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Define Ethics Answer: The study of what we understand to be good and right behavior and
how we judge those behaviors. Ethics is a set of standards of conduct that guide decisions
and actions based on duties derived from core values.
1. what is morally right or wrong.
1. Moral principles that govern a person's behaviors and decisions or the conducting of an
activity when determining what is right or wrong
3. Involves considering issues of morality, fairness, and values when making choices or
judgments
Medical ethics Answer: moral conduct, values, based on principles regulating the behavior
of healthcare professionals; whether a healthcare worker's actions are right or wrong
- Honorable behavior/ how you must conduct yourself with a patient
- Obligation of health care professionals to patients by ensuring their overall well-being and
respecting their human rights.
Ethical behavior Answer: actions, behavior and conduct that align with accepted moral
principles, values and ethical standards.
--Involves acting in a manner that is considered morally right and responsible
--Moral code that guides the behavior of employees with respect to what is right and wrong
Profession Answer: an occupation that requires specialized knowledge, training, and
expertise in a particular field.
--Have a code of ethics and standards of practice that members are expected to adhere to.
Professionalism Answer: Skill, good judgment, and polite behavior expected from a person
in a job
-The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional
person
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,The standards of professionalism included in the ASCLS Code of Ethics Answer: 1. duty to
patient
2. duty to colleagues and profession
3. duty to society
duty to patient Answer: Duty to patient:
patient-centered care, accountability and competence, confidentiality and respect,
conflict avoidance
duty to the patient includes? Answer: Duty to patient includes:
1. Placing the welfare of the patient above their own needs and desires; Each patient
should receive the highest quality of care
2. Prioritizing the well being, privacy, and rights of the patient
3. Working with all patients regardless of disease state, ethnicity, race, religion or sexual
orientation
4. Maintaining the highest level of individual competence
5. Safeguard patients from others’ incompetent or illegal practice through identification
and reporting of instances
6. Confidentiality of patient information and test results
Duty to Colleagues and the Profession Answer: Duty to Colleagues and the Profession:
professional integrity, advancing profession, qualification standards and collaborative
relationships
Duty to Colleagues and the Profession includes Answer: Duty to Colleagues and the
Profession includes:
1. Upholding dignity and respect of the profession
2. Maintain integrity, competence, and reliability.
3. Advancement of profession (body of knowledge, scientific advances that benefit the
patient, fair socioeconomic working conditions)
4. Establish qualifications for entry to the profession (licensing and certification programs)
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, 5. Establish cooperative, honest, and respectful working relationships within the clinical
laboratory and with fellow employees to ensure a high standard of care for the patients
Duty to Society Answer: Duty to society:
contributing/obligation to well being of society; compliance and advocacy
Duty to society includes Answer: 1. Contribute to well being: contribute to the general well
being of society
-- Use your expertise to benefit society in ways such as serving as a patient advocate,
improving healthcare access and resource distribution
2. Compliance and advocacy: adhere to relevant laws and regulations in MLS and work to
change those that fall short of high care and practice standards
what does the pledge to profession include? standards of professionalism included in the
ASCLS Code of Ethics Answer: 1. Placing patients welfare above our own needs and
desires
2. Ensuring each patient receives care that is safe, effective, efficient, timely, equitable and
patient centered.
3. Maintaining dignity and respect for our profession
4. Promoting advancement of the profession
5. Ensuring collegial relationships within the lab and with other patient care providers
6. Improving access to lab services
7. Promoting equitable distribution of health care resources
8. Complying with laws and regulations and protecting patients from others' incompetent
or illegal practice
9. Changing conditions where necessary to advance the best interest of patients
What does HIPAA stand for? Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPPA? Answer: Federal law includes regulations on privacy, coding, security of
medical information, and an identification system for insurers and providers.
What does HIPAA do? Answer: protects patients' medical records and other health care
information
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STARTS HERE! LEARN, PRACTICE & EXCEL!
