MA 305 Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
What is the purpose of formalized codes of ethics in the healthcare profession? -
✔✔To increase the competence within the profession.
Another term for legal responsibility? - ✔✔liability
A new employee in a large medical practice is looking for the professional
etiquette staff members are expected to follow? Which would be the best source
for learning these rules? - ✔✔The office policy manual.
Which document serves as a guideline about professional behavior and etiquette
for employees? - ✔✔The office policy manual.
Ethics may be defined as? - ✔✔Principles, standards, and guide to conduct.
Unethical behavior is always ... - ✔✔unacceptable
Which of the following is a synonym for "good manners"? - ✔✔Etiquette
A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is... - ✔✔Hippocratic Oath
The plaintiff in a lawsuit is the _______________________? - ✔✔party filing the
civil charges
, A medical-surgical nurse going off shift and giving her report to the nurse coming
on duty. She is clearly and accurately describing the conditions of the patients she
cared for during her shift. This an example of what skill? - ✔✔People skills
In an informal proceeding of arbitration, each side presents evidence and witness.
In the dispute resolution method, referred to as med-arb, who resolves the
dispute if the two parties are unable to reach an agreement after mediation? -
✔✔The mediator
A provider breaches duty of care to a patient. This element of negligence is
defining as? - ✔✔dereliction
A physician is a specialist in obstetrics. Which of the following is true regarding
the standard of care expected of this physician? - ✔✔The physician will be held to
the same standard of care as other obstetricians.
A surgeon removes the wrong kidney from a patient. The patient can sue under
which of the following legal doctrines? - ✔✔Res ipsa loquitur
A deposition may be taken in which phase of the lawsuit? - ✔✔Interrogatories
For which of the following examples would implied consent not be legally
appropriate? - ✔✔A patient agreeing to a test for HIV.
Which of the following aspects of patient care is the most vital factor in the issue
of informed consent? - ✔✔Patient education
What is the purpose of formalized codes of ethics in the healthcare profession? -
✔✔To increase the competence within the profession.
Another term for legal responsibility? - ✔✔liability
A new employee in a large medical practice is looking for the professional
etiquette staff members are expected to follow? Which would be the best source
for learning these rules? - ✔✔The office policy manual.
Which document serves as a guideline about professional behavior and etiquette
for employees? - ✔✔The office policy manual.
Ethics may be defined as? - ✔✔Principles, standards, and guide to conduct.
Unethical behavior is always ... - ✔✔unacceptable
Which of the following is a synonym for "good manners"? - ✔✔Etiquette
A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is... - ✔✔Hippocratic Oath
The plaintiff in a lawsuit is the _______________________? - ✔✔party filing the
civil charges
, A medical-surgical nurse going off shift and giving her report to the nurse coming
on duty. She is clearly and accurately describing the conditions of the patients she
cared for during her shift. This an example of what skill? - ✔✔People skills
In an informal proceeding of arbitration, each side presents evidence and witness.
In the dispute resolution method, referred to as med-arb, who resolves the
dispute if the two parties are unable to reach an agreement after mediation? -
✔✔The mediator
A provider breaches duty of care to a patient. This element of negligence is
defining as? - ✔✔dereliction
A physician is a specialist in obstetrics. Which of the following is true regarding
the standard of care expected of this physician? - ✔✔The physician will be held to
the same standard of care as other obstetricians.
A surgeon removes the wrong kidney from a patient. The patient can sue under
which of the following legal doctrines? - ✔✔Res ipsa loquitur
A deposition may be taken in which phase of the lawsuit? - ✔✔Interrogatories
For which of the following examples would implied consent not be legally
appropriate? - ✔✔A patient agreeing to a test for HIV.
Which of the following aspects of patient care is the most vital factor in the issue
of informed consent? - ✔✔Patient education
