HOSA Bowl Legal And Ethical
Questions
Question 1:
A document a person signs to indicate he/she does not want to be resuscitated when
he/she stops breathing is a:
A. DNR order
B. Living Will
C. Durable Power of Attorney
D. Advance Directive
Answer: B
Question 2:
A nurse is helping a patient walk and jerks the patient by the arm, causing a bruise;
the nurse may be guilty of:
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Negligence
D. Malpractice
Answer: B
Question 3:
A person who is under the influence of drugs does not have the legal capacity to
form a contract because he/she has a:
A. Mental illness
B. Physical disability
C. Legal Disability
D. Incapacity
Answer: C
, Question 4:
Before you perform any procedure on a patient, you must have proper:
A. Training
B. Authorization
C. Equipment
D. Supervision
Answer: B
Question 5:
Health care records are examples of:
A. Public information
B. Privileged communications
C. Legal documents only
D. Medical reports
Answer: B
Question 6:
If a health care worker makes false statements about a patient that causes the
patient to be damaged or ridiculed, the health care worker may be guilty of:
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. Defamation
D. Negligence
Answer: C
Question 7:
If a laboratory technician sends e-mails to co-workers saying that a particular
physician is careless and killed a patient, the lab tech might be guilty of:
A. Slander
Questions
Question 1:
A document a person signs to indicate he/she does not want to be resuscitated when
he/she stops breathing is a:
A. DNR order
B. Living Will
C. Durable Power of Attorney
D. Advance Directive
Answer: B
Question 2:
A nurse is helping a patient walk and jerks the patient by the arm, causing a bruise;
the nurse may be guilty of:
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Negligence
D. Malpractice
Answer: B
Question 3:
A person who is under the influence of drugs does not have the legal capacity to
form a contract because he/she has a:
A. Mental illness
B. Physical disability
C. Legal Disability
D. Incapacity
Answer: C
, Question 4:
Before you perform any procedure on a patient, you must have proper:
A. Training
B. Authorization
C. Equipment
D. Supervision
Answer: B
Question 5:
Health care records are examples of:
A. Public information
B. Privileged communications
C. Legal documents only
D. Medical reports
Answer: B
Question 6:
If a health care worker makes false statements about a patient that causes the
patient to be damaged or ridiculed, the health care worker may be guilty of:
A. Battery
B. Assault
C. Defamation
D. Negligence
Answer: C
Question 7:
If a laboratory technician sends e-mails to co-workers saying that a particular
physician is careless and killed a patient, the lab tech might be guilty of:
A. Slander
