Professional Role ANCC COMPLETE
REVISION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
what is competency in healthcare decision making - Answer: the ability to exercise rights, more so the
ability to exercise ones right to give or refuse informed consent
Are all adults deemed competent - Answer: the law presumes that all adults are competent, until
demonstrated otherwise, to make decisions regarding their healthcare
in healthcare, what is justice defined as - Answer: assertion that all people are to be treated in the same
equitable manner regardless of socioeconomic status, diagnosis, or other personal characteristics
What is utilitarianism? - Answer: the idea that the goal of society or healthcare resources should be "the
greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens. Healthcare is a finite costly resource that
needs to be carefully allocated.
what is the most cost effective form of healthcare - Answer: primary prevention services; aimed at
avoiding health problems which can lead to saving and actually conceptualize the principle of
utilitarianism, example: vaccine
Veracity is defined as what in the healthcare scheme - Answer: principle stating that the provider should
be honest and give full disclosure to the patient, abstain from misrepresentation or deception, and
report known lapses of the standards of care to the proper agencies. Be truthful!!
What is beneficence? - Answer: healthcare providers obligation to help people in need
what is nonmalficience - Answer: requirement that healthcare providers do no harm or minimize harm
, what is autonomy - Answer: 1. Deals with PATIENT (self determination)
2. Patient have the right to informed consent and full disclosure of treatment so they can make
informed choices about their care
3. Right to privacy; freedom of choice
What is informed consent? - Answer: disclosure of appropriate information to a competent patient who
is permitted to make a voluntary choice
what are the components of informed consent - Answer: the patient has capability or capacity to make
an informed decision, they are able to comprehend the information presented; and they can ask
questions about the proposed therapeutic procedure, be it a treatment, diagnostic, other
what is the Healthcare provider side of informed consent; what are its constituents - Answer: the
healthcare provider must disclose information on the treatment, test, or procedure in question,
including the risks and benefits and the likelihood of problems. In treatment, the benefits and risks are
discussed in addition to anticipated outcome without therapy
Is Consent Ever Presumed? - Answer: Presumed consent appropriate in
limited situations
- In emergency, potentially lifethreatening
situations when the patient
is unconscious or incompetent and no
surrogate decision maker is available
what are the components of competency - Answer: patients must have the ability to communicate a
choice, understand the relevant information, appreciate the healthcare consequences of the situation
and reason about treatment choices
what is the goal of competency determination - Answer: to strike a balance between respecting the
autonomy of patients who are capable of making informed decisions and protecting those with cognitive
impairment
REVISION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
what is competency in healthcare decision making - Answer: the ability to exercise rights, more so the
ability to exercise ones right to give or refuse informed consent
Are all adults deemed competent - Answer: the law presumes that all adults are competent, until
demonstrated otherwise, to make decisions regarding their healthcare
in healthcare, what is justice defined as - Answer: assertion that all people are to be treated in the same
equitable manner regardless of socioeconomic status, diagnosis, or other personal characteristics
What is utilitarianism? - Answer: the idea that the goal of society or healthcare resources should be "the
greatest happiness for the greatest number" of its citizens. Healthcare is a finite costly resource that
needs to be carefully allocated.
what is the most cost effective form of healthcare - Answer: primary prevention services; aimed at
avoiding health problems which can lead to saving and actually conceptualize the principle of
utilitarianism, example: vaccine
Veracity is defined as what in the healthcare scheme - Answer: principle stating that the provider should
be honest and give full disclosure to the patient, abstain from misrepresentation or deception, and
report known lapses of the standards of care to the proper agencies. Be truthful!!
What is beneficence? - Answer: healthcare providers obligation to help people in need
what is nonmalficience - Answer: requirement that healthcare providers do no harm or minimize harm
, what is autonomy - Answer: 1. Deals with PATIENT (self determination)
2. Patient have the right to informed consent and full disclosure of treatment so they can make
informed choices about their care
3. Right to privacy; freedom of choice
What is informed consent? - Answer: disclosure of appropriate information to a competent patient who
is permitted to make a voluntary choice
what are the components of informed consent - Answer: the patient has capability or capacity to make
an informed decision, they are able to comprehend the information presented; and they can ask
questions about the proposed therapeutic procedure, be it a treatment, diagnostic, other
what is the Healthcare provider side of informed consent; what are its constituents - Answer: the
healthcare provider must disclose information on the treatment, test, or procedure in question,
including the risks and benefits and the likelihood of problems. In treatment, the benefits and risks are
discussed in addition to anticipated outcome without therapy
Is Consent Ever Presumed? - Answer: Presumed consent appropriate in
limited situations
- In emergency, potentially lifethreatening
situations when the patient
is unconscious or incompetent and no
surrogate decision maker is available
what are the components of competency - Answer: patients must have the ability to communicate a
choice, understand the relevant information, appreciate the healthcare consequences of the situation
and reason about treatment choices
what is the goal of competency determination - Answer: to strike a balance between respecting the
autonomy of patients who are capable of making informed decisions and protecting those with cognitive
impairment
