b) the implementation of instructional activities and experiences to meet intended learner
outcomes.
c) an intent to impart content about a specific cognitive, psychomotor, or affective skill.
*d) a systematic, logical, planned course of action leading to mutually desired behavior changes.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Education Process Defined
14. Professional standards and legal guidelines mandate the role of the health professional as
educator. Which of the following represents the legal mandate to teach?
*a) State practice acts
b) National accreditation guidelines
c) Pew Commission competencies
d) AHA’s A Patient’s Bill of Rights
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: The Evolution of the Teaching Role of Health
Professionals
15. Barriers to education can best be described as factors that:
a) negatively impact on the learner’s efforts to establish a mutual partnership with the health
professional educator.
b) interfere with the learner’s ability to attend to and process information.
c) limit the health professional’s focus to conducting only formal, intended teaching and learning
encounters.
*d) impede the health professional’s ability to deliver educational services to the learner.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Barriers to Teaching and Obstacles to Learning
16. The common factor that serves as both a barrier to education and an obstacle to learning is:
a) lack of privacy to carry out teaching and learning in the hospital environment.
*b) lack of time to teach and learn.
c) inadequate administrative support for teaching and learning.
d) inadequate reimbursement to cover the cost of teaching and learning.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Barriers to Teaching and Obstacles to Learning
17. An update to the core competencies for interprofessional education (IPE) included which of
the following?
a) Reaffirmed importance of core competencies
b) Organized competencies
c) Broadened competencies
*d) All are correct.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Interprofessional Education
,18. To fully respond to a patient’s needs, healthcare professionals need to be respectful of each
patient’s:
*a) preferences.
b) work history.
c) medication compliance.
d) knowledge of institutional systems.
?Subject: Chapter 1 A-Head: Patient-Centered Care
,1. An ethical educational dilemma is evidenced in which of the following scenarios?
a) A patient scheduled for a below-the-knee amputation is informed of options, potential
complications, and consequences prior to signing an informed consent form.
b) A student requests a grade change from a faculty member to increase their grade point average
to remain in the healthcare program.
*c) A patient has been accurately informed about a diagnostic test, has signed the consent, and
then decides not to have the procedure. The physician insists the test be completed.
d) A healthcare educator is evaluating an expert practitioner during an annual skill validation
session and gives the individual an unsatisfactory for performance that does not meet the
outcome criteria.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: A Differentiated View of Ethics, Morality, and the
Law
2. A health professional is planning to conduct an educational research project. Which of the
following is appropriate?
*a) The study must be submitted to the institutional review board prior to contacting participants
or gathering data.
b) Because the research is related to education, the study may proceed without review.
c) The study must be reviewed by a professional organization to validate it meets the code of
ethics.
d) Research studies must be approved by either a patient bill of rights or a student rights
committee.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
3. The purpose of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is to:
a) create a smooth flow of patient information.
b) hold health professionals to a professional code of ethics.
c) protect the public from information that could be potentially harmful.
*d) ensure information is kept confidential.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
4. When providing patient education, which of the following applies?
*a) Assess patient and/or family learning needs prior to providing education.
b) Provide standardized content to every patient to ensure consistent learning.
c) Provide education as time allows if resources are tight.
d) Expand the amount of material taught to content that is peripheral to the information needed.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
5. One of the most important factors facing healthcare professionals when dealing with ethical
and moral dilemmas is:
a) the bureaucratic control in legally supervising local ethical and moral matters.
*b) the rate at which ethical and moral dilemmas occur.
c) the lack of ethical and moral oversight.
,d) the conflicting ethical and moral principles among diverse cultures.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Introduction
6. The safeguard of all human study subjects by insisting that research protocols include
voluntary participation and withdrawal, confidentiality, truth telling, and informed consent and
address additional specific concerns for vulnerable populations such as infants, children,
prisoners, and those with mental illnesses is/was the:
*a) primary function of all review boards, even today.
b) practice of European ethics review boards during World War II.
c) overriding ethical review of Brooklyn Chronic Disease Hospital.
d) outdated practice of ethical review boards in the late 1900s.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
7. Patient decision aids are an example of:
a) codes of ethics.
b) public service broadcasts.
c) procedures for aiding a patient through trauma.
