MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
A close friend of the patient's calls the hospital and asks for an update on the
diagnosis of the patient. You are the nurse taking care of the patient. What is
the best response to the caller?
a) Provide the update and diagnosis to the friend because the friend seems
worried
b) Let the friend know that you are not allowed to provide the information for
confidentiality reasons
c) Provide the friend with the physician's name and number and recommend
that the friend call the physician directly
,d) Let the friend know that he can call the office of medical records for an
update on the patient's condition - ANSWERS-b) Let the friend know that you
are not allowed to provide the information for confidentiality reasons
If a patient enters a medical office with an emergency situation, the physician
a) Can legally and ethically turn the patient away
b) Can ethically turn the patient away, but not legally
c) Can legally turn the patient away, but ethically should not
d) Cannot ethically or legally turn the patient away - ANSWERS-d) Cannot
ethically or legally turn the patient away
Legally, a physician working in an emergency room of a hospital
a) May ask first about the patient's insurance or payment prior to treating
b) May select which patients to treat
c) Must treat anyone who is ill, but may dismiss patients they have agreed to
treat if they cannot pay
,d) Must treat a patient during an emergency situation even if that patient
cannot pay - ANSWERS-d) Must treat a patient during an emergency situation
even if that patient cannot pay
A concert pianist is injured in an accident. One of her arms is so badly injured
that it should be amputated, but the pianist doesn't want to lose one of her
hands. What is this an example of?
a) Ladder of responsibility
b) Medical dilemma
c) Medical morals
d) Clinical model - ANSWERS-b) Medical dilemma
Ethics must be grounded in
a) Sincerity
b) Reason and fact
c) Emotion
d) Religious belief - ANSWERS-b) Reason and fact
Which of the following is a common legal issue in the medical field?
a) Violation of confidentiality
, b) Medication errors
c) Negligence causing harm
d) All of the above - ANSWERS-d) All of the above
An example of the principle of autonomy is
a) A physician explains the benefits of an elective hysterectomy to a patient
because the patient is afraid.
b) A physician explains all of the risks and benefits of an elective hysterectomy
to a patient prior to her surgery.
c) A physician decides not to tell an elderly patient that he has a diagnosis of
cancer because the family requested that the patient not be told.
d) A physician decides to discuss an elderly patient's diagnosis with his family
first so they can decide if the patient should also be told. - ANSWERS-b) A
physician explains all of the risks and benefits of an elective hysterectomy to a
patient prior to her surgery.
Which of the following is an example of the difference between law and ethics?
a) The law tells us how we should act, while ethics tells us which actions will
lead to consequences
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST 2025 ALREADY GRADED A+
A close friend of the patient's calls the hospital and asks for an update on the
diagnosis of the patient. You are the nurse taking care of the patient. What is
the best response to the caller?
a) Provide the update and diagnosis to the friend because the friend seems
worried
b) Let the friend know that you are not allowed to provide the information for
confidentiality reasons
c) Provide the friend with the physician's name and number and recommend
that the friend call the physician directly
,d) Let the friend know that he can call the office of medical records for an
update on the patient's condition - ANSWERS-b) Let the friend know that you
are not allowed to provide the information for confidentiality reasons
If a patient enters a medical office with an emergency situation, the physician
a) Can legally and ethically turn the patient away
b) Can ethically turn the patient away, but not legally
c) Can legally turn the patient away, but ethically should not
d) Cannot ethically or legally turn the patient away - ANSWERS-d) Cannot
ethically or legally turn the patient away
Legally, a physician working in an emergency room of a hospital
a) May ask first about the patient's insurance or payment prior to treating
b) May select which patients to treat
c) Must treat anyone who is ill, but may dismiss patients they have agreed to
treat if they cannot pay
,d) Must treat a patient during an emergency situation even if that patient
cannot pay - ANSWERS-d) Must treat a patient during an emergency situation
even if that patient cannot pay
A concert pianist is injured in an accident. One of her arms is so badly injured
that it should be amputated, but the pianist doesn't want to lose one of her
hands. What is this an example of?
a) Ladder of responsibility
b) Medical dilemma
c) Medical morals
d) Clinical model - ANSWERS-b) Medical dilemma
Ethics must be grounded in
a) Sincerity
b) Reason and fact
c) Emotion
d) Religious belief - ANSWERS-b) Reason and fact
Which of the following is a common legal issue in the medical field?
a) Violation of confidentiality
, b) Medication errors
c) Negligence causing harm
d) All of the above - ANSWERS-d) All of the above
An example of the principle of autonomy is
a) A physician explains the benefits of an elective hysterectomy to a patient
because the patient is afraid.
b) A physician explains all of the risks and benefits of an elective hysterectomy
to a patient prior to her surgery.
c) A physician decides not to tell an elderly patient that he has a diagnosis of
cancer because the family requested that the patient not be told.
d) A physician decides to discuss an elderly patient's diagnosis with his family
first so they can decide if the patient should also be told. - ANSWERS-b) A
physician explains all of the risks and benefits of an elective hysterectomy to a
patient prior to her surgery.
Which of the following is an example of the difference between law and ethics?
a) The law tells us how we should act, while ethics tells us which actions will
lead to consequences
