CHAPTER 9: HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
LEGAL-ETHICAL ISSUES UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Advanced Practice Nurse
Answer:
A registered nurse who has an advanced education beyond that of a registered nurse. APRN's include
nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives. They often play
a critical role as primary care providers for patients who live in remote areas or have difficulty
obtaining a primary care physician. APRNs are certified by a nationally recognized professional
organization in their nursing specialty or meet other criteria established by a board of nursing that sets
education, training, and experience requirements.
Question:
2. Certification
Answer:
The recognition by a governmental or professional association that an individual's expertise meets the
standards of that group. Some professional groups establish their own minimum standards for
certification in those professions that are not licensed by a particular state. Certification by an
association or group is a self-regulation credentialing process.
Question:
3. Chiropractor
Answer:
A healthcare professional who seeks to alleviate pain or physical impairment by manipulating the
spine and neck.
Question:
4. Clinical Nurse Specialist
Answer:
A professional registered nurse with an advanced academic degree, experience, and expertise in a
clinical specialty (e.g., obstetrics, pediatrics). The clinical nurse specialist functions in a leadership
capacity as a clinical role model, assisting the nursing staff to continuously evaluate patient care.
Question:
5. Dentist
Answer:
A healthcare provider whose practice focuses on the teeth, gums, and oral tissue.
Question:
6. Dietician
Answer:
Healthcare professionals whose expertise is the analysis of how a patient's dietary habits conform to
his or her physiological needs and development of dietary plans to help the patient improve their
ability to restore or maintain health.
, Question:
7. Float Nurse
Answer:
Nurses who are rotated from unit to unit based on staffing needs. They often cover nursing units with
unusually burdensome workloads that often involve complex patients. Float nurses can present a
liability to the organization if they are assigned to work in an area where they are not qualified and
competent to perform the assigned duties.
Question:
8. Laboratory Medical Technologist
Answer:
Technical personnel who conduct laboratory tests to assess a patient's overall condition in relation to
standardized values (e.g., blood glucose or A1C).
Question:
9. Licensure
Answer:
The process by which some competent authority grants permission to a qualified individual or entity to
perform certain specified activities that would be illegal without a license. As it applies to healthcare
personnel, licensure refers to the process by which licensing boards, agencies, or departments of the
several states grant to individuals who meet certain predetermined standards the legal right to practice
in a healthcare profession and to use a specified healthcare practitioner's role.
Question:
10. Medical Assistant
Answer:
An unlicensed person who provides administrative, clerical, and/or technical support to a licensed
practitioner; have full respect for dignity of humanity; uphold the honor and principles of profession;
respect confidential info
Question:
11. Nonmaleficence
Answer:
The principle requiring healthcare providers to do no harm.
Question:
12. Nurse Anesthetist
Answer:
A registered nurse with additional training and certification that enables them to perform
anesthesia-related tasks.
Question:
13. Nurse Midwife
Answer:
A registered nurse with additional training and certification that enables them to manage prenatal and
obstetrical care for pregnant women.
LEGAL-ETHICAL ISSUES UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Advanced Practice Nurse
Answer:
A registered nurse who has an advanced education beyond that of a registered nurse. APRN's include
nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives. They often play
a critical role as primary care providers for patients who live in remote areas or have difficulty
obtaining a primary care physician. APRNs are certified by a nationally recognized professional
organization in their nursing specialty or meet other criteria established by a board of nursing that sets
education, training, and experience requirements.
Question:
2. Certification
Answer:
The recognition by a governmental or professional association that an individual's expertise meets the
standards of that group. Some professional groups establish their own minimum standards for
certification in those professions that are not licensed by a particular state. Certification by an
association or group is a self-regulation credentialing process.
Question:
3. Chiropractor
Answer:
A healthcare professional who seeks to alleviate pain or physical impairment by manipulating the
spine and neck.
Question:
4. Clinical Nurse Specialist
Answer:
A professional registered nurse with an advanced academic degree, experience, and expertise in a
clinical specialty (e.g., obstetrics, pediatrics). The clinical nurse specialist functions in a leadership
capacity as a clinical role model, assisting the nursing staff to continuously evaluate patient care.
Question:
5. Dentist
Answer:
A healthcare provider whose practice focuses on the teeth, gums, and oral tissue.
Question:
6. Dietician
Answer:
Healthcare professionals whose expertise is the analysis of how a patient's dietary habits conform to
his or her physiological needs and development of dietary plans to help the patient improve their
ability to restore or maintain health.
, Question:
7. Float Nurse
Answer:
Nurses who are rotated from unit to unit based on staffing needs. They often cover nursing units with
unusually burdensome workloads that often involve complex patients. Float nurses can present a
liability to the organization if they are assigned to work in an area where they are not qualified and
competent to perform the assigned duties.
Question:
8. Laboratory Medical Technologist
Answer:
Technical personnel who conduct laboratory tests to assess a patient's overall condition in relation to
standardized values (e.g., blood glucose or A1C).
Question:
9. Licensure
Answer:
The process by which some competent authority grants permission to a qualified individual or entity to
perform certain specified activities that would be illegal without a license. As it applies to healthcare
personnel, licensure refers to the process by which licensing boards, agencies, or departments of the
several states grant to individuals who meet certain predetermined standards the legal right to practice
in a healthcare profession and to use a specified healthcare practitioner's role.
Question:
10. Medical Assistant
Answer:
An unlicensed person who provides administrative, clerical, and/or technical support to a licensed
practitioner; have full respect for dignity of humanity; uphold the honor and principles of profession;
respect confidential info
Question:
11. Nonmaleficence
Answer:
The principle requiring healthcare providers to do no harm.
Question:
12. Nurse Anesthetist
Answer:
A registered nurse with additional training and certification that enables them to perform
anesthesia-related tasks.
Question:
13. Nurse Midwife
Answer:
A registered nurse with additional training and certification that enables them to manage prenatal and
obstetrical care for pregnant women.