*d) patient autonomy.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
8. Veracity and the Cardoza decision are closely linked in what way?
*a) They both have to do with informed consent of patients.
b) They both set the standard on ethics in patient care.
c) They both provide health professionals with training in patient education.
d) They both provide patients with legal consult.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
9. Four components making up the notion of informed consent are:
a) education, disclosure, composure, voluntariness.
b) competence, disclosure, composure, interest.
c) education, competence, interest, voluntariness.
*d) competence, disclosure, composure, voluntariness.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
10. In a student–teacher relationship, a negative byproduct of that educational relationship could
result from:
*a) the teacher’s impact as a role model.
b) the teacher’s proven professional record.
c) the student’s strength in the subject.
d) the student’s preparation for the course.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: The Ethics of Education in Classroom and
Practice Settings
,11. The belief that choices should be made that result in the greatest good for the greatest number
of people represents which approach to ethical decision making?
a) Bioethical
b) Constitutional
*c) Teleological
d) Deontological
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: A Differentiated View of Ethics, Morality, and the
Law
12. The American Hospital Association’s A Patient’s Bill of Rights refers to:
a) the patient’s right to be admitted to a hospital or long-term care facility.
b) a code of behavior for healthcare institutions in each state.
c) federal standards of care dictating humane treatment of patients.
*d) rights of the patient related to quantity and quality of healthcare services delivered.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Evolution of Ethical and Legal Principles in
Health Care
13. When a health professional serves as an expert witness, which ethical principle is being
operationalized?
a) Autonomy
b) Beneficence
c) Justice
*d) Veracity
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
14. Malpractice is different from negligence in that malpractice is:
*a) limited to specific professions that require a high level of skill and intensive technical
training.
b) the doing, or not doing, of an act or service related to the duties of any reasonable person
functioning under the same circumstances.
c) an act or failure to act that causes injury to another person or his or her property.
d) an operational principle that measures improper or wrongful conduct by anyone performing an
activity.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
15. How can the principle of beneficence be operationalized?
a) By sufficiently documenting the scope and depth of skilled services rendered to patients
*b) By adhering to institutional policies and to critical tasks and duties of one’s job description
c) By equally distributing goods and services to patients in any healthcare setting
d) By health professionals being adequately committed to providing services to patients
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
, 16. Breach of contract or failure to perform one’s duties based on client diagnosis, cultural
background, race, or sexual preference is a violation of which ethical principle?
a) Autonomy
b) Beneficence
*c) Justice
d) Nonmaleficence
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
17. The patient has signed a consent form to have a procedure done. Which action should the
health professional take to verify the patient’s understanding of the procedure?
a) Check whether the patient’s reading level is equivalent to the level of the consent form.
b) Talk with a family member or health professional who witnessed the patient’s signature on the
consent form.
*c) Ask the patient to explain the procedure in his or her own words.
d) Discuss with the patient’s physician what the patient was told about the procedure.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Application of Ethical Principles to Patient
Education
18. Health professionals must understand the budget process to determine the true expenses that
will be incurred by the service provider when an educational program is delivered. Which of the
following is true?
*a) Variable costs depend on volume of use.
b) Personnel salaries are indirect costs.
c) Physical space, utilities, housekeeping, and security are direct costs.
d) Fixed costs are those expenses not related to the actual delivery of instruction.
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Financial Terminology
19. In planning the budget for an educational program in which the outside attendees pay a fee,
which of the following would be considered indirect costs?
a) Food for breaks and lunches
b) Salaries of the organization’s educators
*c) Security and housekeeping
d) Use of the organization’s classrooms
?Subject: Chapter 2 A-Head: Financial Terminology
20. Legal implications of documents include which of the following?
*a) Patient records can be subpoenaed for court; documentation is a communication tool; and
failure to document makes health professionals potentially liable.
b) Patient records can be subpoenaed for court; documentation is a communication tool; and
EMR systems have improved documentation.
c) Documentation is a communication tool; EMR systems have improved documentation; and
teaching does not need to be included in documentation.
d) Failure to document makes health professionals potentially liable; EMR systems have
improved documentation; and teaching does not need to be included in documentation.
