Mosby's NBDHE: Chapter 13 - Professional
Responsibility Questions With Answers
44. Which of the following terms is applied to providing a level of care that a reasonably prudent
practitioner would exercise practicing under the rules and regulations of the state practice act?
A Universality
B Access to care
C Standard of care
D Health care disparity ANS: C Standard of care (C) is the degree of care that a
reasonably prudent professional should exercise practicing within the rules and regulations of the
state practice act and is the level of care that is upheld as appropriate.
**Universality (A) is a concept that if a situation was duplicated, the same results would occur.
**Access to care (B) is the ability of the patient to obtain medical care regardless of
socioeconomic status.
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Responsibility Questions With Answers
**A health care disparity (D) is an unequal distribution of the availability of health care because
of factors such as economics, transportations, education, or ethnicity. Healthy People 2020
eliminated health care disparities.
1. Select the four most important items to disclose to a patient while gaining informed consent.
A Treatment options
B Risks and benefits of treatment
C Discussion of patient's bill of rights
D Expected prognosis or treatment outcomes
E Diagnosis or description of patient's problem 1. Select the four most important items to
disclose to a patient while gaining informed consent. ANS: A, B, D, E The most important
information to give a patient while obtaining informed consent is: diagnosis of patient's problem
(E); treatment options (A); risks and benefits of all proposed treatment (B); and expected
prognosis or treatment outcomes (D).
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Responsibility Questions With Answers
2. All of the following are examples of correct principles of informed consent EXCEPT one.
Which one is the EXCEPTION?
A Allow time for questions
B Provide information to the patient as often as needed
C Assess the financial concerns that the patient may have
D Assess the patient's ability to provide informed consent
E Use simplified terminology to allow the patient to understand ANS: C Financial
concerns are important, but they should be discussed with the client prior to treatment, not during
the informed consent process (C).
**The patient must have time to ask questions to have enough information to make a rational
choice and give informed consent (A).
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Responsibility Questions With Answers
**Informed consent should be an ongoing process in which the hygienist continues to inform the
patient regarding the terms of care (B).
**The patient must be legally competent to give consent, and in the case of a minor, consent
must be given by a parent or guardian (D).
**The clinician needs to use simplified terminology to allow the patient to be knowledgeable and
understand the treatment planned to give informed consent (E).
3. Which law (enacted in 1992) gives individuals the right to know why they were denied for
credit and the name of the credit bureau that supplied the information?
A The Truth in Lending Act
B The Fair Credit Reporting Act
C The Fair Debt Collection Practice Act ANS: B The Fair Credit Reporting Act (B) was
enacted in 1992 and gives individuals the right to know why they were denied for credit and the
name of the credit bureau that supplied the information.
Responsibility Questions With Answers
44. Which of the following terms is applied to providing a level of care that a reasonably prudent
practitioner would exercise practicing under the rules and regulations of the state practice act?
A Universality
B Access to care
C Standard of care
D Health care disparity ANS: C Standard of care (C) is the degree of care that a
reasonably prudent professional should exercise practicing within the rules and regulations of the
state practice act and is the level of care that is upheld as appropriate.
**Universality (A) is a concept that if a situation was duplicated, the same results would occur.
**Access to care (B) is the ability of the patient to obtain medical care regardless of
socioeconomic status.
, Mosby's NBDHE: Chapter 13 - Professional
Responsibility Questions With Answers
**A health care disparity (D) is an unequal distribution of the availability of health care because
of factors such as economics, transportations, education, or ethnicity. Healthy People 2020
eliminated health care disparities.
1. Select the four most important items to disclose to a patient while gaining informed consent.
A Treatment options
B Risks and benefits of treatment
C Discussion of patient's bill of rights
D Expected prognosis or treatment outcomes
E Diagnosis or description of patient's problem 1. Select the four most important items to
disclose to a patient while gaining informed consent. ANS: A, B, D, E The most important
information to give a patient while obtaining informed consent is: diagnosis of patient's problem
(E); treatment options (A); risks and benefits of all proposed treatment (B); and expected
prognosis or treatment outcomes (D).
, Mosby's NBDHE: Chapter 13 - Professional
Responsibility Questions With Answers
2. All of the following are examples of correct principles of informed consent EXCEPT one.
Which one is the EXCEPTION?
A Allow time for questions
B Provide information to the patient as often as needed
C Assess the financial concerns that the patient may have
D Assess the patient's ability to provide informed consent
E Use simplified terminology to allow the patient to understand ANS: C Financial
concerns are important, but they should be discussed with the client prior to treatment, not during
the informed consent process (C).
**The patient must have time to ask questions to have enough information to make a rational
choice and give informed consent (A).
, Mosby's NBDHE: Chapter 13 - Professional
Responsibility Questions With Answers
**Informed consent should be an ongoing process in which the hygienist continues to inform the
patient regarding the terms of care (B).
**The patient must be legally competent to give consent, and in the case of a minor, consent
must be given by a parent or guardian (D).
**The clinician needs to use simplified terminology to allow the patient to be knowledgeable and
understand the treatment planned to give informed consent (E).
3. Which law (enacted in 1992) gives individuals the right to know why they were denied for
credit and the name of the credit bureau that supplied the information?
A The Truth in Lending Act
B The Fair Credit Reporting Act
C The Fair Debt Collection Practice Act ANS: B The Fair Credit Reporting Act (B) was
enacted in 1992 and gives individuals the right to know why they were denied for credit and the
name of the credit bureau that supplied the information.