Define Ethics Answer: The study of what we understand to be good and right behavior and
how we judge those behaviors. Ethics is a set of standards of conduct that guide decisions
and actions based on duties derived from core values.
1. what is morally right or wrong.
1. Moral principles that govern a person's behaviors and decisions or the conducting of an
activity when determining what is right or wrong
3. Involves considering issues of morality, fairness, and values when making choices or
judgments
Medical ethics Answer: moral conduct, values, based on principles regulating the behavior
of healthcare professionals; whether a healthcare worker's actions are right or wrong
- Honorable behavior/ how you must conduct yourself with a patient
- Obligation of health care professionals to patients by ensuring their overall well-being and
respecting their human rights.
Ethical behavior Answer: actions, behavior and conduct that align with accepted moral
principles, values and ethical standards.
--Involves acting in a manner that is considered morally right and responsible
--Moral code that guides the behavior of employees with respect to what is right and wrong
Profession Answer: an occupation that requires specialized knowledge, training, and
expertise in a particular field.
--Have a code of ethics and standards of practice that members are expected to adhere to.
Professionalism Answer: Skill, good judgment, and polite behavior expected from a person
in a job
-The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional
person
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1
,The standards of professionalism included in the ASCLS Code of Ethics Answer: 1. duty to
patient
2. duty to colleagues and profession
3. duty to society
duty to patient Answer: Duty to patient:
patient-centered care, accountability and competence, confidentiality and respect,
conflict avoidance
duty to the patient includes? Answer: Duty to patient includes:
1. Placing the welfare of the patient above their own needs and desires; Each patient
should receive the highest quality of care
2. Prioritizing the well being, privacy, and rights of the patient
3. Working with all patients regardless of disease state, ethnicity, race, religion or sexual
orientation
4. Maintaining the highest level of individual competence
5. Safeguard patients from others’ incompetent or illegal practice through identification
and reporting of instances
6. Confidentiality of patient information and test results
Duty to Colleagues and the Profession Answer: Duty to Colleagues and the Profession:
professional integrity, advancing profession, qualification standards and collaborative
relationships
Duty to Colleagues and the Profession includes Answer: Duty to Colleagues and the
Profession includes:
1. Upholding dignity and respect of the profession
2. Maintain integrity, competence, and reliability.
3. Advancement of profession (body of knowledge, scientific advances that benefit the
patient, fair socioeconomic working conditions)
4. Establish qualifications for entry to the profession (licensing and certification programs)
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, 5. Establish cooperative, honest, and respectful working relationships within the clinical
laboratory and with fellow employees to ensure a high standard of care for the patients
Duty to Society Answer: Duty to society:
contributing/obligation to well being of society; compliance and advocacy
Duty to society includes Answer: 1. Contribute to well being: contribute to the general well
being of society
-- Use your expertise to benefit society in ways such as serving as a patient advocate,
improving healthcare access and resource distribution
2. Compliance and advocacy: adhere to relevant laws and regulations in MLS and work to
change those that fall short of high care and practice standards
what does the pledge to profession include? standards of professionalism included in the
ASCLS Code of Ethics Answer: 1. Placing patients welfare above our own needs and
desires
2. Ensuring each patient receives care that is safe, effective, efficient, timely, equitable and
patient centered.
3. Maintaining dignity and respect for our profession
4. Promoting advancement of the profession
5. Ensuring collegial relationships within the lab and with other patient care providers
6. Improving access to lab services
7. Promoting equitable distribution of health care resources
8. Complying with laws and regulations and protecting patients from others' incompetent
or illegal practice
9. Changing conditions where necessary to advance the best interest of patients
What does HIPAA stand for? Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is HIPPA? Answer: Federal law includes regulations on privacy, coding, security of
medical information, and an identification system for insurers and providers.
What does HIPAA do? Answer: protects patients' medical records and other health care
information
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