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SUR 102 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED
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True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on
the Internet could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. -
...(ANSWERS)....True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of
the following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - ...(ANSWERS)....Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a
wrong site surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - ...(ANSWERS)....Res ipsa loquitur
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The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - ...(ANSWERS)....Eliminate medical errors
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical
intervention, which party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - ...(ANSWERS)....The patient
True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in
health care. - ...(ANSWERS)....True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical
team member might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
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d. indictment - ...(ANSWERS)....Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - ...(ANSWERS)....Implementation of the neutral
zone
The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or
CSFA is a well-developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - ...(ANSWERS)....Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when
reasonable providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no
form was signed or verbal permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - ...(ANSWERS)....Implied
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What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to
decrease the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - ...(ANSWERS)....Sentinel event
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the
RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object
and the surgeon being found not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - ...(ANSWERS)....Doctrine of borrowed servant
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record
EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - ...(ANSWERS)....Surgeon's preference card
SUR 102 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY
WELL DEFINED ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED
A+
True or False
A surgical Technology student who photographs a patient and posts the image on
the Internet could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA violation. -
...(ANSWERS)....True
Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of
the following?
a. negligence
b. intentional tort
c. defamation
d. battery - ...(ANSWERS)....Negligence
Which of the following legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a
wrong site surgery or retained foreign body?
a. aeger primo
b. caveat emptor
c. primum non nocere
d. res ipsa loquitur - ...(ANSWERS)....Res ipsa loquitur
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The broad objectives of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. protect patient privacy
b. reduce health care fraud
c. eliminate medical errors
d. improve patient services - ...(ANSWERS)....Eliminate medical errors
According to the Joint Commission's definition regarding consent to surgical
intervention, which party has "autonomy"?
a. the surgeon
b. anesthesia provider
c. the patient
d. circulating RN - ...(ANSWERS)....The patient
True or False
Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in
health care. - ...(ANSWERS)....True
What is the term that describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical
team member might answer questions under oath?
a. deposition
b. allegation
c. precedent
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d. indictment - ...(ANSWERS)....Deposition
All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:
a. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
b. implementation of the neutral zone
c. scope of practice
d. Patient Self-Determination Act - ...(ANSWERS)....Implementation of the neutral
zone
The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or
CSFA is a well-developed, unyielding:
a. core curriculum
b. scope of practice
c. surgical conscience
d. liability insurance - ...(ANSWERS)....Surgical conscience
Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstances exist when
reasonable providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment, even if no
form was signed or verbal permission given?
a. implied
b. general
c. informed
d. direct - ...(ANSWERS)....Implied
, 4
What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to
decrease the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?
a. informed consent
b. sentinel event
c. Safe Medical Device Act
d. advance directive - ...(ANSWERS)....Sentinel event
Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving failure by the
RN and CST to do proper surgical counts resulting in retention of a foreign object
and the surgeon being found not liable?
a. captain of the ship doctrine
b. primum non nocere
c. doctrine of corporate negligence
d. doctrine of borrowed servant - ...(ANSWERS)....Doctrine of borrowed servant
All of the following are components of the surgical patient's medical record
EXCEPT:
a. history and physical
b. interdepartmental communications
c. anesthesia record
d. surgeon's preference card - ...(ANSWERS)....Surgeon's preference card
